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Sam’s journal

Titrating at half the usual pace and finally not miserable.

46 entries from 17 Apr 2024 to 7 Mar 2026 · Portland, OR

  • Paired

    Wednesday 29 May 2024week 8held energy 14 replies

    Recording this for the record. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week…

  • Protein first

    Monday 20 May 2024week 7steady energy 23 replies

    Recording this for the record. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own.…

  • First dose, done

    Thursday 9 May 2024week 5hopeful energy 4

    The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it. The…

  • I have started

    Saturday 27 Apr 2024week 3wired energy 23 replies

    Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind. The leaflet is…

  • Beginning, badly

    Saturday 20 Apr 2024week 2wired energy 5

    Notes for the week. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of standing there.…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Wednesday 17 Apr 2024week 2held energy 24 replies

    My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has…