BrockHeBe

He mentions below he didn’t work on cases of assisted suicide, but that doesn’t imply it wasn’t in the purview of other investigators.

I’m a classical composer in San Francisco. Wanna collaborate?

Hello! I was diagnosed bipolar II as a teen and have been on medicine ever since (12 years)

As an artist, I am constantly worrying that medication is blunting my emotional receptiveness and my motivation. This is especially true in cases like last night. I had forgotten my to take my pill yesterday (I ended up taking a half before bed to avoid headaches/vertigo today). But by the end of yesterday I was fairly emotional. I watched an episode of Better Call Saul that made me cry and it felt very good and inspiring to cry. Truth be told though, I wasn’t in a normal state— I was over emotional. That episode was good but not particularly intense.

Anyway, this makes me sometimes seek to lower my dosage or get off meds, but I can rarely handle the tumult of a medication change and my weekly moods are so different that my confidence in a change doesn’t last long.

I was wondering if there are suggestions for counteracting the “blunting” effect of meds through non-medical means?

Are you excited about Salonen? I am certainly hoping he brings more NEW MUSIC to the symphony.