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No. 284445

Discuss medications:
>Side effects
>Whether they have helped you
>How it has made life easier/harder for you
>Why you started/quit taking something
>Did it have an effect on your period? I don't see this being talked about or mentioned often enough, even in the pamphlet they often leave it out.

Obviously for both physical and mental illnesses.

THIS THREAD IS NOT MEANT TO DISCUSS RECREATIONAL USE. Prescripted drugs in the prescripted amounts only.

No. 284450

The only med I have real regrets about taking is effexor. I know people have mixed experiences with it and for some it's a godsend but I was one of those people who went nuts on it. I wasn't exactly prepared for that. I thought that it'd be similar to ssris I've tried before and that it would take time to build up and have a mild effect like them too. I'm pretty sure I was experiencing mania from it. I'm a quiet person but I had no filter on it and was picking fights with people who I'd usually be passive with. I felt aggitated and wound up. My inhibitions were way down. I was pacing and felt like I had nervous energy. I felt off but wasn't aware of just how off I was at the time.

And I was isolated att, living with roomates that I wasn't close to and far from family so nobody around me could really pick up on the signs to tell me something was obviously wrong. I ended up in hospital within weeks and as much as I knew the effexor was why… the psych there refused to acknowledge it. They acted like I was just having an episode for no reason. I've never been inpatient before or been manic before or since then but sure. They switched me to a mood stabiliser for a few weeks before releasing me again. It was like I had been drunk for a straight month and then I sobered up again and could see it.

No. 284451

Medications have messed me up in the long haul, and I was on them since middle school. I wish I never took them and I'm so happy I tapered off everything and don't have that burden on me anymore. I'd rather be sad a lot and fidget-y than have the side effects medications left on me.

I do think it's interesting (read: misogynist) how the way they effect periods has never been discussed to me by any psychiatrist I had, and my ratio of male-female was 50/50. I stopped having periods entirely on a SSRI+antipsychotic combo (which made me crazier due to hormones), but either of those medications by themselves did much in regards to my period. I've never been on birth control (was almost prescribed it though despite having normal periods and not infertile) but I know girls who are on a cocktail of BC and medications and I wonder how that's going to work in the long run.

No. 284466

>>284451
Glad you're off them nonna, if you can live without it's the best not to take them. I feel like medicine is made by and for moids without taking women into consideration. So many can do damage to your body, I have a female doctor and she never has mentioned anything that has to do with periodss/fertility when prescribing medication. Though I still trust her, I haven't had many and she's not one of those doctors who throws a script at you and tells you to fuck off. I'm lucky to have a female doctor but it surprises me how little cycles are mentioned, I've never seen anything blatantly saying that it can have impact on fertility either. Medication sucks anyway. I have a friend who used to be depressed, they gave her a cocktail of medications and these days she has developed new conditions that don't usually develop later in life. I don't know exactly what she's taking but I don't doubt the medication has something to do with it. A moid friend with ADHD was prescribed medication (some sort of stimulant) as a child, he told me he was relatively quiet before but started picking fights and being aggressive with everyone after he started taking it. He had to be moved to a special ed school where he dropped out because he couldn't get along with the others (who actually needed special ed), I feel bad for him, he has no real education or self esteem (or a job that could help with that). I'm trying ADHD meds right now and I feel so weird, I think I'm going to quit. Sage 4 huge blog.

No. 284469

I've taken Lexapro for a few years and it's great. No side effects and no more panic attacks. People who like their meds rarely post about them online, so it's easy to assume meds are always bad. I did have to try many meds before this one, but the frustration paid off in the end.

No. 284484

>>284451
I'd issues with anxiety and depression that popped up at like 12. It was basically just a reaction to the household I was living in but social workers were on my parents ass and I ended up being put on SSRIs at 12 whether I wanted them or not. That was my parents "see we're treating it" get out of jail card. The easiest solution to get them off their backs.

My depression worsened the whole 6/7 years that I was on them and I'll never know if that was truly 'my' depression or the meds side effects. Things got dark but only after starting them. I read a book years ago that went into detail on why developing brains and SSRIs don't mix well and how teens on them are at high risk of becoming more suicidal. Their own leaflets admit it too. My parents sure as hell never thought to research it. I'll never know whether my problems would've improved better without the meds or whether they caused more issues than they helped. I felt like a zombie on a high dose as this underweight lil 12 year old. I gave feedback the whole time that they made me feel worse and still was kept on the same shit til I could argue back at nearly 18.

