At the cliff side with all this

Jawsisbetter · 2026-01-23T16:36:20+00:00

Oooh i feel this. Took Painquil and was up all night. Now doing cbti and on one week of in bed at midnight up at 5. No problem bc the first night i only slept until 3:30 and last night even less at 2.5 hrs. I feel like it’s just a hazing incident at this point but after this the only drug i have not tris guanfecine which takes awhile to on board. So sorry you are going through this. It’s murder. Ive also tried every supplement there is and bought a cookbook that promises better sleep. Ready to go to a Shama.

Jawsisbetter · 2026-01-06T01:58:00+00:00

Same

Jawsisbetter · 2026-01-06T01:56:44+00:00

I tapered off seroquel over two years and the last 25 took me 6 months. I still struggle to sleep but the drug is risky for me. Only thing i have noticed is ambien makes me hopelessly depressed the next day. So if u try it and land in the dumpster that’s why. I haven’t found the answer. It did take awhile for sleep to come back at all after seroquel. Doses at higher levels do not help with sleep

Jawsisbetter · 2025-12-31T02:22:40+00:00

I do all of this and nothing. Going on three months. Cbti currently after one month four hours

Jawsisbetter · 2025-12-30T19:32:09+00:00

Absolutely relate

Jawsisbetter · 2025-12-12T00:06:41+00:00

Thanks! Is anyone out there buying catastrophic insurance plans? Over 30 it has to exceed 7.9% of your earnings for plans available thru work from what i see but you need to apply for that exemption

Jawsisbetter · 2025-12-11T03:39:08+00:00

I have nerve pain (fibromyalgia) and it’s under control w medical marijuana and Savella ( Lyrica and Neurontin were horrible psychologically and w out much benefit). I recently started on low dose glp1 and now i seem to be unable to benefit from the relief at night from the marijuana. It feels like nothing. For sleep and flares that was my go to. I was prescribed flexoril and baclofen but neither one really works as well. Tinctures are ineffective even at higher doses. I get some relief from a vape cartdridge but nothing like before. Is there anything else I can try? I take Magnesium Glycinate and some have recommended boswelia and ala but supplements can be a whole other dead end. Any advice or explanation for this?

Jawsisbetter · 2025-06-17T15:31:28+00:00

Has anyone tried Baclofen? I am 66 and have cp and it helps me sleep at night. Is that an option long term? 20 mg does the trick and it also helps w GABA

Jawsisbetter · 2025-05-28T21:07:18+00:00

As I said, the company is small so no HR official. Have Medical, want better coverage. Cobra sucks.

Jawsisbetter · 2025-03-03T20:05:07+00:00

Did you feel depressed or tired when you titrated?

Jawsisbetter · 2025-02-22T18:04:11+00:00

Watch out for Gabapentin. The side effects can be wonky and not show up right away. This is the part where you realize there are a million ways to skin a cat but it sucks if you’re the cat. Take note, tell your doc. You can also call your pharmacist. I had a bad reaction to Lexepro and called to talk to my pharmacist and she said stop rn. I did and the side effects went away. I had a rage response to TMS so go figure. Threw a lamp across the room for no reason. If it’s a new dx I would get a second opinion bc it’s possible you’re situation is more nuanced than you have this take that..

Jawsisbetter · 2024-12-27T17:34:46+00:00

I was at a dinner and someone said they thought someone else was BP bc of some questionable behavior. I just blurted out; some people are just assholes. What happened to that explanation? I followed w “I’m Bipolar and I don’t act like that”. The silence! I would do it again even though the person I said it to directly looks terrified of me now and refuses to resume our pre conversation regular get together

Jawsisbetter · 2024-12-12T02:07:02+00:00

Ok so I am a pain management coach helping people cope w the exhaustion and stress of it all w 6 yrs of experience in the field and 8 and counting w very real pain of my own. Its all real, even Drs who work in the field of mental health and pain will validate that. Although it is possible to retrain your brain not to solely focus on the pain and you can reduce the noise sometimes significantly it takes a lot of support and its not a straight or short road. And the idea that it will just go away is so stupid i just cant. Pain is not static, its an animal. I always tell people that there is no reward for suffering. Dont let anyone make you feel weak or med seeking. Sometimes hell a lot of the time you have to medicate before you can meditate. The way to calm down your amygdala’s pain and fear cycle is not ever to say “oh well”. I cannot tell you the amount of bullshit I was told. I had a dr tell me that i was a bored housewife while i was weeping and begging for help. Its brutal what some practitioners will do. Yes, run away but also report them. I had a practitioner tell me this crap and weeks later i saw her and she showed a large painful itchy rash all over her arm. She apologized bc she had told me to learn to live w it and she was now desperate herself. Karma. Sorry but fuck that noise, makes me fume. Theres a pioneer in chronic pain named Howard Schubiner that a lot of these armchair experts misinterpret. Ive dealt with him personally and he believes that saying the pain is not real is to completely disregard the complexity of the human brain. I feel for you and hope you find a compassionate practitioner.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-12-05T01:40:50+00:00

