Anon needs to take his trazodone earlier, or take less of it.
Anon tries to sleep
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earphone843@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Could be Mirtazapine. But more than likely trazodone. Although I thought both of those were usually only prescribed when already on an SSRI.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Mirtazapine made me eat everything i could possibly get my hands on, never again
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Dunno, I’m as sleepy on it or off it, so does it really matter?
Also thanks for reminding me to take my meds.
UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Da fuq? Is everyone in this thread on meds? As someone who has only ever taken aspirin, these comments are wild to me.
You all list meds as casually as a pharmacist. Lol
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
lots of therapists prescribe drugs these days, because reality is … bleak for some
as for me, i’ve never taken medicine in the last 15 years or so, and i try to avoid taking any, except maybe the occasional mescalin. but that is for recreation and not for sleeping disorders.
UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Reality is bleak for some. And every generation has had a portion of the population who thinks everything is bleak.
We are no more or less special than previous generations.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Where the hell do you find mescalin? That’s a bucket list item for me.
Shortstack@reddthat.com 2 months ago
You will find that there are lots of folks these days that have trouble coping with the collective stress of a bleak present and future.
Meds just help us feel closer to normal so we can function instead of having a nervous breakdown every other week.
I’m a little envious that you have the resiliency and coping mechanisms outside of meds to deal with it all
UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’m a little envious that you have the resiliency and coping mechanisms outside of meds to deal with it all
I grew up in poverty, surrounded by poverty. Rural midwestern town. Population 2,000. Started working jobs 14.
Became a teen dad. Then ended up being a single teen dad when I got custody.
Couldn’t afford college, even with grants. Refused to take out loans.
I didn’t have time to doomscroll and wonder when the world was gonna end. I had shit to take care of. I didn’t even have the time and/or money to drink! I worked two jobs for a huge part of my life.
Now I’m retired at age 55. My house is paid off. I have no debt. Live in a beautiful mountain city of 500,000 people.
My point is that a lot of people would be well served by not worrying about the state of politics and the world at large. The doomscrolling is not good for you you.
I didn’t have time to do any of that shit. I worked hard, made it out, and now I just fuck around on Lemmy all day, write and publish my fiction, and take trips with my gf.
If I can do that, with my dull brain, then most people on Lemmy can.
No hate on meds, but meh, I wouldn’t have been able to afford them anyway.
Rolder@reddthat.com 2 months ago
In my experience with SSRIs, I couldn’t sleep for shit the first couple days, then my body got used to it and it was no problem after
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
weed, man
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Over time it makes the quality of sleep worse, unfortunately.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
so do most of these antidepressants, with the downside that the side effects are usually worse
turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 months ago
It does help you fall asleep, but yeah, say goodbye to dreams and REM sleep (aka sleep that actually makes you feel rested)
stray@pawb.social 2 months ago
Is that still the case if you’re only microdosing?
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Just try not taking the antidepressant, see what happens…
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
what is this downvoted?
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Because people think I’m saying to just not take antidepressants rather than if you stop taking them, the withdrawal is going to really suck.
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I like melatonin and sleepy time tea.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2 months ago
be me
seroquel
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don@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Anon: has a problem, doesn’t bother to consider what options there may be to remedy it, just goes to his docco who does the docco thing, and anon bitches like an anon about the result. Scientists have yet to figure out how anons miss the wall as frequently as they do when passing through doors.
DesolateMood@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Anon has a health problem Anon goes to the doctor to try to resolve their health problem This is a bad thing for some reason???
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
OR, much more realistically, Anon: has a problem, tries every at home/ otc option available which all fail miserably, goes to doc who does doc things, doc things work a little too well (at least until ones body aquires the tolerance of an elephant after only five doses), Anon discovers the agonizing and frustrating experience of sleep disorders.
Source: been there, done that. So. Many. Fucking. Times.
There is rarely an easy remedy for this shit, only things that help and things that do not. A doctors only job is to help you figure out what those things are, if they are not, replace them but don’t avoid them.
proton_lynx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep. I feel like people expect doctors to figure it out first try. That’s not how it works, everyone is different.
razorozx@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You come off SSRIs (with or without) tapering and get “The zaps” and tell me that’s not addiction.
Source: Guess what I fucking did last year.
itsAsin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
you are describing “chemical dependence”.
addiction is more than that.
rhombus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s not addiction. Addiction is just as much psychological as it is physiological, and goes way deeper than chemical dependence. Once you’re through the withdrawals of SSRI dependence you’re pretty much good, while an addict will most likely struggle for the rest of their life.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The zaps can be fun sometimes
fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Trying to get off of long term SSRIs was a nightmare for me and left my body broken in a bunch of whole new ways
stray@pawb.social 2 months ago
That’s such an apt description.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Not all of them have that, I’ve been on about 7 SSRIs and have never had the zaps from stopping