A few years later my mom died and while I was grieving my partner put so much pressure on me to go get on meds… I'm freshly grieving. Let me have feelings.

No. 284485

I hate birth control. Was prescribed it by some moid gynecologist at 17 for no issue other than acne. I hate how birth control makes me feel and how it makes me gain progressively more weight. It's been 8 years and I've tried to quit it many times but every time I do I get the worst side effects I've never been warned about; my hair falls off in chunks, my weight skyrockets, my face and back break out and a chronic inflammatory skin condition flares up like there's no tomorrow. This is my third time trying to quit them and it's been 5 months and I still feel terrible, but this time I'm sticking to it. I wish someone would have warned me about the side effects of being on and off BC and I wish gynos would stop handing them out like they're candy.

No. 284489

>>284445
Seroquel is the worst medication created. I understand that it can be useful for people who experience psychotic but its also used as a sedative, fattening ppl up and turning them into a shell of themselves. How that's "healthcare" is beyond me.

No. 284493

do meds age you? i saw a moid say that and now i'm paranoid

No. 284501

>>284493
You're literally aging right now as we speak, stop being stupid and don't listen to retards on the internet

No. 284503

>>284501
i'd sooner die than stop being retarded

No. 284513

>>284484
Yeah, I don't think SSRIs/SNRIs/etc should be prescribed to anyone under 18 because of how they affect brain development. The only people I know who benefitted from them at all just took a low dose as an adult combined with a healthy lifestyle and therapy, which not everyone has access to. But my pediatrician said it was okay for a kid (me) to take them because I was suicidal…from being violently bullied. Why not just let me change schools instead of numbing my emotions and making me borderline asexual?

>>284489
The fact people who don't have psychosis get prescribed these medications is crazy to me. Antipsychotics made me super fat too, but I'm not even schizophrenic or bipolar.

No. 284516

>>284513
I swear drs have no fucking clue what they're doing. I was prescribed klonopin, which is an anti seizure med, for insomnia, like what the actual fuck, it was a dr that didn't even know me and she just told me to take a benzo every day for the foreseeable future, what kind of psychopath just gives a highly addictive medication to a 20yo that has never taken any kind of medication?

No. 284539

>>284489
I totally agree! I’m finally loosing the 4kg I gained on it and it’s a slow process. It also takes forever to get off because you can’t just stop when you want. Took me 4 months until I was off after taking it for almost 4 months

No. 284544

>>284516
I've gone through several psychiatrists and ironically I knew more about medications than them, and I just have surface level knowledge. But they get mad that I "pretend I know more than a professional" when I question why I'm being prescribed a medication for a condition I'm not diagnosed with (ex. an antipsychotic when I'm not schizophrenic).

Benzos aren't even prescribed where I am unless in extreme circumstances, they restrict the amount of pills and you have to pay out of pocket. I used to Xanax as needed, not every day. What the fuck.

No. 284568

>>284544
>an antipsychotic when I'm not schizo
Anon, the drug class isn't the only thing that matters. Your individual symptoms in of themselves matter. Hence why as a bpdfag I was prescribed risperidone and Seroquel, I had paranoid thoughts due to the bpd and indeed, the antipsychotics helped. You're just making yourself sound stupid.

No. 284570

>>284568
I'm the same nonny as >>284513, I explained that it just made me fat and didn't even help for the off-label reason I was given it for. Luckily I changed psychiatrists and was taken off of it, but most doctors are so flippant about this it makes me not take most of them seriously.

No. 284571

>>284445
I'm taking lexapro. I can't tell if its doing anything, I started it in May. There are times I feel like I should switch to a different medication but I want to wait it out, at least til six months to really see if the effects come. I started taking it for depression and anxiety.

As for my period it's always been irregular and heavy. First two days are the worst cause of the cramps so I usually take ibuprofen those two days. But since starting lexapro I haven't noticed any changes.

No. 284574

only one that helped me was (legal, prescribed) ketamine lol, and that's because it obviously works differently, helped me see things differently. I mean, maybe my other meds helped and I'm still on two but it's harder to tell and the most change comes from personal realizations that lead to lifestyle changes. so I think even the ket mainly helped because it prompted some realizations. I'm skeptical of meds due to my experience and also the obvious bad ethics in big pharma, but, still not completely closed off especially since learning I might have needed higher doses this whole time because of a possible diagnosis, but, reluctant to try that at this point. I'm doing better

No. 284636

>>284544
>implying you know more than a licensed professional that went through 11 years of school
Anon you sound insufferable, I'm sorry. Psychs frequently prescribe meds interchangeably regardless of frequency of use for a disorder because of the drug treats the area of the brain causing your mental issues. A lot of people with bipolar are schizo affective and experience hallucinations which require an FGA/SGA even though they may not be diagnosed with full blown schizophrenia. Or, like >>284568 and you have violent intrusive thoughts with non specific symptoms. Educating yourself on your mental disorder is one thing but you will never come close to knowing more than a board certified physician. If you can't trust their expertise go to therapy and figure out why or seek out another doctor.

