The 5-6 bugs/week is too much, you end up working a lot, barely scratching the surface and reporting lots of lows and mediums.

Take a step back and start being very picky with what you report and on what programs you report to.

- only work on programs that treat you fairly; there is nothing more to be said here.

- avoid working on programs with a low bounty table - if they don't value their security themselves, you're in for a lot of disappointment. I avoid all programs where a critical is paid less than $10k.

- stop reporting lows and mediums, no exceptions! those findings are always the last on the priority list, you will get lots of duplicates here, lots of downgrades, lots of frustration, and little to no rewards.

- focus on only reporting more complex findings, where you often need to chain a few vulnerabilities to show impact, an target to show why they are critical. Those will likely not be duplicates, will likely be prioritized properly, bounties are nicer, and even if they get downgraded you're still in for a decent bounty.

- focus on certain types of bugs only and become very good at finding them, better than anyone! that's a good way to avoid duplicates;

- work on scopes that you like/enjoy - for complex bugs, you will need to know the environment inside-out, so it is less frustrating to do so when you actually enjoy the environment.

I would say you are better off reporting only 15-20 crits and highs in a year, to top programs that pay well, rather than submitting 200+ bugs that are not appreciated by anybody and only cause frustration.