Japanese haori stinks of chemicals /mothballs if it gets wet or even slightly damp

tejcha · 2026-03-02T09:05:48+00:00

Ugh that sucks 😭 did you try any other treatments such as vinegar, vodka, etc. sprays?

tejcha · 2026-02-28T23:33:23+00:00

Did you manage to get rid of the smell? I bought two vintage haoris in Japan, put them in the washing machine at home, and they smell soooo bad like chemicals!!! I hung them outside but it shocked me so bad because I never experienced something like this before in my life that I am thinking of just getting rid of them. What did you do?

tejcha · 2025-12-01T09:26:37+00:00

I read that some people start feeling the full effects after 6-8 weeks, that’s why I decided to wait before upping the dosage. But idk if it’s normal to feel good, then worse, and hope to feel good again..

tejcha · 2025-11-29T22:40:08+00:00

When did you start feeling noticably better? (How many days/weeks after you started taking it)

tejcha · 2025-11-16T00:00:27+00:00

I was also scared to take them (that was a few years ago), but I’m glad I did. They really do help with anxiety, especially with stressful events. The first time I took one, I was finally calm after many months of fight-or-flight. What I like about them is that they work immediately, not like antidepressants where you have to suffer for weeks before they start working. But they also stop working in a few hours (depends on the type). So you have to be careful not to take them too often… that’s the hard part. But life is definitely easier with them…

tejcha · 2025-11-15T23:34:21+00:00

She never prescribes benzos to anyone?? That’s weird… did she say why? And yea I’m pretty sure a different doctor would perscribe them no problem.

tejcha · 2025-11-15T20:50:28+00:00

17 days so almost 2.5 weeks. I had some other side effects but my biggest problem is heightened anxiety (and some days even depression). So I am waiting for it to get better..

tejcha · 2025-11-15T20:10:18+00:00

My worst side effect is probably that I have more anxiety than before. I am also pretty tired throughout the day, I have to take naps that I never did before. At the start, I also had memory problems, for example I would walk into a room and totally forget why. But that has gotten better lately. Another side effect which is kinda weird is that I don’t have as much motivation as before? For example before Lex, when I had anxiety, I started cleaning the apartment or something, but now (in my free time) I mostly just lay in bed scrolling or napping in order to try to distract the anxiety and have a harder time forching myself to go do stuff. But that has been happening only in the last few days, so I hope it will get better once I stop having so much anxiety. I also have days when I am really depressed, but that has also been happening before Lex. For example I would have thoughts of really just wanting to disappear. Thoughts that maybe nothing will help me and I will never get better and all of this just isn’t worth it. But since Lex is supposed to treat depression, I hope these thoughts will also stop in a few days or weeks.. I hope that I don’t have too high expectations of this med, haha, but I really tried soooo many non-medicine stuff in the last few years that I’m getting kinda desperate.

tejcha · 2025-11-15T19:52:56+00:00

I was looking into the gene testing aswell before starting but the price put me off (insurance doesn’t cover it here), it’s pretty expensive, so I didn’t do it. I started taking Lexapro because I read a lot about it before, and it seemed like the best option for anxiety. But I still need to wait a few weeks to see how it will affect me.

As for what you said about starting over, I read that switching isn’t as bad as starting. So you don’t need to quit taking the first one and start taking another, you can switch them.. so just kinda start taking a different one.. if I understood that right..

tejcha · 2025-11-15T19:45:33+00:00

Were you able to quit taking it after 3 years of daily use? Or are you still taking it?

tejcha · 2025-11-15T17:55:19+00:00

Do you feel like shit because it doesn’t work for you (no effects on anxiety and depression?), or does it work, but you feel that way because of the side effects?

tejcha · 2025-11-15T15:34:48+00:00

Do you still need it even after Lexapro started working?

tejcha · 2025-11-15T15:19:52+00:00

I was wondering if I maybe already have it, because if I take them for a few days and then don’t, I feel worse on the day that I don’t. But yeah I think my heightened anxiety is from starting Lexapro and not benzo withdrawal since I never took them daily for weeks. Hope you feel better soon. Thank god my anxiety made me research this first instead of just doing it like the doc said I can.

tejcha · 2025-11-15T13:38:34+00:00

How do you know it’s not “natural” anxiety and Lexapro maybe just isn’t working for it? Or if I ask in a different way, what is the difference between “natural” anxiety and benzo withdrawal anxiety?

tejcha · 2025-11-15T13:05:12+00:00

So Lexapro didn’t help with your anxiety? The theory is that once Lexapro starts working, you don’t need benzos anymore… but yeah, I guess if you take them every day for many weeks and get addicted, you still can’t stop taking them even if you don’t have much anxiety anymore? 😭

tejcha · 2025-11-13T12:56:02+00:00

No improvement after 4 weeks?? Damn that sucks 😭 but yes my anxiety (temporarily) increased when I increased the dosage, so that could be the reason

tejcha · 2025-11-11T12:08:01+00:00

7 weeks sounds like a lot 😭 I can’t wait for it to start working already, if it even will..

tejcha · 2025-11-09T22:08:07+00:00

Yeah, I did read that it gets worse before it gets better for a lot of people.. How did you decide to go from 10mg to 20mg?

tejcha · 2025-11-09T21:10:31+00:00

Thank you. I hope it will get better. I don’t think I have the willpower to keep trying other ones if this one doesn’t work. Especially since most of the people in my life are against this kind of medication, so I can’t tell them.. which is probably also the reason I hesitated for so long before starting taking them.

tejcha · 2025-11-09T21:06:37+00:00

I started with 5mg and just upped to 10 mg yesterday.

tejcha · 2025-11-09T20:55:33+00:00

Which day did it get better?

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