February

It just wouldn’t stop snowing. I lost my job and of course my health insurance, so I stopped taking the Adderall they’d given me for my ADD. Seemed like every day I woke up to more snow, and I’d put on my boots and trudge out to car, where I’d clean it off again. I fell into a deep depression. I found myself planning to accidentally fall from my deck in such a way that my kids wouldn’t know I did it on purpose. But that wasn’t like me at all, and it shocked me into looking for an explanation. I found it on the long sheet of Adderall side effects. “Withdrawal may lead to suicidal ideation.” Aha! I felt better, and eventually even normal again. But it was a close call. This song always reminds me of that time.