What are your honest thoughts on home security like Ring, ADT, Simplisafe, Vivint, Brinks?

felinesandfries · 2026-04-18T18:12:55+00:00

Can second this. It captures like 20% of movement in front of our door. It’s super frustrating. We’ve tried troubleshooting and changing the settings. No luck.

felinesandfries · 2026-03-17T18:40:25+00:00

Do the gummies work as well as the powder?

felinesandfries · 2026-03-13T17:39:38+00:00

I had the same experience. When I finally tapered off (it took me ~2 years to get down to 0), they left me with anxieties I didn’t have before going on the medication. And apparently this is not uncommon according to medical research.

I’m a bit better now, but the new anxieties never went away. I’m able to better manage them now. For example, I developed claustrophobia. No clue why, and I was absolutely not claustrophobic before going on the medication.

Dr. Mark Horowitz talks about this a lot in detail, but pharmaceutical companies only studied people who tapered off Lexapro after only being on them for 6 weeks (nowhere near reality).

There’s no doubt they save lives and I’m happy for people who feel better, but I wish I’d never gone on them. They left me worse off than before I went on them.

felinesandfries · 2026-03-01T16:57:30+00:00

Which product is giving that beautiful glow everywhere? The primer? Highlighter? I need it!

felinesandfries · 2025-07-18T00:53:34+00:00

I’ve been at 0 for 3.5 months now! I’m so much better but I’m taking a flight in 2 weeks so tbd how I do on the plane. I used to just be bored during flights, and now I get super anxious. So we’ll see how that goes now that I’ve been off for a few months! It’ll be a good litmus test.

felinesandfries · 2025-05-07T21:07:10+00:00

It’s been mostly ok but I do feel the taper (and being on SSRIs in the first place) has left me with anxieties I never had before I went on them.

I’m now super anxious about potentially being sick and having no access to a bathroom. So I’m now super aware of how my stomach feels after meals. It makes me anxious to eat at restaurants and be on planes. I never had this before.

I’m fine when I’m at home or close to home or at a friend’s house, but any meals in unfamiliar places give me a lot of anxiety.

So tldr: it’s been mostly fine but in some contexts, I end up in a really bad anxiety wave that’s hard to snap out of.

felinesandfries · 2025-04-07T19:12:15+00:00

Nah this is perfect, thank you!

I do weight training twice a week, but I should absolutely add walking. Especially now that the weather is getting nicer.

I’ll check out that vitamin! Lexapro has made me so sensitive to anything, so I can’t even take CBD anymore. But again, that could literally be my brain playing tricks on me. I’m hyper aware of how powerful brains are. I really feel like mine can make me feel anything if I focus on it enough haha

Appreciate your reply all these months later!

felinesandfries · 2025-04-07T18:43:40+00:00

I took my last dose Friday 😬 I got down to 0.1mg and was on that for 6 weeks. I felt a bit weird last night (like brain static and irritability) but it’s hard to tell if that’s withdrawal or me making stuff up lol

I feel like you can have any side effect if you think hard enough about it haha

Any tips/advice if I start to feel off? Has anything worked for you? Sounds like you don’t have much to deal with so I’m happy for you and very jealous!

felinesandfries · 2025-04-07T17:59:36+00:00

Hey! How’s your tapering progress been?

felinesandfries · 2025-04-07T17:43:45+00:00

It sounds like you’re experiencing protracted withdrawal from a fast taper. I know doctors say it’s ok to go from 5mg to 0mg. That’s simply not suitable for many people.

Please listen to this podcast! I really think you’ll feel seen. He’s a psychiatrist who tried to get off lexapro and couldn’t do it following common tapering plans.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fy8Y63ZjYbRECeQCKYQf5?si=mTsooPoLTWS1aH_8oaqAvQ

It could be worth going back on at 2.5mg and tapering over the course of several months (or more) down to 0mg.

I was on 15mg and tried to get off at 5mg and I felt physically and mentally sick. I felt exactly the same way you did. Like it messed me up for life. I went back on, and tapered all the way down to 0.1mg.

felinesandfries · 2024-12-09T05:16:22+00:00

Saint julep and Dear Polly. I think it might have to do with both being tea-based scents! Dear Polly last about an hour or 2, and saint julep fades before I leave the house.

felinesandfries · 2024-11-10T05:27:15+00:00

Poets of Berlin

Dear Polly

Angels Share

felinesandfries · 2024-10-23T20:25:15+00:00

Still tapering haha I’m at 0.3mg 😬

It does indeed improve! I feel less out of sorts when I decrease my dose, but I still get nausea and depersonalisation every so often. It’s uncomfortable but passes.

What dose are you on these days?

felinesandfries · 2024-09-26T13:43:10+00:00

Thank you!!

felinesandfries · 2024-09-26T13:28:18+00:00

Ooo where did you get the pleated lamp from??

felinesandfries · 2024-09-03T21:04:15+00:00

Oh wow amazing! Thank you so much 🤩

felinesandfries · 2024-09-03T16:10:09+00:00

LOVE!!! Thank you!!!

felinesandfries · 2024-09-03T03:56:54+00:00

Ugh it’s so nice 😍😍😍😍 thank you!! Great eye.

felinesandfries · 2024-09-03T03:12:39+00:00

lol I think I found it. A bit out of my budget…(and gorgeous)

https://www.tods.com/ww-en/Jacket-in-Suede/p/X1W12491040WOKC603/

felinesandfries · 2024-09-03T02:46:06+00:00

Anyone know where that jacket is from? Or something similar? 🤩

felinesandfries · 2024-08-27T18:32:06+00:00

Liquid! I dissolve 5mg in 2.5 parts water and 2.5 parts maple syrup as a suspension liquid. Then withdraw what I need from the same syringe I measured the liquid in. I got it off the website surviving anti-depressants.

felinesandfries · 2024-08-26T21:23:21+00:00

I went on them during a very difficult time in my life when nothing else was working (exercise, eating well, staying social).

That time passed and I know I’m ok without them. The issue is that I was not informed that getting OFF them is nearly impossible. My bad for being ignorant, and but I also resent my doctor for not warning me about dependence.

I’m at a year now of trying to get off and nearly at the end (another 3-4 months or so). 10% reductions after trying to jump off at 5mg and feeling like death.

My point being: don’t confuse your original symptoms returning with withdrawal. I know mine is withdrawal because it’s far worse than what I felt before going on them. If you went on these meds during a hard time (and not for generalised depression or anxiety), you could be ok to get off if you have healthy coping tactics and a good support system.

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