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I’ve gained 60 pounds in 5mg on Olanzapine and I can’t get up early enough in the morning. my craving and lack of control over food is getting out of hand. I’m planning to switch to latuda. For anyone who’s taking or have taken latuda, how was your experience with it?

I’ve gained 60 pounds in 5mg on Olanzapine and I can’t get up early enough in the morning. my craving and lack of control over food is getting out of hand. I’m planning to switch to latuda. For anyone who’s taking or have taken latuda, how was your experience with it?

Being a non surfer. I haven’t felt this kind of peace since I was a kid, when I didn’t have a phone or worries. Is this calm, quiet. Is wonderful and I’m getting addicted to this peace and calm more than a show or a phone. At first I limited my time on social media and just generally screens to two hours a day and I’ve kept up with that promise for the past five months and at first it was definitely difficult— I felt overwhelmed and anxious (sometimes I stayed awake and developed insomnia) I had to finally face dragons that I had minimize or distracting myself, but just being with myself having that quiet space and freedom to be with my own thoughts— I moved through it. I got to the other side. I kept right on my way and is absolutely freeing. I now look forward to a book, life is enjoyable again, I actually love staring at a wall for a bit before finding something to do. And this peace. I’m not constantly stimulated and on my toes anymore. Is all calmed down. Life feels easy.

Is definitely an addiction. You’ll have withdrawals, but by sticking to it you’ll be freed and go back to living a life the way humans are meant to live it.

I’ll go first 👋🏼

I miss the ease of making connections

I miss the community and sense of togetherness

I miss when people weren’t too worried about social media as it had just come out

I miss the individuality of each person, no one acted and looked the same.

Honestly the last hooray of humanity. I don’t know what went wrong in the late 2010s - 2026.

What’s one thing you miss most?

I feel like our minds and who we are as a person represent a a delicate flower in which they they need things to grow well: love, safety, working on a goal ect.. and it really depends on the person caring for that specific flower of how well it grows. Let’s say that growth requires speaking kindly to yourself, or respecting one’s needs and no’s, being single allows you to do that for yourself without relying on someone else…

maybe that person does not know how to deal with flowers, or they don’t care about your flower and instead hinder or deprive you of those things. Remaining single keeps the ball in your court to your growth without giving that power away to someone who might bring you down to their level. Being single allows you to becoming the most confident, safe, self-loving person, because you’re the one pouring that into yourself not anyone else.

As with goals and career aspirations, i once had a man who would tell me to spend more time with him because i was “studying too much”…🙄

Bottom line: you know yourself more than any partner does, you can give yourself the love that you desire and need (attachment style and love language wise) which is infinitely more intimate and deep than a partner can be. You can grow as a single person without waiting for someone to pour into you. You have the power.

Has anyone here been in a series of abusive or toxic relationships for a long period of time, only to finally choose themselves and embrace a happy single life?

Sometimes I feel like so much of my youth was spent chasing the societal expectation of coupling. I know not everyone relates to this, but for those who do (and let’s be honest, for some people it almost feels like a rite of passage) how did you break out of that cycle and move into intentional singlehood?

What was the turning point for you? What kind of trauma or realization pushed you toward this journey and way of living?

And most importantly, how do you feel now?

I’d really love to hear your stories and experiences. I think conversations like these help people feel a little less alone.