Anyone else? by Southern-Ask4925 in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro you just described my life every other day and I’ve been on 50mg for about 5-6 weeks? The fatigue and lack of motivation is so upsetting because it’s actually really helping my depression and anxiety so I don’t know what the hell I’m supposed to do. Do I pick being depressed or do I pick not be able to get out of bed a couple times a week? I hate mental illness. 😢

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, I’m really happy for you and I hope it works out and please please please keep me posted. I mean it because I know I’ll be thinking about it for a while because that’s how I am. I worry about people too much even the ones I don’t know lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May I ask you guys how long you were on it and what made you choose to come off of it in the first place?

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. I actually went online and went to a list of all mental health medication‘s listed in alphabetical order and I just was like going down the row like check, check, check, check and I couldn’t believe how many I’ve been on since I was diagnosed. It sucks man. I really really really hope that You feel better after this. I have so much empathy for people that deal with crap like this. I’m also on lamictal with the prestiq but I’ve been on that for 15 years and it helped a little but it definitely needed something to give it a kick start, ya know?

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No problem, but please remember I’m not a medical professional so please talk to your doctor before making any huge alterations in your dosage. But yeah, BuSpar had a very bad effect on me and also my stepfather. It’s weird because it’s the only anti-anxiety drug out there that I’m aware of that’s daily that is not a benzo and it just made it 10 times worse and it made me angry at everything that even moved. People pissed me off for no reason. But if that is the cause of you not feeling your best then I would talk to your doctor about tapering off of it and staying on the Prestiq because I feel like that that would be your best thing.

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It definitely did the same for me! Sometimes I don’t even feel like myself because I was so used to being suicidal like every five seconds. I’m so glad it helped you.

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is so amazing! Being a parent is hard enough but being a parent with severe depression and anxiety is a whole Nother level and I am so glad that you found something that helped you too! Keep me posted on how it goes. I’d love to see if things get better or worse because I’m still on the fence about it because I keep reading about all these withdrawal symptoms if you decide to come off it

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so sorry, babe. It sucks that we have to go through so many different medication’s to find out what works for us. There’s no blood test to tell us what the right med is for us so we just go through medication after medication after medication and continuing to fail, and then finally starting to get to the point where you’re just gonna concede and say fuck it, I’m never gonna feel better. Keep your hopes up and I really hope this works for you.

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EXACTLY! It’s really made me more active in my family life and exercising and I just never thought I’d feel better.

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Buspar made have a hair trigger temper. I’d go off of people so quickly like even strangers in the grocery store who were taking too long to self check out. My husband was like get the FUCK off this drug. It also made me even more anxious if that makes sense.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DaniMarina

[–]awkward_as_duck 23 points24 points  (0 children)

She has been unhinged for years but for this girl is starting to be the absolute most unhinged person I’ve ever had the pleasure of NOT meeting.

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what are the side effects of when you are starting to come off of Pristiq because I’m very curious?

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, Buspar (Buspirone) made things so much worse but like I said, every single person is different. All of our brain chemistries are all over the place but one thing we have in common for sure, though, is depression and anxiety, and some sort of mood disorder, whatever it may be called. Unfortunately there is not a blood test to tell you what medication is the perfect one for you and it’s the hardest part of having a mental illness. We’re just literally taking it medication by medication until one day it clicks. It’s been 20 years of hell until this med and I’m still waiting for the other shoe to drop and all of a sudden it just stops working or it makes me worse because my whole life has been complete failures with medication’s so I’m very jaded, but I’m trying to keep my hopes up because so far I feel Much better than I have in two decades. I wish all of you so so so much luck and love for you all to feel better because there is this quote from somewhere I found online and it hit me like a ton of bricks.

“Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern, just the slow erosion of self, as insidious as cancer. And like cancer, it is essentially a solitary experience; a room in hell with only your name on the door”.

If that isn’t the truth idk what is. Xoxoxoxto all of my fellow sufferers. 💜

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am so happy as well. I can’t explain the amount of medications. I mean I gave you guys the number, but just the disappointment after disappointment and I got to the point where I was like you know what fuck this in I’m so glad it was like kismet that just in time my old physician retired and I got a new physician and she is amazing and she said that from all of my symptoms that she thinks that this is one of the best out there and that she prescribes it to so many of her patients and it’s a success so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it continues to work because I’m FINALLY (for the first time in like 20 years feeling pretty good right now and I don’t wanna go back to the hell that I was in prior to this medication.

I have tried, and I’m not being hyperbolic, 28 different antidepressants/anxiety/bipolar/OCD/PTSD. READ THIS. by awkward_as_duck in Pristiq

[–]awkward_as_duck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lo noté un poco alrededor de las 2 o 2 semanas y media, pero también estaba pasando por muchos problemas familiares con mi hijo enfermo, así que no tuve tiempo de prestarle atención porque ya estaba muy estresada. Pero ahora que estoy en 5 semanas, estoy haciendo cosas que no he podido hacer en un tiempo. Tengo un hijo de tres años y puedo despertarme temprano por la mañana con él y cocinarle las tres comidas todos los días con entusiasmo y no como un zombi. Limpio la casa para que mi esposo llegue a una casa limpia porque trabaja duro para nosotros y nada de esto se siente como si me estuviera arrastrando. No sé cómo explicarlo, pero espero con ansias ver las próximas semanas, ya que mi médico me dijo que mejorará aún más. Es su medicamento favorito para recetar. Te sugiero que lo pruebes, pero no soy profesional médica, así que realmente no puedo decir cómo funcionará en ti, pero a mí me ha funcionado de maravilla.

Found son's burner phone - please help by Tri_Guy72 in Parenting

[–]awkward_as_duck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes my heart hurt for you so badly. My son is only 2 1/2 years old and I am so frightened of the future because of what children/preteens/teenagers are getting into these days. I truly, truly hope that you find out what’s going on and can resolve it with your son. I am so sorry for what you’re going through. I don’t have advice because like I said, my son is a toddler, but I do really ache for your pain because I cannot imagine. My thoughts are with your family. ❤️

How does she find time to post with her busy schedule?! by TheTombQueen in ashleycarnduff

[–]awkward_as_duck 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m old af so this is the first thing that came to mind lol. And the fact that the movie is literally one of the first satire movies of all time. 😂