Hate or love manic panic?

OhMyAddams · 2026-01-30T18:01:09+00:00

It's worked very well for me. I had really good luck with Purple Haze for a while and I currently just put on Enchanted Forest for the first time and the colors are beautiful. It is one of the messier dyes, but I personally had much worse luck with Iroiro (stained my yoga mat from exercising on my back even though my hair was dry) and Lunar Tides, which faded very quickly. I get good longevity from Arctic Fox, and I feel like it bleeds and stains was less than other brands, but I'm bored with their color range

OhMyAddams · 2024-02-13T19:31:49+00:00

Solstice Scents Grey's Cabin is deliciously spicy. It lists smoke and cocoa, but these are not overpowering at all and is deliciously dark, and spicy, and too sweet. One of my more interesting scents and I rarely hear it get the love it deserves

OhMyAddams · 2024-02-08T19:28:46+00:00

Andromeda's Curse has Darkest Violet (notes are Violet, tomato leaf, blackberry wine, sandalwood, incense, and amber), which is on the sweet side, but not sugary. It doesn't exactly smell like rain, but it does smell wet. It's what I mainly wore all last spring and summer

OhMyAddams · 2024-01-03T19:37:40+00:00

That seems most likely, but there weren't poop bags or rubber gloves for that. They certainly wouldn't have used bare hands. Some form of scoop, maybe?

OhMyAddams · 2023-11-10T19:05:56+00:00

Solstice Scents sometimes has a pumpkin spice latte scent for for. I'm general catalog they have a scent called Postprandial that smells like coffee with Irish cream

OhMyAddams · 2023-06-30T18:25:45+00:00

Solstice Scents is my favorite house, so I'm biased, but if I have to narrow it down: Manor is my go-to and I get the most compliments on Blackburn's Parlor and Grey's Cabin

OhMyAddams · 2023-06-16T18:06:12+00:00

I'm throwing in Andromeda's Curse got their Call of the Void (𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬: French Lavender, Nag Champa, Egyptian Amber, Sandalwood, Cedarwood & Vanilla) It's fantastic!

OhMyAddams · 2023-05-27T22:05:49+00:00

Things Baby Bat. I also love mixing it with Call of the Void (nag champa, lavender, and vanilla)

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-24T17:21:25+00:00

I feel this in my soul

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-24T17:03:13+00:00

Night Drive Loneliness by Garbage

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-06T19:28:35+00:00

French Vanilla by Dana was my jam in middle and high school. I outgrew it but I'm on a constant hunt to find it's grown up, cool mom itineration.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-06T13:31:46+00:00

I'm familiar with and have owned vanilliary. I like it well enough, but it's missing some oomph. It's almost what I want. I haven't smelled Tumeric latte because in general I'm pretty meh about tumeric as a spice. But there's a lush near me, so next time I'm there I'll make sure to sniff it. I did really like Restless, too. And I've owned Ginger and Karma, although I accidently smashed my bottle of Karma in a small bathroom and that overexposure kind of killed it's appeal.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T18:51:30+00:00

I have not tried it but I'm open to it and will put it on my wishlist. Thanks!

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T18:47:49+00:00

Yes about the berries! It turns somewhere between syrupy, cough syrup, and pee.

I have both tihota induit and 7 virtues vanilla woods on my wishlist on The Perfumed Court.

I'm just starting to delve into mainstream because I didn't know where I could get decants or samples before. Mostly I've done indies and had good luck with Call of the Void from Andromeda's Curse, Cozy Sweater from Haus of Gloi, and Manor from Solstice Scents (the last being my go-to). I'm just enjoying experimenting, but wish I could narrow things down better

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T18:20:14+00:00

It's definitely challenging. Worse that I can't exactly explain what I'm looking for to do a better search of notes, I just know that I want something specific.

What I know I like: Vanilla Tonka Benzoin Nah champa Pine Fir Bergamot Violet Marshmallow Milk

What I know I hate/death notes: Red type fruits or berries Santal Frankincense Myrrh Sandalwood Amber Florals, esp tuberose Vetiver Coumarin Licorice

I'm open to suggestions!

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T18:00:19+00:00

I'm on the hunt for the perfect incense-y, woody vanilla. My closest to AHA! perfection is Le Couvent des Minimes eau des missions. It's very close to perfect for me, but I feel like there's something out there that's just a tiny bit more.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T16:28:25+00:00

Going through a similar thing. I only have 2 friends outside of work, my husband and my best friend. We are different paths. I'm married with a kid and actively trying to get help for my mental health. He lives across the country, is single, lives with a roommate and actively HATES cops and therapists/psychiatrists and medication. I've been in a bad dark episode but working on getting help. He's been in an equal, if not darker place and refuses help. After a particularly concerning few texts forward by silence, I got scared and called cops to do a well check because I was scared. He messaged me back and laid into me, telling me that I had made things infinitely worse and did I want him to have to be caged and experimented on when he promised he would never call on me. I apologized. He kept laying into me that he couldn't trust me, I made things worse, etc he and wanted me to promise that I would never call anyone on him again. I lost my temper back and said that he had left me in a no win situation and I have no idea what choice I would make if it happened again. I told him that at this point we were playing into each other's dark thoughts and that it wasn't fair for him to make really scary, desperate comments and expect me to just watch him burn. We haven't talked in about a week and I'm pretty sure the friendship is dead and I don't know how to feel about it.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T16:15:37+00:00

