u/WeirdOwl8782

This could apply to any country with modern sanitation:

Given the degree of drought in the UK, I think it's time we Brits ramped up our water-saving habits.

The average adult goes to the toilet (number 1) six to eight times each day.

The average toilet cistern in modern British homes holds six to nine litres of water per flush.

Britain has approximately 52 million adults.

If we assume that each adult is flushing the toilet (after each number 1) consistently, then an adult in Britain is flushing approximately 56 litres of clean water down the toilet each day (taking the number of number 1s each day to be seven, and the average cistern storage capacity as eight litres (many older household toilets can store upwards of ten litres, so I'm assuming slightly higher than average for modern toilets)).

This equates to 2,912,000,000 litres of fresh water down the drain each day in Britain (and this only assumes adults are flushing).

Instead, why not flush the toilet only after doing a number 2? We'd save a lot of water!

Obviously, this water comes from the water supply lines, so we would still need a way to get this excess water to areas affected by drought. At the very least, people might save a little on water bills.

This could apply to any country with modern sanitation:

Given the degree of drought in the UK, I think it's time we Brits ramped up our water-saving habits.

The average adult goes to the toilet (number 1) six to eight times each day.

The average toilet cistern in modern British homes holds six to nine litres of water per flush.

Britain has approximately 52 million adults.

If we assume that each adult is flushing the toilet (after each number 1) consistently, then an adult in Britain is flushing approximately 56 litres of clean water down the toilet each day (taking the number of number 1s each day to be seven, and the average cistern storage capacity as eight litres (many older household toilets can store upwards of ten litres, so I'm assuming slightly higher than average for modern toilets)).

This equates to 2,912,000,000 litres of fresh water down the drain each day in Britain (and this only assumes adults are flushing).

Instead, why not flush the toilet only after doing a number 2? We'd save a lot of water!

Obviously, this water comes from the water supply lines, so we would still need a way to get this excess water to areas affected by drought.

I’ve tried to get an irreversible MAOI, specifically Phenelzine, on the NHS for slightly under fifteen years due to social anxiety. I’m currently on 600mg daily of Moclobemide. I’ve been on it for two years, and it’s the first antidepressant to touch social anxiety, though it only offers some relief about half of the time, and its effects don’t last all day. There’s definitely a drop in its effects between morning and evening doses that starts sometime after lunch and lasts until dinnertime, when I take the second dose. There are many occasions where it does absolutely nothing.

Personally, I’ve partially come to accept that Moclobemide is the best medication I will get on the NHS for social anxiety, or rather I’ve given up asking for anything more effective as I know the answer will be no. I’m unemployed due to anxiety, and not on benefits, and it's difficult when your life is in tatters while knowing that there’s a medication such as Phenelzine that could potentially help you turn things around, but you're unable to access it.
For context, I’ve tried Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Mirtazapine, and combined Sertraline and Mirtazapine, all up to their respective maximum doses. I’ve also tried years of CBT and exposure therapy.

Given that I do experience partial relief on Moclobemide some of the time, am I being ungrateful? Should I fully accept that this is the best I can do medication-wise?

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