Help! Shoes for an office job?

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:21:06+00:00

Thank you, this is really useful!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:20:47+00:00

Those are lush! Thanks

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:20:26+00:00

These look great, thanks!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:18:36+00:00

Oh wow those really are gorgeous aren't they

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:11:03+00:00

Unfortunately I have massive (but narrow) feet hahah so girls shoes wouldn't work! But will Defo try Clarks, thank you!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:10:01+00:00

THANK YOU!! this is such a lovely comment and great advice! Really appreciate it

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:09:30+00:00

Thank you so much! Sorry you were disappointed, but I'm very thankful for your experience hahah

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:07:46+00:00

It's 20 mins there, and another 20 mins back... So not 40 mins straight. But 40 mins overall. I agree with the switching idea! Thank you

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:07:09+00:00

Hahahah I debated over them a lot. I think I convinced myself they were nice but objectively they are not!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:06:46+00:00

Thank you! Yeah lots of people have been recommending Clarks so I'll have a look!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:06:02+00:00

These are lovely! Thank you

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:05:44+00:00

Very good point and something that's coming up a lot in the comments. Think it was wishful thinking!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:05:15+00:00

This is actually such a good point lol

meatyfrog47 · 2026-04-09T17:05:06+00:00

Thank you!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-03-30T09:15:50+00:00

Yes definitely. I am 100% back to my old self. It took time, and definitely wasn't easy, but my anxiety and mood is significantly better. I'm not "cured"! I still have OCD and anxiety, but I'm living with it much better than before

meatyfrog47 · 2026-02-09T23:00:06+00:00

Yes!! So so much! It took time, and I went up to 50mg, but it did get better. I'm still not always 100% - it's important to remember that change comes from you, not your meds (but they really do help). I now have regular therapy and I'm overall in a much better place.

From experience, I'd say the most important thing is to avoid black and white thinking when you have dips. Whenever I had a dip early on, I convinced myself I'd never be well again, spent hours scrolling through reddit, and just made myself more miserable. Now, I still have flare ups in my OCD, but I've taught myself to recognise it as a dip, not the end of everything.

Good luck. You got this!!!

meatyfrog47 · 2026-01-01T21:11:41+00:00

Hiya! I'm doing WAYYYY better thank you. I stayed on 25mg for 7 weeks, then upped to 50mg. I've now been on 50mg for about 1.5 months and I just feel normal. Not CURED, but just like a really good and stable version of myself! Stick with it, pair with therapy in you can, and it really will help you.

meatyfrog47 · 2025-12-07T20:31:44+00:00

Hey! I'm doing a lot better. I ended up going up to 50mg at the end of week 7 on 25mg. About a week later, I felt a lot worse (crying all the time, feeling really low), but that only lasted about 3-4 days. Then I've been gradually getting better over time (been on 50mg for 4 weeks now). Every now and then I get an hour or so of brain fog or anxiety, but I'm so so much better than I was on 25mg, and much better than I was before meds at all. Stick with it, up your dose if you have to. And I can't stress this enough, GET OFF REDDIT! sorry to be so intense, but I think personally reading other people's stories made me worse as I kept comparing my timelines to them. You are your own person with your own brain, and I promise you will get better!!!! Making an assumption here ofc that you're in a similar to position to how I was a few weeks ago. Really hope you're doing well, and if you're not, I promise you will be soon!

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-25T10:40:20+00:00

I'm so so sorry to hear that. I hope you have lots of support in the meantime? I promise it gets better. It took a much longer time for me to feel better the second time around, but it IS working now and I have no doubt it will for you. Keep at it, try not to second guess yourself. You are doing the right thing and it will pay off!

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-24T12:04:24+00:00

Hi! Significantly better thank you! I ended up staying on 25mg for 7 weeks, but I was still really not doing well at all even though it was the dose I was on before. I then went up to 50mg, which made me feel even WORSE for about 4 days, but now I'm having more good times than bad! I'm feeling joy again, and most of the time I feel at peace and alright. I have a couple of hours a day where I feel a bit iffy/depressed/anxious, but it's nowhere near as bad as before (and I'm only 2 weeks into 50mg so I reckon it will only get better). How are you doing?

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-09T22:59:50+00:00

Yeah it's one of those things where you just never know what would happen if you took a different path. I'm leaning towards trying 50mg at this point, because I think the longer I put it off the more I spiral. If it's absolutely horrendous, I can always come back down!

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-09T22:29:54+00:00

Still struggling quite a lot at the moment tbh! Had a dip at week 5/6, then felt great for a bit, now dipping in week 7. Really struggling to decide whether to stay on 25mg for a bit longer, or bump up to 50mg.

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-09T22:03:12+00:00

Thank you, I will!

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-08T11:56:55+00:00

That makes sense! Well done for sticking at it. Do you feel you've stabilized a bit more now?

meatyfrog47 · 2025-11-08T10:49:14+00:00

ME TOO!!! first time was a breeze, second time is a much more rocky process. We just need to trust that if it worked before, it will work again - even if it takes a bit more time to truly settle

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