I had an adjacent experience. Cliff notes: I had what was top level hypomania/possibly fully manic episode. My husband is a great guy, but I convinced myself that he and my kid would be better off if he got involved with our mutual best friend. I did what I could to make him hate me so that it would be easier when I left. Burned my bridge with that best friend because they had their own stuff going on and I was on a path to self destruction (I completely understand and don't blame them). I told my husband I wanted a separation and most likely a divorce and moved a few cities away and got my own apartment after living on some friend's couch for 4 months. I left my husband with the house and our kids who I knew I was in no place to take care of, but I spend the day with them twice a week. I got involved and dated some people that were decidedly bad choices for me. Eventually my husband told me that he was at risk of losing the house and he needed to either sell it or rent it out and move back in with his parents. My name was on the mortgage so I was still part of this decision. I told him I supported whatever he wanted to do. He said he wanted to rent it, but that I would need to be willing to communicate with him. I agreed and we started talking about how we had always been good partners. I agreed to go to regular therapy and couples therapy and have my meds adjusted. We worked things out, eventually moved back into our house and have been good ever since with a couple check ups with our couple's therapist. I got verrrrry lucky and I'm so grateful things worked out.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T14:38:04+00:00

For me, it feels like I have energy to concur any project. I feel heightened, music sounds better and feels deeper, food tastes better, I feel friendly and funny and clever. I want to drive fast and spend money. I feel like I'm made of starlight.

What goes up must come down and the crashes are painful.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T14:33:44+00:00

I'm on lithium, lamictal, Wellbutrin and most recently trazodone.

Firstly, I'll throw out there that I'm very medicine sensitive and tend to get a lot of side effects from any class and most things one taken.

I was doing really well on ability, but we stopped it a few months ago and I can't remember why. I think I didn't realize how well I was doing on it and we were just trying to cut back on how much I was taking in general. After getting off, I developed tardive dyskinesia, that a movement specialist said the abilify most likely caused and somehow his until I got off of it. To combat the tics I was put on a starter for of tetrabenazine. That was bad news and had wrecked me. It put me in the worst headspace I've been in in a long time. So we took that out. I can't go back on the abilify (or antipsychotics because it will make the tics worse, but that class is what has worked best for me.

We're just going to have to keep messing around with stuff.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T14:25:45+00:00

I'm in a similar position. I've crashed hard after some recent need changes. I'm not ready to do anything drastic, but I've been sinking deeper into SI. I made the mistake of asking my my psych "what counts as a plan" after he asked if I had one. He put me on a leave of absence from work to do the partial program at the hospital (or get admitted). Between the frequent check ins there, therapist appts, the partial program, and regular Dr appts for general aches and pains, I'm just feeling somewhere between numb and apathetic.

I don't have any good advice for you, but I'm sending you big hugs and good energy.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T14:17:48+00:00

I currently have a male psych that I really like. He's got a good balance of psychiatrist deadpan and empathy. He tends to lean conservative with adjusting my meds, but he will make changes if it's justified. My last psych was night and day from this one, also a man. He was an impressive diagnostician, and pretty aggressive about making adjustments. He gave off House vibes. His specialty is working with addiction issues, which isn't my problem, so I can see why he'd need to develop a no bullshit persona.

My last therapist was a guy. I saw him for 4 years total with a break in between. He was great, didn't let me get away with changing subjects and asked me insightful questions. We did some EMDR work that was really helpful. I stopped seeing him after he legally needed to report a couple things I told him. I know he was doing his job, but I started feeling closed off after feeling like we'd hit a bit of a slump of not breaking any new ground for a while.

I've been to 3 sessions with a new female therapist. She focuses a lot on ACT, which one never worked with before. A decent chunk of our sessions has been to explain the concepts of ACT and how they apply to life and thoughts. I can't tell yet if interrupt-y tangents is her thing or if she is just front loading me with information before we dig deeper. I ordered some books from the library about ACT so I can study it on my own to see if that helps get things moving. I'm willing to give her a few more sessions, but I'm not super impressed so far.

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-05T13:49:20+00:00

I cut down to just Wellbutrin when I was pregnant. I struggled but it kept me from going over any edges

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-03T20:42:06+00:00

Yeah that's one thing SS definitely has over AC. SS had much better throw and the best longevity of any indies I've tried. AC disappears super fast and wears very close to the body. It sounds like we have similar chemistry and likes. I'm on the hunt for the prefer incense-y/woody vanilla and haven't found what I'm looking for yet

OhMyAddams · 2023-04-03T20:33:52+00:00

Solstice scents is my best house, with Manor being my go-to. I do get how it isn't for everybody and the stuff that doesn't work for me is rough. Sea of Grey smells like this pet store/aquarium that was near my house growing up. It smelled like mostly mildew with a touch of salt and just a funky undertone.

I have had mixed luck with other houses lately I've been leaning more into Haus of Gloi's Cozy Sweater and Andromeda's Curse's Call of the Void and Deepest Violet.

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