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meilin wrote:
so as it seems i have "severe depression and moderate anxiety". i got an appointment for next week to see when i can get long-term help and we'll also talk about starting meds to help me in meantime. but i'm fucking scared of weight gain. bc that would put me in a really fucking dark place. i've also heard people talking about how it affected their sex life and as someone who has..... a lot of issues with that already (spicy trauma memories), that also scares me. + now that i've seen a professional, everything feels so real and i feel like a failure for trying so hard (there were times i managed to feel genuinely happy for longer periods of time) and then going back to square one. i'm not sure if this would even benefit me as my issues rise from that trauma stuff and anxiety/panic attacks rather than depression but i suppose we'll talk about that at the doctor's appointment?

but yeah. meds. share experiences, positive and negative. 
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Date: 03-06-2022 10:58 | Times changed: 2
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meilin wrote:
we also talked about taking a sick leave due to my mental state and idk if i should? work pretty much keeps me functioning but i feel like i could also benefit from it, esp now that i have to wait months for that long-term help?
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Date: 03-06-2022 11:01
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Boob wrote:
I was afraid of weight gain too and got put on flouxetine. It made all liquids just go straight through me so I think I lost weight but idk if it was fat. I was dry af, in all places, including if I wanted to have sex. So that sucked. And I got them for anxiety and constant worrying and no motivation to anything, life sucked... it helped but they made me get panic attacks instead. All the time. Like, I woke up at night to get a panic attack and thought I was going to die, I was at work and almost had to leave and I just cried all the time because I wanted it to end. Stopped taking them because it was hell, in a way but they worked in other ways I guess.
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Date: 03-06-2022 12:13 | Times changed: 2
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Drapetomania wrote:
Ah, been on meds for quite a while now, they made my anxiety worse at the beginning, so got something to take for that... I kind of just stopped taking them (Aside from quetiapine when I really can't sleep due to panic attacks) because they made me drowsy all the time, I was sleeping a lot and it just wasn't the best way to go for me. I have heard some great stories from a few of my friends where it worked wonders.

I think that if you get started, you just really have to push through the first few weeks, and that can be hard
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Date: 03-06-2022 12:15
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Limbs wrote:
voxra (bupropion) has been wonderful for me! but it doesn't suit everyone with anxiety cuz it can make that worse. just depends on your brain chemistry. but it doesn't cause weight gain nor sexual issues, in fact it's been shown that it can even reverse sexual issues caused by SSRIs when taken in conjunction with the SSRI.

i don't know all that much about anxiety meds but lyrica has been great for my GAD & panic disorder. however it can cause weight gain and has caused slight cognitive issues for me (like forgetting words & just not feeling as sharp mentally.) but for me the benefit outweighs the side effects. 
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Date: 03-06-2022 13:27
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remains wrote:
i got ketipinor for anxiety but it's a low dose so it.. doesn't really do anything else than make me incredibly sleepy so that's whhat i use it for (along with propral for night time adrenaline spikes), i think it's a pretty common anxiety med here.
brintellix for anxiety/depression was horrible for me every time i started/upped the dose i got horribly sick for a couple days and kept throwing up and i didnt see any upsides lmao
i had sertraline for anxiety coupled with voxra but i stopped taking it again, i think it gave me night sweats but i should try it again to see for sure. idk if it helped  me at all, i seem kinda resistant to medication overall

medication is more to help with symptoms rather than the core issue, but it can rly be a life changer. ppls chemistries are very different so if you want to try and find somethign that helps, it may take a couple tries. if a med is giving you trouble, look up how to quit it safely. you're not obligated to continue if you see a side effect that's over the line for you. good luck
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Date: 03-06-2022 13:48
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Suchomimus wrote:
i havent tried anxiety meds, but for antidepressants i have tried fluoxetine, citalopram, and now on sertraline and every one of them did absolutely nothing to me in terms of side effects, maybe that might make u feel better :[
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meilin wrote:
bones wrote:
i got ketipinor for anxiety but it's a low dose so it.. doesn't really do anything else than make me incredibly sleepy so that's whhat i use it for (along with propral for night time adrenaline spikes), i think it's a pretty common anxiety med here.
brintellix for anxiety/depression was horrible for me every time i started/upped the dose i got horribly sick for a couple days and kept throwing up and i didnt see any upsides lmao
i had sertraline for anxiety coupled with voxra but i stopped taking it again, i think it gave me night sweats but i should try it again to see for sure. idk if it helped  me at all, i seem kinda resistant to medication overall

medication is more to help with symptoms rather than the core issue, but it can rly be a life changer. ppls chemistries are very different so if you want to try and find somethign that helps, it may take a couple tries. if a med is giving you trouble, look up how to quit it safely. you're not obligated to continue if you see a side effect that's over the line for you. good luck
yeah, i won't get help until at least in the end of september, however i think that's when i only get on the waiting list so who knows when it will be my turn. but i didn't know you couldn't just,,,, stop taking it. you're right, i have to look it up. things are getting really bad so i think i should at least give them a try
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Date: 03-06-2022 14:57
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meilin wrote:
Suchomimus wrote:
i havent tried anxiety meds, but for antidepressants i have tried fluoxetine, citalopram, and now on sertraline and every one of them did absolutely nothing to me in terms of side effects, maybe that might make u feel better :[
my brain is really foggy rn, sorry if i'm reading this wrong, but did they make you feel better?
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Date: 03-06-2022 14:59
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Suchomimus wrote:
Sera wrote:
Suchomimus wrote:
i havent tried anxiety meds, but for antidepressants i have tried fluoxetine, citalopram, and now on sertraline and every one of them did absolutely nothing to me in terms of side effects, maybe that might make u feel better :[
my brain is really foggy rn, sorry if i'm reading this wrong, but did they make you feel better?
they didn't, but they also didn't make me feel any worse, just haven't found the right one yet i think
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meilin wrote:
Suchomimus wrote:
Sera wrote:
Suchomimus wrote:
i havent tried anxiety meds, but for antidepressants i have tried fluoxetine, citalopram, and now on sertraline and every one of them did absolutely nothing to me in terms of side effects, maybe that might make u feel better :[
my brain is really foggy rn, sorry if i'm reading this wrong, but did they make you feel better?
they didn't, but they also didn't make me feel any worse, just haven't found the right one yet i think
ohh i see
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meilin wrote:
oh and tips on how to just survive until the end of september are also welcome :') 
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meilin wrote:
bump
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Date: 03-06-2022 19:59
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meilin wrote:
bump, i'm going there tomorrow 
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Date: 08-06-2022 21:06
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thecellabration wrote:
i dont rly have any experiences to share but might as well

i was on sertraline for like 15 minutes (ok, a month i think it was) i hated that i was prescribed it after literally only one very short talk with a doctor who didn't even actually seem to think i needed it. it was such a low dose it didn't do anything except give me some lowkey side-effects that i was probably just overthinking because i was in my hypochondriac era (weird feeling in my throat mainly???? idk i don't fully remember anymore) (also as a sidenote i also got a referral to psych and when i told the person i got to talk to there that i'd read the booklet thing with side-effects he Laughed at me for it???????????) and i lost the v v tiny amount of sex drive i had lol. and kinda also the ability to cry iirc?

but like i said it was only a month so not at all enough time to judge what it might have actually done for/to me, both in terms of side-effects and like.... good things

and also good luck!!!
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remains wrote:
do i remember right n ur located in finland rn
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