No. 284645

>>284574
How did you get it prescribed? I keep getting instagram ads for ketamine treatment, was it something like that? Pronably not but was it covered at all? I'm really considering saving up and paying for it, I'm really tired of the med game.

No. 284650

>>284571
Three months is long enough to have the effects of an antidepressant kick in. I think waiting another 3 will just be wasting your time.

No. 284651

>>284574
nta, I did a full course of ketamine therapy. Cost a lot and didn’t help at all. I wouldn’t have kept doing it but I didn’t think it was necessarily harming me and my parents wanted me to keep going and offered to pay. At the end the doctor said something like (in more tactful phrasing than this), “maybe you’re depressed because your life just sucks.” So YMMV.

No. 284701

>>284636
>If you can't trust their expertise go to therapy
NTA but this is fucking hilarious to me because the therapist that was helping me with medical related trauma kept honing on the fact that we as patients need to speak up, we need to demand answers and advocate for ourselves. And honestly mistrusting doctors is for the best, you need to take care of yourself as an individual since you're the one that has your best interest at heart, I don't give a fuck if I sound insufferable but I'm not going to meekly put my life and well being in the hands of a 'trained professional' that likely sees me as a statistic, patients need to be made part of the medical process, their diagnosis, treatments and they need to be respected and treated as persons with concerns, doubts and anxieties, not pieces of meat you dissect like in med school.
Maybe you're one of those burnt out healthcare professionals that ran out of empathy and that's why it bothers you that patients actually give a shit about their lives instead of bending over, and if that's the case please take the time to seek therapy for yourself.

No. 284733

>think I'm dying or have a horrible illness 24/7
>takes valium once
>it all goes away, ah pure bliss
>oh so it was just anxiety

Taking it just a few times healed my health anxiety as I realized it wasn't a real problem but just worrying.

Now, I haven't found ANYTHING that works for the accute torture that social anxiety is. No benzos, therapy, anti-depressants (avoid) work. Beta-blockers somewhat help with keeping your heart rate low but nothing gets rid of the dread and pain of being in an anxious situation.

No. 284770

>>284636
NTA but my last psychiatrist kept writing me a prescription for a drug I didn't take every time I saw her for 5 years. For the first couple of years I handed it back to her and reminded her I wasn't taking that drug anymore. Eventually I just threw them away. One of the last times I saw her, she asked what colleges I was thinking about applying for. I was about to graduate with my bachelor's.
Always question your doctors, especially in bullshit specialties like psychiatry where most of them are just in it for the money.

No. 285961

Nonnies, do any of you have experience with the long term side effects of Vyvanse (Lisdexamfetamine)? This is the first med I've been on for more than a few months straight and wasn't made aware of long term side effects even being a thing. I've been getting increasingly dehydrated as time goes on and having ruled out all other factors, I'm 99% sure now that it's the meds. My doctor just keeps saying to up my water intake (which I've done) or stop the meds, but I'd rather keep them if I can since they've worked wonders for my ADHD.

I've never had dandruff and acne as bad as I have it now, I have circulation issues, and no matter how much water I drink it never seems to be enough. I like this medication but I don't know how much longer I can take these side effects being the uneducated dumbass I am with physical selfcare. I don't know what proper skin routines should be for me because I've always used the same moisturizer and face wash which now aren't doing a thing. I've tried various dandruff shampoos, medicated and not, yet nothing seems to help. Like I'm fine with adding more to my routine to stay on these meds, I guess I just don't know exactly what to add. Like what on earth am I supposed to do when my skin flakes so much that even after weekly physical exfoliation they appear again within the hour and seemingly pile up day by day even with light chemical exfoliation in between? Do I put lotion over the flakes? Cause it feels like when I do I wake up with another bump or blackhead on my face. Am I not exfoliating correctly? Wtf is a "splash" of water and won't it just mean I'm spreading my own excess oils and flakes further into my pores if I'm not using a cleanser and exfoliating? Do I even rub in a "splash" of water? Ugh I'm just so lost and those are only some of the questions I have after doing research.