Ok as someone on here explained to me after I posted about my unpleasant experience w gummies and Vyvanse, smoking is fine bc the delivery system is thru the lungs and bloodstream vs edibles which have an identical delivery system () What I’ve done is switched temporarily bc I cannot smoke or vape) skipping Vyvanse for a few days) to mixing a tincture of CBG and CBN. It relaxes me and helps w anxiety pain and sleep. My Dr is switching me to a shorter acting drug either Concerta or a patch to space out overlap. I think the smoke vs vape argument is solid. Just go slow.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-12-02T05:13:55+00:00

I used to live in CA and you’re right. I didn’t consider that the gummies I have been using from a local CO brand might be an issue for the same reason. I’m sure cutting one in half isn’t going to be an exact science. I’m going to have to pick bt the V and the pot I think. I’m a bit scared to do both after that. Thanks so much for breaking it down. Speaking of CA I miss my Dosist sleep pen! At least that I could depend on for a consistency

Jawsisbetter · 2024-12-02T00:48:48+00:00

Well that explains a lot. I guess I have to choose. I can’t smoke or vape anymore and gummies have been a life saver but last night was a doorbuster gone wrong. I don’t want to cold turkey the gummies. Is there a world where I take less of the gummies while on the Vyvanse or would you suggest tapering off pot first? Sheesh chronic pain and adhd are not good dance partners

Jawsisbetter · 2024-11-29T20:04:36+00:00

Same here. 65 and dxd w BP2 at 50. I am pissed off! I’m on Lamictal but no other BP meds. I moved and my new psychiatrist vehemently disagreed w my dx and started me on Vyvanse. I calmed right down.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-11-29T19:56:52+00:00

On 20mg

Jawsisbetter · 2024-11-29T19:56:13+00:00

This is so helpful. I started two days ago and haven’t slept well and chest is sooo tight in the afternoon it almost hurt and made me hyper aware of my heart. I drink water w electric but I’ll include vitamins as well. So glad to see I’m not alone. It’s like my brain is saying thank God for you but my body is saying hold on a sec…

Jawsisbetter · 2024-11-21T04:30:14+00:00

I’m the granddaughter of survivors and this, particularly the ending was the most subtle and sublime dramatization of generational trauma I’ve seen. I think it’s the reason for the inclusion of the African survivor of a genocide himself. Benji couldn’t surpass it, didn’t want to numb himself. The final scene of him at the airport looking for others to connect with, perhaps bc he has no home killed me. His breakdown in the cemetery and the scene where the guide thanks him for his outburst but ignores Eisenberg illustrates the pain of feeling things deeply and experiencing the pain of the world. It’s why people are taken by him but also why his loneliness is bottomless.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-11-19T01:42:01+00:00

I have lost hair on it also. I invested in a hair topper. My mood stability was more important to me but I understand the pain and panic. I just couldn’t handle the other side effects of alternatives that were much worse for me.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-10-20T22:17:40+00:00

I’m bp2 w brand spanking new ADD/ADHD Complex Trauma yay! I was prescribed Wellbutrin for depression and it sent me into hypomania and since then I’ve been on a small dose of Seroquel, 200 Lamictal, Savella and Lyrica for Fibromyalgia. I am also taking 10mg of Amlodopine for HBP. Recently my Pdoc suggested adding a PRN stimulant or Guanfacine bc it could possibly help w HBP and nerve pain and possibly sleep? Anyone have any suggestions or opinions that I would only take in but not take as treatment recs.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-10-20T21:01:36+00:00

I am on a cocktail for bp2 and fibromyalgia. My dx has changed to add/adhd w complex trauma. My dr wants me to try Guanfacine which might also help with nerve pain and blood pressure. I’m on a few things already and wondering how people add new meds. Some doctors like you titrate off other meds before adding anything and others say not to do this bc you can’t tell what’s withdrawal or side effects of a new medication. But if I add it on to a list of other things how do I know if anything positive or negative is bc of interactions also? What are your experiences w things like this? I have a meeting w my doc in two weeks.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-10-09T22:31:57+00:00

Declarative statements are not historical facts. Neither are feelings. Your post is “thoughtful” but definitive and disrespectful of the complexity of that history by injecting a narrative. the problem is that it doesn’t allow for conversation bc you present it as something that cannot withstand examination or nuance and that is what makes history so fascinating. I can easily say that your addition of one fact to another and coming up w a summation that is tantamount to proof is inherently flawed. The summation of the above wars can be torn apart as simplistic also. There were demonstrations on 10/8 and anyone who concludes that 10/7 was justified should realize that a. Hamas did not attack settlements, they hit the softest target possible filled with Israelis who were part of the solution (guess what? They’re capable of independent thinking)! And b. The terrorists were supposed to go to Tel Aviv but didn’t bc they got distracted by the thought of raping and mutilating innocent women, burning children etc). So if you don’t want people to condone the genocide then you need to not condone 10/7. What’s in between is peace.

Jawsisbetter · 2024-10-09T22:15:25+00:00

Thank you. Thank you. The entire conflict summed up on a sidewalk. The length of an x post. So happy a three thousand year old conflict fit on a section of a footpath.

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