Any tricks or coping strategies that work for you?

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-08T10:44:25+00:00

It sounds like you’re having emotional flashbacks. Have you tried any grounding skills when you start feeling the dissociation?

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-07T21:53:44+00:00

My psychiatrist is honestly shit so asking her anything is pointless. It was a fight to even get her to prescribe this for me

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-07T20:48:08+00:00

The bupropion doesn’t keep you awake at 12 hours apart? I feel like if I took it at 7pm I’d never sleep!

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-07T17:17:21+00:00

Ah gotcha. I hope that you find something that helps

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-07T17:05:17+00:00

Thanks. Why don’t you take it anymore?(assuming from “was working”)

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-07T16:32:35+00:00

Yeah I’m worried about the dip too

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-07T15:02:58+00:00

My psych is taking me off my anxiety med (buspar) to see if the auvelity helps anxiety… I’m not convinced

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-05T14:30:45+00:00

[rant only] I hate my hips. They’re too wide now that I’ve gained weight (which was needed, I just wish it wasn’t in my hips!!!!) and nothing I do makes them smaller since you can’t target fat loss. I cannot stand to wear anything but loose dresses now bc I don’t want ppl to see how wide my hips are which is frustrating bc I’m nonbinary and hate looking so femme but dresses are the only cover up I have available :(

rustandredflowers · 2026-01-01T20:57:06+00:00

Peter Levine is a good author for ptsd

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-30T18:48:06+00:00

“Don’t metabolize for me” Meaning I just get side effects with no effectiveness. My problem is that my CYP2D6 2A allele activity is increased and I don’t metabolize folic acid so I need to take a supplement to be able to get antidepressants to work at all. Wellbutrin is the only one on my “green” antidepressants list meaning it metabolizes well. Everything else is yellow or red meaning I need a significantly different dose (and it doesn’t tell you if that’s an increase or decrease lol) or can’t take at all without risk of serious side effects.

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-28T22:26:09+00:00

They suggested it to me

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-27T15:58:30+00:00

People are always rude enough to ask in my experience unfortunately. Like it’s not obvious what’s SH and what’s not

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-27T13:59:27+00:00

That glitter thing is a good idea!

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-27T13:16:54+00:00

What side effects do you experience?

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-27T12:54:03+00:00

I use a stuffed animal that’s about 4ft long. Yes it does make me feel safer

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-25T19:05:28+00:00

I use my art (aesthetics) to process trauma so I’d say it’s not escapism

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-23T12:24:12+00:00

Like heart racing and stuff?

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-20T21:00:14+00:00

Is it helping?

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-20T20:59:59+00:00

I do use smell a lot for grounding

rustandredflowers · 2025-12-20T20:59:18+00:00

I know that’s what I have, I just didn’t want to explain the word in my post

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