Maybe I should put this in the skin care thread but I felt more comfortable putting it here since medication is the cause. I'll sage it just in case.

No. 286332

>>284733
I have anxiety about literally everything in my life, I wish i was being hyperbolic, valium is the only thing that chills me out too. I can't get a prescription for anything except low grade benzos which really don't work unless i take 2 at a time which is way more than advised and it sucks. Somehow my mother swindled a valium prescription from our long term family gp for the mildest work related stress though. Kind of offends me lol

No. 292883

I got put on Topamax recently to see if it would help with a complex brain injury I have. I have been anti medication for a long time now and my body is super sensitive to it. I am excited about the potential weight loss but I'm also scared because it has a million other awful side effects, and I saw a bunch of people say how it ruined their lives. I took it years ago for mental health reasons briefly and it made me have awful mood swings so I'm hoping that doesn't happen again.
I hate meds. If this doesn't work then I'll be forced to be on tricyclic ADs which will make me gain 50 lbs and have even worse side effects. I hate that doctors tell you not to Google side effects or deny that they do anything bad to you, when they absolutely can and sometimes irreversibly change your health.
Anynonnies have experience with Topamax/topiramate?

No. 292914

>>292883
It was a long time ago and I have some brain fog for that time but what I remember of Topamax is 1) always feeling sick and 2) couldn't taste any carbonation in drinks, it was weird as fuck. I went off it when the sick feeling didn't go away after a week, it did seem to help with headaches I was having but it wasn't worth that trade off to personally. I can definitely see how people would lose weight on it if they stuck with it longer than I did.

No. 292939

FUCK Olanzapine. Doctor who prescribed it didn't understand my case at all and just wanted to wash his hands of me. I was on it for four years and stopped taking it a year ago, and in that year I must have dropped 20kg without doing anything, and I have the concentration to read books for the first time in years. I genuinely feel like my life stagnated for those four years and I was stuck in a constant haze. Anti-psychotics are not to be taken lightly.

No. 292941

>>284451
My BC is effectively a mood stabiliser for me. I used to get horrific mood swings around my period as a teenager, and BC has worked better than actual psychiatric meds for it

No. 292992

>>292941
Nta but I usually hear that BC does the complete opposite in most cases.

No. 293030

How do people self inject? How to get over the pain? Not numbing cream?

No. 293044

>>292941
Same here, I was put on it for having premenstrual dysphoria

No. 293379

Been on seroquel (quetiapine) for a few weeks now. Haven’t noticed any side effects yet, although I know antipsychotics decrease brain matter. My sleep has been incredible and falling asleep has never been easier. I’m scared to go off it, though. How bad is the withdrawal, nonnies?

No. 410798

i take lamotrigine, has anyone else experienced decreased blood flow/poor circulation after being on lamo for a few months? my veins are so so dark blue all over my body

No. 410813

>>292939
I am in a state of constant anxiety and insecurity caused by the judgement of other people that I feel CONSTANTLY. Might have been medication withdrawal plus the hatred and belittling of people I thought wanted the best for me that caused this. Ritalin and advil are the only things that relieve it. I don’t want to die though…

No. 410926

>>410798
My veins do seem more visible after being on multiple anticonvulsants and antipsychotics, i thought i was just over analyzing it.

No. 410938

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Maybe this isn't quite the right thread for it, but has anyone used melatonin? Some people report awful side effects while others say it does nothing, just curious if anyone here has any experience. I mean the over the counter stuff.

No. 410940

>>410938
I do, I did daily and I basically got used to it and it had no effect. So I don't take it until say I have to get up really early or need more sleep etc. I do think it makes me feel cloudy the next day and it is harder to wake up. but I am on various other meds so I can't say. I think you just have to try and see if it suits you

No. 410946

>>410938
Ive tried liposomal melatonin, which is a delivery method that makes it more bioavailable. Worked pretty well at putting me to sleep and I didn’t notice any grogginess in the morning. I would also recommend a low dose of extended release melatonin, that’s also a good form for avoiding grogginess.

No. 410954

>>410938
i take the cheapest otc and take it 1~2/week, 1~2h before sleeping and it works 95% of times, with no side effects.

No. 410955

>>410938
I've been taking this for a while now due to working late nights but it no longer works so I guess I can tell you that its easy to gain a tolerance to the point where it no longer does anything for you. I'll also say that melatonin might give you some strangly vivid dreams, nightmares even, when you first start taking them or take them after a long break. Other than that, no side affects.

