Hey really crazy people! You may like this.

[tnmisery]

http://www.crazymeds.us/

An actual site called CRAZY MEDS. I am happy. This sentence makes me happy:

'If you'd rather live in the 18th century and trust your mental health to the herbal recommendations made by a patchouli-drenched clerk with a lip ring working in some vitamin shop, then this site is not for you."
The maintainer

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~Dee, dee dee dee dee...~ ...my cat takes Valium.

MY CAT. XD

See, as he's gotten older, he's begun to develop some neurological problems that are probably a result of the spinal injury that crippled him for two weeks in his kittenhood when a tomcat bit his back. A couple of months ago he started licking and chewing at his skin quite a bit, to the point that it was becoming raw in places. He'd picked up a few fleas outside, so I tried a stronger flea-killer on him, thinking that maybe he'd just become allergic to flea bites. But as time passed and there were no longer any fleas on him and he still licked and chewed, I decided it must be something else.

Then the convulsions started. He'd be licking himself, and lick faster and faster and more and more frantically, 'til suddenly he'd go into what looked like a grand mal epileptic seizure and he'd projectile-pee clear across the room. At the same time, his jaws would start champing like wind-up chattery teeth, and God help you if any part of your body happened to be near his face when that happened -- 'cause his fangs would clamp down on your hand, foot, whatever, like a bear trap and couldn't let go until the seizure passed, which usually took at least ten seconds.

I figured, as did the vet, that the nerves in his skin have become somewhat hypersensitive as he's gotten older -- probably due to his old spinal injury -- and that the skin-chewing doesn't alleviate the resulting itch but instead makes it worse...until suddenly the neurons all over every inch of his skin begin firing at once and he just turns into one gigantic fiery, convulsive, full-body itch! Then after several seconds it finally subsides and he staggers to his feet, exhausted and surrounded by a three-foot spray of cat piss.

So the vet's given him some antibiotics for his raw, chewed skin (and bandaged up his foot, as he'd gnawed one toe nearly off), and prescribed for him a combination of Valium and Cortisone to relax his nerves and reduce the itchy feeling. So far it's working fabulously: he's stopped chewing himself, only licks for normal grooming, had no more convulsions, eats and drinks and strolls around normally, and takes reeeeeeeeeeeally long cat naps. ;D

[tnmisery]

Only you Socky. Probability high for me, but definitely you. :D

Damn it, Ginger Kitty needs to go to the vet. My ex-vet tech friend says she's probably ALLERGIC to flea bites and that's why she's one big fucking scab from all the scratching. I keep the fleas off best I can and the other two girls don't do this shit. I guess the scabs itch and she NEVER STOPS DIGGING. So, shot of Cortisone.
Hell, maybe some Valium for her, too, until these damn scabs heal. VET BILLS! **shakes fists to heavens**

[sockmonkeyhere]

Timmy loves his Valium. He is mucho mellow now.




"Duuuuuude, this shit is better than CATNIP!"

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Aw, poor Ginger Kitty! That's gotta be miserable! I use Advantage brand flea-killer -- the little tube of dope that you squirt on the back of your cat's neck once a month, and the cat absorbs it into its bloodstream and it makes the blood poisonous to fleas. It costs about $13 a tube, but you only need one tube per cat per month, and that particular brand works better on my cats than any other I've tried; it's just about wiped the flea population out in my house. So you might try it on Ginger!

[tnmisery]

**note to self: Advantage**
I bought that damn expensive Frontline last time? NEVER AGAIN. I thought about offering to blow the vet in trade instead of paying all that money. Getting it between Fat Girl's shoulder blades? I wish I had one of those chainmail shark suits and a tranq gun.
Ginger is pitiful right now. She is COVERED head to toe with scabs. I'm the worst kitty mommy in the universe and should be dragged behind the shed.

AWWWWWWWWWW! I DIE. Mr. Foofy Stoned Kitty!!! HE TOTALLY LOOKS STONED. AHAHAHAHAAA. His little eyes. They're all, "Bzuh?..wha..??...???" I LOVE THAT PIC TO PIECES.

[sockmonkeyhere]

I do, too. I have no idea why his foot was sticking up in the air. He was probably trying to give me the finger or flip me the toe or something.

I thought about offering to blow the vet in trade instead of paying all that money.

*coffeespit*

Dr. Dolittle: The Director's Uncut Version.