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hunter

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7. I was locked up just last year.

Reply to lovemydogs (Reply #4)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:53 PM

May 2017

Danger to self and frightening to others.

Sorry, one of my meds had faded. Welcome again to the Merry-Go-Round.

I'm better today, different powerful meds with icky side effects, but the entire system still seems... very primitive.

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