No. 410974

>>410938
I tried over the counter and even when taking large amounts, it did nothing for me. Some people say you got to take it hours before you sleep for it to work, I tried that too, and there was no difference. I guess you won't know if it affects you until you try.

No. 411006

i started concerta for ADHD 5 months ago. it really helps with my focus and organization. but when it wears off in the evening i have this period of like 40 mins of intense anxiety/depression (i do not have this typically) and i usually have to cry it out to go back to normal, it is a very intense comedown. and i feel SO THIRSTY all the time. my mouth is always dry and i am drinking so much water im pissing every 15 mins, but still dehydrated. and on days i dont take it, i just lie in bed and dont have motivation to do anything. i dont like the idea of being dependent on anything. but its doing its job and actually helping me. i really do not want to take this forever. but i am doing so much more now because i'm managing my time better and working much more productively, and i am able to stay on task and finish shit because im not getting distracted by random things, and i really like this momentum. i don't want to go back to unmedicated demotivated underachiever, and my responsibilities have increased with being capable of doing more work now, so unmedicated me im worried just couldnt do it all kek. my country only has ritalin and concerta, and then non-stimulant meds like strattera which ive heard just has brutal weird side effects, so i dont want to switch. has anyone had experience with tapering off adhd meds while somehow maintaining the boosted focus?

No. 411011

>>411006
>has anyone had experience with tapering off adhd meds while somehow maintaining the boosted focus?
Nope. ADHD isnt fixable without medication, it's a lifelong condition that seriously affects motivation and function. Meds are pretty much the only thing that work to quell the symptoms for a while. The side effects you listed are normal and common.

No. 411154

>>411011
DA but damn, I guess I'm fucked since getting a doctor to prescribe ADHD meds are expensive where I live.

No. 411709

>>284571
>>284650
Update

Still on Lexapro. I think in the end it did help me with my depression/anxiety. I still deal with it but it's on a smaller scale now. But I was able to make some super big changes in my life and I think Lexapro helped. I'm talking about getting an adult job, flying across the country for the interview and even moving a few states away from home.

My period appears to be regular now. My sex drive is a bit different. I can still orgasm and can still feel aroused. But again it's on a smaller scale. My main concern was if I'd be able to orgasm when I first started lexapro and the first week or two it took me nearly an hour to reach climax which was super unusual for me. After some months it's never been a problem but I don't feel the need to masturbate nearly as often as I used too.

No. 417087

Nonnies who've taken lamictal (100mg) did you notice an extreme drop in your blood pressure? To the extent where your clit has shrunk a lot and you can see your veins through your skin very clearly?

No. 428059

i fucking love mixing benzodiazepines

No. 432403

Anynonny whos been on lamictal, after going off of it did you become extremely hungry after? Like, waking up in the middle of the night with strong hunger pain?

No. 432443

prozac has saved my ass. It 100% removed any motivation or pleasure in bulimic behaviors. However I have no fucking libido now. I tried Wellbutrin at my psych's suggestion to restore some libido, and that worked, but I also became a hot angry mess that wanted to binge eat and drink all the time. So, I'm back to square one. Maybe I just am not as horny as I used to be and I need to accept that.

No. 432446

Medication is evil. Vitamin D3 (K2, magnesium, and iodine) will cure everything

No. 432455

>>432446
Get off the internet mom. Stop listening to instagram health gurus.

No. 432636

nonas, what are your experiences with prozac (20mg)? ive never been on any ssri/medication for mental health issues period so im a little worried, mostly about the starting side effects

No. 432637

>>432636
While I was on it I had to drive for work and I would zone out; I almost ran a red light and did run a stop sign, so I stopped taking it.

No. 432665

>>432636
For some reason, SSRIs have basically no effect on me, so this might not be helpful, but I was on 40mg and it was fine. No side effects in my case.

No. 432667

>>432636
I was exhausted for a few weeks at first but it helped with feeling suicidal and quieted the OCD thoughts. I also stopped stress eating because of it

No. 432957

>>432636
I'm on it for social anxiety. I think it's working well and I haven't experienced any side effects besides loss of appetite at the beginning. Not a miracle worker or anything but most likely it will help you feel a bit better.

