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Sophie Bebeau's avatar

“a friend posted a quote about how in this world of attention scarcity, the greatest act of citizenship is learning is to withdraw your attention, refocus your efforts on the battle or battles you can fight. For me, this singular message seems to extend from the political to the personal.” 👏👏👏

That sucks about the Lamictal! I also unfortunately notice some cognitive side effects with it too, but nothing significant enough to stop. My word recall is definitely worse on it…which isn’t great for a poet, haha. But oh well. I’m learning to navigate around it.

I also gave up The Artist’s Way midway through. For the same reasons. And because I’m the least consistent person on the planet. 😖

Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing your writing and your life! ✨💖✨

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Stevie Belchak's avatar

Absolutely re: Lamictal, but for the best. I notice so many of the "mood" and "intrusive thought" medications give me significant memory issues, so it's been hard to find one that I can stay on without sacrifice.

Thank you for reading and enjoying this little piece of the web. Means so much! <3

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