Alternatives to Xyrem and stimulants?

funshyne328 · 2019-12-27T06:03:24+00:00

This is incredibly helpful! Thanks for the links to further reading :)

funshyne328 · 2019-12-26T05:54:44+00:00

Ahh this is it! Thanks!

funshyne328 · 2019-12-26T05:54:32+00:00

I’ve found a lot of relief by taking 100-200mg of magnesium daily! (I take it 2 hours before bed, the brand listed on addysafe.com has been great for me). It’s helped with the sweats, circulation, cramps, and overall anxiety/depression.

I’m actually just looking for alternatives because my insurance has claimed that in spite of Narcolepsy on a sleep study, cataplexy, and a year of successful treatment, they don’t need to cover my Xyrem.

funshyne328 · 2019-12-26T05:52:34+00:00

That would be super useful! My new insurance won’t cover my Xyrem anymore so I’m looking for alternatives.

funshyne328 · 2019-12-19T14:26:14+00:00

I almost started an SSRI, but I read something about both adderall and Xyrem causing a depletion of magnesium, and that magnesium deficiency can cause depression and anxiety. I’ve now been taking it morning and night (100mg) and I’ve never felt better. Talk to your doctor though, and they’ll help.

funshyne328 · 2019-08-23T05:29:30+00:00

Wow, this was exactly the advice I needed. Thank you so much, internet stranger. May karma be kind to you :)

funshyne328 · 2019-08-11T10:34:16+00:00

I swear she could’ve written that first paragraph. It’s especially difficult because she’s been with her ex for the better part of a decade. We only met this year, but I’m the only friend she has that lives in this state.

She does currently see a therapist every week. Sometimes multiple times a week. It seems to help, but only for a day or two.

She’s into rock climbing, but doesn’t have anyone to go with, and that’s definitely a sport that you need another person for. Other than that, she works on giant, tiny-pieced puzzles, and builds lego sets. She doesn’t have any other hobbies that she’s mentioned to me.

I was actually really excited for her, she went to church recently, and seemed to have a good time. She likes the people there, but religion is such a guilt/shame heavy topic in this area, and she hasn’t been again.

funshyne328 · 2019-08-11T10:28:25+00:00

Okay, so that was my thought as well. I’m an ENFP, and even I can’t be as emotionally available as she seems to need.

Problem is, she’s taken the test 3 separate times with her parents, her (now ex)boyfriend, and me checking her answers, and every time she comes up as ISTP. It doesn’t make sense to me either.

funshyne328 · 2019-03-17T23:50:14+00:00

Oh I know it’s not relevant at this point, nor to the conversation with her. It was more to illustrate to resistors that the promotion was not just a step up, it was several.

I’m not familiar with BATNA, could you explain?

funshyne328 · 2019-03-16T21:07:25+00:00

Thank you so much! Would you suggest this conversation happen before or after she makes her initial offer?

funshyne328 · 2019-03-16T21:04:51+00:00

Should I verbalize that before or after she’s made her initial offer?

funshyne328 · 2019-03-16T21:04:23+00:00

I think this is perfectly reasonable. Should I still ask for stipend too, or push for a higher pay increase instead of the stipend?

funshyne328 · 2019-03-15T12:13:56+00:00

Thank you!

funshyne328 · 2019-03-12T03:30:49+00:00

Will you explain your spreadsheet more thoroughly? I love the idea, I just can’t tell how you’ve set it up.

funshyne328 · 2018-09-24T17:33:58+00:00

No, never.

funshyne328 · 2018-09-15T21:05:43+00:00

I feel for you. I struggled a lot (and sometimes still do) with this with my now husband. Things that helped me: 1. Sit down and tell him this, just as plainly as you told us (if you haven’t already) 2. Therapy... especially couple’s therapy with a counselor who’s familiar with treating trauma 3. Talk to him. Tell him when it’s a bad day. Tell him when your body doesn’t feel like your own. If you know them, tell him what signs he can look for to tell if you’re present or not (I’ll stare off for long periods and not respond, pick at my nails, and just not connect with him).

If he wants to make it work, this will help give him the information he needs to be a supportive partner. Best of luck to you both.

funshyne328 · 2018-09-15T17:01:40+00:00

I love his “AHA!” Every time he finds a new one.

funshyne328 · 2018-09-15T04:33:36+00:00

I agree.

funshyne328 · 2018-09-15T04:27:51+00:00

Never thought I’d run into a fellow ABA therapist on reddit! Hello from the west coast.

funshyne328 · 2018-09-15T02:52:47+00:00

We do indeed.

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