No. 433035

does taking meds (ADs specifically) feel humiliating to anyone or is it just me

No. 433045

>>433035
thats just the depression talking

No. 433053

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This might be a little stupid. I have never had to use birth control pills before but now I am in a relationship and I am thinking of starting them. Are there any weird side effects any of you nonnies have experienced? Like weight gain for example

No. 433201

>>433053
personally, the only side effect i deal with is breakthrough bleeding when not on my period. i have never had weight gain or anything along those lines

No. 433207

>>433053
I've read that BC pills and other forms of hormonal contraception may trigger autoimmune diseases and other illnesses, most of them related to gut health such as IBS

No. 433222

>>433053
Legitimately made me unhinged and a danger to myself. I remember the exact moment the side effects began, ten days after starting the medication. It devolved from there and I developed a mental illness I previously had no signs of having. Almost was committed. Was told this was just who I am and it wasn’t connected to the birth control. Stopped it entirely after a year of use and within six months things were back to mostly normal. Never again.

No. 433223

>>433053
I got so numb that I wanted to kill myself bc I felt like I wasnt living anyways. I also have chronic utis now.

No. 433249

>>433053
I had zero side effects that were negative. My breasts got a little larger and my hips started collecting more weight. But I still weigh the same as I did before.

No. 433250

>>433053
Red bruises on legs and swelling. Weight gain, mood swings

No. 433517

>>433053
I don't use it but every day there's a woman in the vulvodynia subreddit saying BC was what caused her vulvodynia. Don't use BC for a moid. Use it if you need it for medical reasons (like to manage endometriosis), but not so a moid can cum inside you. Just use a condom.

No. 433534

>>433053
I started on a levonorgestrel-based BC when I was 20. I already had some problems with depression/anxiety, but on BC they rapidly got extremely bad. Before bc I was crying every 1-2 days and having a bad cry once or twice a week. After, I was crying at least 4 times a day, often in extremely inappropriate situations (in class, while grocery shopping, during study sessions, at work, while driving, you name it). I rarely went a day without crying to the point of sobbing. It threw me off balance and it took me many months to get back to my baseline after discontinuing it. I later tried a more typical one, and while my mood got worse, it didn't get so bad that I'm certain that it was the pill. Anyways, just keep in mind that the type of BC can matter a lot.

No. 434986

I've been on buspirone for a little over three weeks and I feel like it hasn't helped me very much so far. I did understand when I started it that it's a very mild drug and that I may not even actively notice it's effects, but it just isn't tampering my anxiety like I hoped. I may ask my doctor to also prescribe me Prozac and see if that helps. I haven't had super terrible side effects. I do feel disoriented sometimes after taking it, but it goes away within an hour. I've had one period since being on it and it was normal.

Besides that, has anyone here done pharmacogenetic testing (like genesight)?

No. 434989

>>434986
you might need a higher dose of buspir. what are you taking right now? i do 20 twice a day and that's finally helped me

No. 434996

>>433053
I have tried so many BCs & I personally think the best is progesterone only pills. Less hormones(no estrogen) so less side effects. The only downside is you have to be really strict with taking them on time I think its because of the half life compared to combination BC pills. I know it can cause spotting for some women, but I have regular periods without it and still had regular periods on it. Might be different for those who have irregular periods. Dont be afraid of switching BC either if one doesnt work for you.

No. 435011

>>433053
My mental health went into the toilet on bc. It took me years to realize no, there's nothing wrong with me and I'm not broken nor depressed by design, it's the pill. I had chronic BV, if you looked at my vagina wrong bam - BV. I had frequent UTIs as well. Sex eventually became very painful for me, I believe after doing research the reason was that my body wasn't producing enough natural hormones so my skin down there was thinning and sensitive. I would tear literally every time I had sex, and no amount of lube or "just make sure you're ready!" fixed it until I was off the pill. Even if my theory is incorrect on why, it's obvious to me something about the pill made sex unbearable.
And that's just the issues I had on low estrogen pills. I couldn't even take any birth control that wasn't low estrogen because I would experience such violent mood swings. I will never, ever do bc again, condoms are fine and won't run the risk of wrecking your mental health or your body.

No. 435017

>>434986
I take 40mg prozac with 30mg buspirone twice a day, magic combo. They have very stimulating effect together for me, feels like mild dose of addy without the anxiety.

