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Thankful to grow up in country where hospitals are free(I have never needed medical attention but close family members) and higher-education is paid for so I could study for 6 years without stressing about money.

Wow, where did you grow up?

Argentina?

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I'm thankful for my mental health. Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I'm thankful for my physical health too. I may be a little overweight but it's still above average for my friend group. I get sick maybe twice a year, certainly beats being on dialysis or whatever. I'm thankful for having a family, someone I belong to, and who belongs to me. I'm thankful for having…

> Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I am immensely grateful for my anti-anxiety medication.

Anti-anxiety medication doesn't seem to be working for me, but I am having a hard time figuring out what to do next with my psychiatrist. It's not as if switching medication is somehow better than sticking with something that's of unknown efficacy. Ugh.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's amazing! I'm super happy for you and your family! > Your comment gave me pause because it reminded me that it is opt-in not opt-out. It is an election cycle, I wonder if we could convince one of the candidates to switch us to opt-out rather than opt-in for organ donation. While I am personally an organ donor, I don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of my organs post mortem.

The Netherlands is switching to opt-out, it is a thing of huge controversy here.

Interesting it wasn't in the UK which has just done that

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I’m thankful for the heart donor who saved my newborn daughter’s life last week. My daughter contracted Coxsackie B enterovirus at 2 weeks old, and it scarred her left ventricle beyond repair. Her donor has given her a second chance. Another family had to make a heartbreaking choice at a devastating moment, and they chose to give life to my daughter and probably several other gravely ill infants. Check your organ don…

I was just about to say the same about organ donation status.

I am very thankful my Kidney donor and to all the teams that support me post and pre transplant.

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I'm thankful for my mental health. Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I'm thankful for my physical health too. I may be a little overweight but it's still above average for my friend group. I get sick maybe twice a year, certainly beats being on dialysis or whatever. I'm thankful for having a family, someone I belong to, and who belongs to me. I'm thankful for having…

> Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I am immensely grateful for my anti-anxiety medication.

Same. I can't describe how thankful I am that a freaking pill [!] exists that can prevent dark thoughts from digging their claws in. It's been almost two years now and I wish I'd had this my whole life.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Seems like these days half my friends are on anti-anxiety and depression medication. I am immensely grateful for my anti-anxiety medication.

Anti-anxiety medication doesn't seem to be working for me, but I am having a hard time figuring out what to do next with my psychiatrist. It's not as if switching medication is somehow better than sticking with something that's of unknown efficacy. Ugh.

I'm sorry to hear that. My psychiatrist told me the anti-anxiety/-depressant I'm taking is noticeably effective in 1/3, someone effective in 1/3, and not effective in 1/3. I got lucky and fell into the first group. I would've definitely jumped around to other medications had this not worked so noticeably and so quickly, but that's easy to say. A friend of mine who wasn't seeing good results from the typical medications has started something called Rexulti, which he told me has been a godsend.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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I'm thankful for having a girlfriend that loves me and supports me

I'm thankful I was born in a family that teach me good values and kept me away from drugs and bad life

I'm thankful for having a job

I'm thankful for having a roof over my head

I'm thankful for having good physical health

I'm thankful for having food at home every day

I'm thankful for having a computer and internet connection

I'm thankful I can go to eat out at least once a month

I'm thankful I had the chance to study as a software engineer

I'm thankful I had the chance to improve my career by working outside my original country

I'm thankful I was born in Europe

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A few months ago another cancerous spot popped up. The oncologist wanted to hold off a bit and see how it was reacting to my current medication. I wasn't thrilled about this since your urge is to just get in there and kill it. But he probably knows best. But about a week ago he said that since it isn't spreading they might as well go in and zap it with some radiation. This is ideal since I can deal with a bit more ra…

How do they stop your breathing? And for how long?

They put in what is essentially a tube similar to what a scuba diver would wear with a piece that goes between your gums and lips. Then they monitor your breathing for a bit and they start to countdown. Then they just turn off a valve and no air can get in. As long as you don't panic your chest doesn't move. If you do panic they make you take Ativan before each treatment.

I'm extremely claustrophobic so I take a number of pills before each treatment to relax.

Last time I had this done they stopped it seven times for about 90 seconds each time. The first time they did a countdown from 90 letting me know how long to hold my breathe. The countdown made it about a billion times worse so I asked them to stop. Now I just close my eyes and let the pills take me to a better place.

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