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Hi! So recently I went from 25 mg all the way to 75 but my side effects were horrible so after one day the doctor bumped me down to 50.

I am now at 50 and it feels like I smoked too much sativa and I’m right on the edge of greening out but not quite. Like everything is ten times louder, brighter, more annoying than normal etc. my eyes feel funny I’m anxious and disassociating and at times I become acutely aware of my breathing. I feel like I’m one loud unexpected noise away from a heart attack hahah…I’m on no other medications. Is this normal when increasing the dose? If any of you have any tips on how to cope or improve these symptoms please let me know! Thanks for reading!

Hi guys thank you in advance for reading my story

I feel like I am at the end of all of my options.

I’ve been trying to get in the the psychiatrist in my small town since November and I still haven’t been able to

I am always drained, I have zero energy and even rolling out of bed to go piss feels like I’m using up half my life force

It really hurts me that other people can grow, have jobs, have kids, make money etc and all I can do is breathe and hope that today isn’t the day I perish

I’m so embarrassed of this. None of my friends know how bad it truly is, only my boyfriend does and honestly it hurts because he shouldn’t I have to deal with this. At least he loves me through this bs I could always be alone. :(

I want to work. I want to have a car. I love exercising! I love hanging out with my friends! But I can’t do these things that I enjoy anymore because this god damn crippling depression won’t go away

Usually it goes in cycles

Phase one- my regular fog that never lifts and while I’m empty I can usually work through it while maintaining basic tasks like shopping, paying bills, eating, showering, things like that

Phase two- soul sucking life altering depression. The kind that takes all of your energy just to breathe. It makes you feel dead. Like a zombie. Like a rotting corpse.

People tell me to “just get up” but I can’t

I want to. I’ve tried. I want to cry because I feel like a lazy slob. I don’t choose to not shower for weeks and never come out of my bed. I don’t choose to cry every night hoping for a magical fix. I didn’t choose starving myself because I just can’t find the energy to even eat anymore.

I guess what I’m posting is this- does anyone have any tips to help better manage it? Just something that helps to keep you alive? I want to live, I just don’t feel alive. Anything helps I just want to have a better quality of life while I wait for this stupid freaking psychiatrist to see me.