No. 435221

i just started taking lexapro ~2 weeks ago and i feel like SHIT. she said it would make me tired, but this is on another level. before being diagnosed i was so depressed/anxious i was sleeping as much as a cat basically.
now i feel like colors/smells/life is a lot brighter and back to normal but i almost feel like a cow with a yoke around me, if that makes sense. once i'm up, i can do stuff, but it takes SO much effort, like i'm dragging a weight. and i'm super fucking slow, like it took me 30 minutes to do something that normally takes me 10. i want to know if this will subside because i fucking hate it!
it's making me so sluggish even with taking my ADHD meds (adderall 20mg IR) which is bizarre to me. is this shit a tranquilizer?
my only other depression/anxiety med experience has been wellbutrin, which worked REALLY well, but it gives me tardive dyskensia (sp?) (random tremors) so my doctor wanted to try something else.
idk i'm at the point where i want to stop taking it but i know you need to stick out 4-6 weeks. this is my first time taking an SSRI.
i almost wonder if now that i'm taking statins for my anxiety i could take wellbutrin because that shit never made me feel like this

No. 435282

Nonas please avoid buspar, the medication completely wrecked my life (mainly my sleep schedule) in the time I was taking it. Every night I would wake up at 1:30 or 4:30 AM and then be unable to go back to sleep, which meant that I was getting 2 hours of very light sleep per night (for months). If you look it up on r/buspar there are a lot of stories of people experiencing the exact same thing, waking up at the exact same times as I mentioned. It is truly uncanny and also, I took buspar first thing in the morning (at the lowest dose of 7.5 mg) so it should have “worn off” by night. Doctors and psychiatrists think this medication is somehow better than other anxiety medications because it’s not an SSRI but they are misinformed and in my experience refuse to acknowledge the side effects. My psychiatrist knew that the lack of sleep was ruining my life and when I told her that it turned out to be buspar, she went completely silent and changed the subject. Do not let any doctor prescribe this to you, or if you do try it, please discontinue it if you start experiencing the same side effect as I mentioned. You don’t want to be like me and go through this for months while your psychiatrist insists that the medication has no side effects and isn’t at a high enough dosage to cause this.

No. 435295

>>435282
SA but also another sleep side effect from buspar is paradoxical insomnia, where you’ll feel like you’ll lay awake for hours but then somehow be asleep during that time. I would even check my phone every hour to see the time and be “awake” so if I was sleeping then it was a very, very light sleep. It’s a really weird dichotomy because I didn’t think that I was sleeping the majority of the night but then I also felt not tired at all the day after. When you have the awakenings, you will be completely alert and unable to go back to sleep—this feeling of alertness persists throughout the day which can be “nice” if you’re usually someone who is exhausted or oversleeps I guess. Either way my sleep became terrible and I got the worst dark circles and deep 11 wrinkles (that I now have to botox) while on buspar. Thankfully my sleep is returning back to normal since stopping it, I was scared that this would give me permanent sleep side effects like Effexor did—I developed adult night terrors from Effexor, which still persisted months after stopping.

Now a question for nonas—I am thinking about dropping my psychiatrist because after I told her that my sleep problems were caused by the buspar, she’s now trying to put me on antipsychotics since “anxiety medications don’t work for [me]”. Keep in mind that I am actually feeling good despite my anxiety and bpd. I feel like I have been managing well since coming off of all medications. Now I have taken antipsychotics before as I am a bpdfag who was misdiagnosed with bipolar in the past. My bpd-caused mood instability obviously had no improvements on antipsychotics. For those who don’t know, antipsychotics have probably the worst long-term side effects of all medications and the worst cognitive decline, it’s basically a chemical lobotomy. So basically I told my psychiatrist that I was feeling good and doing well without the medications and then she suggests fucking antipsychotics. I feel like this woman is negligently trying to chemically lobotomize me and the suggestion makes me actually sickened. I know I sound crazy ranting like this and probably not like a credible narrator but I want to emphasize that things in my life are going well and I feel actually well-adjusted without medication even though I have anxiety & bpd. But it seems like this psychiatrist appears to need me to be on some medication and of all medications, she’s negligently/casually suggesting antipsychotics to me (at a time in my life where I actually feel good wtf). I’m thinking of writing a review online and cancelling all future appointments.

No. 435305

>>433053
It really depends on the pill itself and your reason for taking it. I took one brand a few years ago that just made me lethargic and mildly depressed so I stopped and refused to take them again.
Until I stopped getting my period a year ago. My hormones were normal, ultrasound was normal, weight and thyroid normal but no period whatsoever. Nobody knew why so they put me on a newer brand of the pill which fixed it, and now I have to stay on it in order to actually be able to shed uterine lining and, you know, not get cancer. This new one doesn’t affect my mood or weight but period cramps are worse than before. Then there’s the mini pill which some of my friends take and like. Sadly you have to give it a try to see how it feels, but if you don’t have to I wouldn’t personally bother.

No. 435306

>>410938
The brand makes a big difference. I take an extended release one and it works, but other brands I’ve tried did jack shit even though the dose was the same.

