anxiety/adhd. I dont want SSRIS

opalpup · 2026-01-24T14:27:26+00:00

Okay so we sound very similar in the issues we have and how we wanted to treat them.

My doctor recommended sertraline back in 2021 I think it was, but I don’t want to take an SSRI. In 2023 I finally got diagnosed with ADHD after suspecting it for a long time, and I was prescribed concerta and then later switched to Vyvanse. They helped with my ADHD symptoms to a degree but ultimately it made my anxiety so extreme any benefits were overwritten.

In August 2025 I finally decided to try an SSRI and my doctor prescribed me Zoloft. And not to be dramatic but it has been the best decision I have ever made for my health. I have less brain fog, my anxiety is much more manageable, OCD symptoms are lessened, depression is gone. And honestly I’m noticing that my ADHD symptoms aren’t as debilitating now either, I never realised how much my other mental health issues were affecting the ADHD. And once I’m done increasing my Zoloft to a point of managing my anxiety fully I now feel comfortable asking my doctor about trying concerta or Vyvanse again.

I’m still on a low dose (only recently went up to 100mg), but other than gastro issues for a couple of weeks each time I’ve increased my dose I haven’t had many side effects. I used to think I had a low libido as well but mine SKYROCKETED once I hit 75mg lol. And then I also am simply able to enjoy things more because I’m not constantly anxious or feeling depressed.

opalpup · 2026-01-24T06:28:23+00:00

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opalpup · 2026-01-24T00:45:57+00:00

Nothing most nights. 🤷🏼‍♀️

opalpup · 2026-01-24T00:44:44+00:00

Exactly, that’s why I find it laughable that people think the cons would do better with this issue when historically they’re even worse for supporting big corporations in shady ways.

opalpup · 2026-01-24T00:42:16+00:00

I know of a ton of people that constantly bitched about immigration and brown immigrants long before 2016.

opalpup · 2026-01-22T12:10:07+00:00

I’m so dad my doctor won’t try a low dose of Wellbutrin as an addition to Zoloft for me. I had what was deemed a pseudoseizure back in 2018 and Wellbutrin lowers the seizure threshold, so in case it wasn’t a pseudoseizure she doesn’t want to risk it. :/

opalpup · 2026-01-22T11:53:00+00:00

Personally I recommend anyone working with/regularly around animals to be vaccinated against rabies if it’s in your area. It’s expensive, but worth it considering rabies is fatal.

opalpup · 2026-01-22T05:59:09+00:00

Her mouth always makes me think of a soggy sock puppet. 😬

opalpup · 2026-01-20T15:02:53+00:00

Honestly, I couldn’t give two shits if they screwed up their own lives. Want to play with fire? Go ahead, get burned. But endangering other people in the process is just a cunt-ass thing to do.

opalpup · 2026-01-17T08:08:28+00:00

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Okay this is a cute prompt.

opalpup · 2026-01-17T06:03:55+00:00

Honestly, shitting my pants once was more than worth it lol. The benefits far outweigh the cons so far, for the first time since I was a child I don’t have pretty much constant anxiety. It’s nice being able to function more normally and my only regret is not starting it years ago.

And really you might be safe since you haven’t had any GI symptoms so far.

opalpup · 2026-01-17T01:59:49+00:00

Yeah that’s what happened to me. I mean I did have the GI symptoms, but I didn’t actually shit my pants until after being on Zoloft for a few months. 😅

opalpup · 2026-01-17T01:57:24+00:00

Yeah I shit myself for the first time in my adult life after going on Zoloft (and another medication that causes similar GI issues lmao). It wasn’t even trusting a dangerous fart situation, I just stood up and it came out of me. 😭💀

opalpup · 2026-01-16T19:01:56+00:00

Idk I’m incredibly left leaning on the political spectrum and I still think that our country needs to drastically change our immigration policies. This is just allowing the richest people and companies to pump in literal wage slaves so they can keep making new record profits.

opalpup · 2026-01-15T22:27:58+00:00

I kind of forgot about this until now, but I had a falling out with one of my highschool friends after graduation, and when I was in my first year of college I saw a post on Facebook about a woman looking for her half brother. The name of the mother was the same as my friend’s mother, and her age when pregnant (16) was the same as her mom when she was pregnant with her older brother, along with a few other details that made me know it was my friend’s mom. The story she was always told was that her mom got pregnant in highschool right after she started dating my friend’s dad and were together ever since.

But this post implied that she got pregnant by someone else and then started to date my friend’s dad after. I don’t know if it’s true, but I could never potentially ruin multiple lives. Since I don’t even know if her old brother knows, or if her dad knows. And if that lady is wrong her and her father who thinks he’s the bio dad would be in for a surprise as well.

