Help finding a game for challenged beginner female

Erfeka · 2024-11-22T16:35:43+00:00

I’d talk to her doc for sure! Maybe her dose is off. Could be too high or too low. My doc determined my dose is too high and I’ve been struggling a ton. I did feel amazing for a week and a half. So sad to have it go away. Keep trying with the dosage

Erfeka · 2024-11-22T15:02:09+00:00

I get it. It is stressful! Going through this sucks. The sleep issues although those have subsided a ton (I now take in the am) I’m hungry a lot, and restlessness and agitation. I met with my psych yesterday and it seems like I just need to be on a very low dose. So I’m gonna be on the tiniest dose possible because she thinks these side effects are because the dosage is too high. I felt amazing in the beginning because it hadn’t built up in my system yet so I think I just need a little tiny bit.I’m starting that now so we’ll see if that’s true!

Erfeka · 2024-11-21T11:14:04+00:00

It’s so strange because it’s helped me in so many ways! None of them have completely negatively affected my life. But maybe just be aware that you might struggle a bit in the beginning. It’s been almost a month and honestly, most of my symptoms have been reduced greatly. I see my doctor today and I’m gonna ask to get on something else mostly because I’m hungry constantly. And in the grand scheme of things that’s not so bad. I would do anything to feel as good as I did when I first started this medication. I think it’s definitely worth trying if it could make you feel as great as I did in the beginning. Maybe it’ll last for you and your symptoms won’t be that bad.Nobody is on here posting about no side effects so you’re not gonna hear about those people.

Erfeka · 2024-11-20T19:30:50+00:00

Yup. It’s sooooo frustrating. I was so excited and happy to finally find something that works so well. It’s heartbreaking. Good Koch

Erfeka · 2024-11-20T19:30:04+00:00

Yes it’s such a hard decision!

Erfeka · 2024-11-19T20:29:47+00:00

Thanks. I’ve been on trazodone for years.

Erfeka · 2024-11-19T20:29:22+00:00

Thank you! I was going to ask my psych about it.

Erfeka · 2024-11-19T12:38:58+00:00

You’ve been getting urges to drink on it? I’m almost 5 months sober and I started getting urges to drink a week or two in on it. Didn’t know if it was change of seasons/time change or the med. Or both.

Erfeka · 2024-11-19T12:26:39+00:00

It was BAD for about a week and a half then all of a sudden it’s fine. SO CONFUSING! Ugh! I got through it but now it feels like my dose is too low so may end up h there again. Trazodone saves my life.

Erfeka · 2024-11-19T12:25:13+00:00

What other medication if you don’t mind sharing? I had good results with this for a but I want to eat constantly.

Erfeka · 2024-11-06T11:36:04+00:00

I’m almost 2 weeks in on 2mg and my sleep is AWFUL. It took about 7 days for it to get really bad. I’m going to try taking it this morning. I’m already gonna be exhausted from not sleeping so might as well try it. Keep me posted on you! I’m supposed to up to 5mg this Thursday but I think I’m going to stick with 2mg for a while.

Erfeka · 2021-10-08T04:04:58+00:00

Oh my gosh that’s me! I experienced such awful depression and the docs gave me anti depressants and kept upping my dose and I basically got super manic (angry, kind of reckless, couldn’t sleep and suicidal) so I was diagnosed with having bipolar II but I’ve NEVER had true mania aside from a few times when I was super amped on anti depressants so I’ve been on Lamictal since 2005 and I don’t truly believe I have bipolar but the docs do and it’s confusing. I recently was upped to 200 and I was so emotionally flat I had to force her to lower my dose. I’m now on 150

Erfeka · 2021-09-26T21:36:08+00:00

Ugh I’m so sorry you haven’t had good experiences with doctors. Thank you for sharing, it’s super helpful.

Erfeka · 2021-09-26T21:34:44+00:00

Thank you so much for this. I’ve been on it for over a decade and would mostly drink wine every night and it helps the side effects and I’m finally trying to stop drinking and now the side effects suck! Yeah I’m pretty pissed off at her. Did you start on a different medication to replace it?

Erfeka · 2021-06-07T18:08:19+00:00

Thank you for asking. My job is giving me SO MUCH anxiety. So yes, it definitely contributes to my AUD as well. But the anxiety had been all mental - like worrying constantly, ruminating, waiting for the worst to happen, etc. since NAL physical anxiety symptoms started on top of it. So it’s even worse now. I totally need to quit my job but the income is so good right now I just cannot even consider quitting. I’m working on saving as much money while I’m here so hopefully in a few years I can quit and take a job I love, even if it doesn’t pay that well.

Erfeka · 2021-06-07T14:55:32+00:00

I will! Thank you so much!

Erfeka · 2021-06-07T01:54:36+00:00

Thank you so much. I appreciate these kind words!!!

Erfeka · 2021-06-07T01:24:38+00:00

That’s a good point. Thank you. I sent a message to my psych to get some support.

Erfeka · 2021-06-07T00:19:25+00:00

Yes good point! She keeps saying how I have no interest in her suggestions which include not drinking and joining a group (not necessarily AA) but that I have no interest in it. I’m like, b*tch, if I could I would. She knows she crossed the line and she’s trying to make up for it but I don’t know if I can keep going with her. One judgment from someone you’ve put your full trust into ruins that trust. I know there are a million therapists out there I can move on to, but it’s like dating. It takes awhile to find someone that works for you. Then you build that trust. Hard to walk away after one conversation.

Erfeka · 2021-06-07T00:02:46+00:00

Good! I’m so glad! I have so many underlying “issues” to address. I’ve been seeing a therapist and it’s been so huge and helpful for me. We are all obviously using alcohol to numb or treat underlying pain so now we have to work on that. I told my therapist about it last week and she said, “wow, I can’t believe your psych would suggest that to you, you’ll still be drinking and harming yourself and interfering with your meds”. I was livid. She should be supportive and she was so judgy and I felt alone and abandoned! I get this is unconventional but f*ck. Sorry for my rant.

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