No. 435311

I'm on zoloft for 3 weeks and it's helping a lot, but it killed my orgasms and I lost a lot of sensitivity. Will this fix itself as time goes on or what can I do?

No. 435373

>>434989
I'm only 15mg twice a day.
>>435017
This sounds so nice. I think I'll try to stay on buspirone for at least 2 months, but I'm definitely gonna ask about prozac if it doesn't work for me.

No. 435381

Question for nonas who are on/have been on Seroquel: Did Seroquel ever exacerbate anxiety in your experience with it? I have a pre-existing anxiety disorder, and have medications for said anxiety disorder, but I've just recently started Seroquel and am tapering up to a 150mg dose. But even on 50mg, it feels as if my anxiety and general panic has reached record highs. I can't even bring myself to leave the house unless I'm accompanied by someone else, and every little sound like a car driving by terrifies me to my core. I have really high hopes for Seroquel being the right antipsychotic for me, but did anyone else experience this sort of thing? Did it go away after awhile for you?

No. 435629

>>435311
Do orgasms and sexual sensitivity matter to you? Personally it took me 3-4 years to recover from that even after I stopped taking it so it might not get better, if it's a dealbreaker I'd talk to your psychiatrist about lowering or combining with another medication like Wellbutrin.

No. 436040

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Has anybody tried Ketamine for treatment resistant depression? I've had severe depression that is immune to medication, therapy, exercise, etc, since I was a preteen and now at 25 I'm looking at the rest of my life and seriously wondering how much longer I can do this for. Ketamine therapy was suggested to me by someone, and I'm hesitant to look into it because I've heard it's addictive and makes your bladder not work, or something. But I watched a seemingly trustworthy youtube deep dive into it that painted it in much rosier colors than I expected. So I guess I'm looking for real experiences.

No. 436055

>>436040
Not me but a friend of a friend did this. She only had positive things to say about it and is much happier after the treatment than before. She didn’t have any issues with addiction prior to treatment which I would imagine contributed to her outcome

No. 436150

>>436055
Do you know what version she used? I hear it comes in a nasal spray, IV treatment, and sublingual tablets.

No. 436167

>>435629
Yeah it really matters to me. I brought up the Wellbutrin combination with my psychiatrist before and he looked at me as if I was asking for heroin; I'm not in the US and apparently we don't do that here, it's either or. RIP

No. 436172

>>436040
It works fine but I didn't have the amazing effects some people report. I think the antidepressant effect comes from dissociation from the ego for a while. So technically you can get the same effect from meditation

No. 436175

>>436040
Have you been tested for decifiencies? I know so many people who have one through numerous medications and treatments for years, but the drs never drew their blood and turns out they were just severely deficient in vitamin d for years.

No. 436182

>>436175
Yes, and I take supplements. I’ve literally tried everything, except for ECT or the magnetic thing because I already struggle with brain fog due to another med I take and I can’t afford to lose any more mental acuity.

No. 436201

>>436182
what about shrooms

No. 436212

>>436201
I’ve always been curious about that and willing to try it, but I have no friends to be “sitters” for me, and I live with my parents who wouldn’t approve (I pay rent and have a proper job though, I just live in a HCL area so I’m saving for a down payment… someday)

No. 436215

>>436212
You don't have to trip, just microdosing works wonders for a lot of the issues I had, not only depression, but also anxiety, focus, energy levels, learning, etc. afaik ketamine doesn't really heal anything in your brain, but shrooms cause neurogenesis

No. 436241

>>436215
How do you do that? Could you direct me to some trustworthy resources about it?

No. 436244


No. 436342

I've been taking venlafaxine since june due to recurring depressive episodes, avoidant personality disorder and anxiety. Started with 37,5 mg. I felt like shit for the first two weeks, had headaches and felt like I was playing a third person video game. At week 3 everything kind of normalized. My inhibitions were kind of down and I wasn't ruminating about social interactions anymore and people noticed it at work. I now have colleagues that want to have lunch with me and I got better at socializing. I did not know that I had a personality besides being shy and insecure. I am now at 75 mg and the doctor said that we don't have to increase the dosage anymore. I'll probably have to take the medication for a long while due to the recurring depressive episodes (had them since I was 12). I am also seeing a therapist for the avoidant personality disorder. I do have side effects like lowered libido and night sweats but to me that isn't too bad and I've always had issues with intimacy so nothings really lost.

No. 436376

>>436040
no but I adore it for recreational use !!!



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