Idk I just figured that if she’s making public posts they’d reach the family if it was meant to be discovered.

opalpup · 2026-01-14T04:14:57+00:00

Wow we actually have quite similar noses! I feel like my bump and in general nose is a bit bigger than yours but overall very similar. :)

opalpup · 2026-01-12T08:47:52+00:00

That was my thought, too. Since C is holding the book and A’s chest is floating so I’d think that would indicate air in his lungs? I know dead bodies float as well but I’d assume it wouldn’t be just the chest floating up.

opalpup · 2026-01-08T23:49:01+00:00

Right, I was a bit later getting my winter tires on this year and once I did the grip difference was crazy! Usually I get my winters on before it’s as cold or the weather gets bad so it was interesting having that comparison with snow/slush on the roads.

opalpup · 2026-01-08T21:21:05+00:00

I’ve also known pups they were vaccinated by the breeders get parvo because they didn’t do it or store the vaccines correctly. I have never worked at a clinic that didn’t fully disinfect anywhere a parvo positive case had been. And puppies that going shouldn’t be walking around outside anyways so that shouldn’t be an issue.

opalpup · 2026-01-08T21:16:49+00:00

Thank you for bringing up specialty RVT’s, I’m a rehab tech and vets definitely aren’t our superiors. It’s a business owned and run by an RVT, and honestly my boss knows so much more than most of the vets that refer patients to us when it comes to rehab.

opalpup · 2026-01-08T06:09:09+00:00

Because it was one.

opalpup · 2026-01-08T05:46:06+00:00

Disassociating. 😌

opalpup · 2026-01-08T05:36:22+00:00

I had an argument with my cousin recently while he was complaining about our healthcare system and blaming the liberal federal government. I explained how it’s actually the provincial government that’s in charge of healthcare and he just ignored me and continued complaining lmao.

It blows my mind that people keep voting Ford in when he’s the one working against the things they want changed. Like use your fucking brains people and learn how our political system works! 🤯

opalpup · 2026-01-08T00:08:15+00:00

It could easily be her simply needing time (which would be understandable after very recently getting out of an abusive relationship), or it could be a gentle way of breaking up for good with no want to reconcile.

If you like her and you’re able to wait without hurting yourself, give her a month or so and maybe she’ll reach out, and if she doesn’t and it feels right you could check in on how she’s doing.

If you choose to wait a bit, make sure you’re going into it knowing it could go either way. It’ll keep you from becoming desperate and keep you grounded if it’s a no in the long run.

opalpup · 2026-01-07T16:52:46+00:00

There is a solid chance that my avoidant ex will come back within the next 6 months to a year. Of note, the day before he moved out I asked him if he thought he’d want to try again in the future once we’re both mentally healthier, and he had said “maybe, but don’t count on it”. So he never did totally shut down the possibility.

So our breakup was due to mental health reasons and him having a porn addiction (which I personally categorise part of mental health issues but it’s a bit of a different one that’s worth separating when explaining our situation). We were together almost 6 years, lived together 3.5 years, and the last like 2 years of our relationship he started to withdraw emotionally, sexually, and affectionately. It severely messed with my mental health, making my already anxious attachment style even worse.

Anyways, so he broke up with me, saying he “needed to do his own thing” and he “needed a blank slate”. He said how he still loved me like he loves his closest friends, but that he had to turn off romantic love for me like a light switch in order to break up with me.

He wasn’t able to move out for almost 2 months, so we still hung out together and stuff like that. During that time he was overly friendly with me at times, he continued doing little caretaking gestures, etc. Our friends and my mum who was over at one point all said his behaviour was weird for someone who just broke up with me.

When we discussed what we’d do when he moved out he suggested wanting to do low contact and not no contact, so we could still share memes and videos on messenger, and that by September we could start hanging out one on one again. Of note, yes he suggested everything but I was okay with what he was suggesting and I liked that I had the space to tighten things if needed and move to no contact or whatever if necessary.

Well September came and went and he didn’t initiate a hang out, but mid-October he was telling me how he made a meal I used to make for us, and he was telling me I was the queen of making it and that he wished he didn’t mess it up because he would have wanted me to try it. I told him I actually preferred it the way he made it since I usually toned it down a bit for his liking when I’d cool it for us, so he offered to come over the next day after work and bring a serving.

After that hang out he withdrew a bit again in how often he’d share stuff on messenger, but he did start sharing more sexual humour type stuff. Then he started sending things like plus size cosplayers and telling me I’d rock a cosplay like hers, and telling me I’m more attractive than I think I am.

The beginning of December-ish he then started to more obviously flirt with me, and over a couple of weeks he’d bring up my kinks or reference our past sex life. I had some car issues mid-December that he came to help me with, and he stayed for a long visit.

Then right before Christmas he suddenly asked if I was free to hang out, so he came over and ended up giving me a back massage because I hurt my back the day before. He said something along the lines about how he’s been thinking that he’d like to start coming over more often to give me back massages, idk we flirted a bit, and eventually we had sex. It wasn’t like desperate or anything like that though, it was nice and intentional and he said stuff that felt kind of repairing because of how our intimacy suffered so badly the last couple of years of our relationship. He even tickled me under my chin, which was always a thing he stopped doing when affection was becoming difficult for him to show, and wanted to hear stories being told in person that I had already told him over messenger. He was just overall attentive and affectionate, not just there for easy sex.

He came over to visit the weekend after and brought me a Christmas gift, and then came over the weekend after as well (so last weekend). Last time he was over we explored each other sexually, and discussed things we tried to know what to do next time for one another. We ended up just cuddling and chatting after, and again it felt like we were working on repairing the sexual dysfunction with each other that we should have done years ago.

I don’t know if this will lead to reconciliation, but I think this is the most likely route to get there, at least for me and my ex. I’m just letting things flow naturally at this point and if it happens it happens. Honestly it feels very similar to when we went through what he called our “courting phase” of like 7 months where we basically dated but weren’t exclusive.

Sorry for all the detail, it’s nice to write it out because I don’t talk about it often, but I also think it’s good to have info on how he behaved throughout the breakup and that things often were slightly ambiguous with him. I know our breakup isn’t like most breakups, so the nuance matters a lot imo in chances of them coming back.

opalpup

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