andrea lambert

Author of "Jet Set Desolate", and "Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin / 730910-2155." I co-curate the featherless reading series. I live in Los Angeles.

my girlfriend is trying to adjust the tv hue and color controllers to make the Jersey Shore cast a normal shade of orange. 

Via Wikipedia on Ativan/lorazepam withdrawal Withdrawal symptoms can range from mild anxiety and insomnia to more severe symptoms such as seizures and psychosis. The risk and severity of withdrawal is increased with long-term use, use of high doses, abrupt or over-rapid reduction, among other factors. Short-acting benzodiazepines such as lorazepam are more likely to cause a more severe withdrawal syndrome compared to longer-acting benzodiazepines.[4] Withdrawal symptoms can occur after taking therapeutic doses of Ativan for as little as one week. Withdrawal symptoms include headaches, anxiety, tension, depression, insomnia, restlessness, confusion, irritability, sweating, dysphoria, dizziness, derealization, depersonalization, numbness/tingling of extremities, hypersensitivity to light, sound, and smell, perceptual distortions, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, appetite loss, hallucinations, delirium, seizures, tremor, stomach cramps, myalgia, agitation, palpitations, tachycardia, panic attacks, short-term memory loss, and hyperthermia. It takes approximately 18–36 hours for the benzodiazepine to remove itself from the body.

Via Wikipedia on Ativan/lorazepam withdrawal

Withdrawal symptoms can range from mild anxiety and insomnia to more severe symptoms such as seizures and psychosis. The risk and severity of withdrawal is increased with long-term use, use of high doses, abrupt or over-rapid reduction, among other factors. Short-acting benzodiazepines such as lorazepam are more likely to cause a more severe withdrawal syndrome compared to longer-acting benzodiazepines.[4] Withdrawal symptoms can occur after taking therapeutic doses of Ativan for as little as one week. Withdrawal symptoms include headaches, anxiety, tension, depression, insomnia, restlessness, confusion, irritability, sweating, dysphoria, dizziness, derealization, depersonalization, numbness/tingling of extremities, hypersensitivity to light, sound, and smell, perceptual distortions, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, appetite loss, hallucinations, delirium, seizures, tremor, stomach cramps, myalgia, agitation, palpitations, tachycardia, panic attacks, short-term memory loss, and hyperthermia. It takes approximately 18–36 hours for the benzodiazepine to remove itself from the body.

I had this stuck in my ear yesterday.  Repeatedly.   And no, it was not some kinky sex thing.  I had been partially deaf for some weeks.  And now, thanks to this ghastly apparatus, I can hear again.   HOORAY!

I had this stuck in my ear yesterday.  Repeatedly.   And no, it was not some kinky sex thing.  I had been partially deaf for some weeks.  And now, thanks to this ghastly apparatus, I can hear again.   HOORAY!

When I was 13 years old there were only two things I knew about lesbians: they wore green on Thursdays and had hairy nipples.

Dorothy Allison