u/NebulaImmediate6202

I think my symptoms began 2 days after running out. You can call the pharmacy and if your bottle's instructions were wrong, and that's the reason you ran out, because the quantity was wrong; thats a doctor error and my friend the pharmacy tech said that'll waive the price of your early second bottle. To $0. So don't be me

I'm sure you all know this has side effects of spiralling and anxiety attack. I began experiencing pointless thoughts of like, dwelling on my distant past, ruminating, and it became pointless thoughts like "Everyone hates me." and "I'll never be lovable."

Then I realized I'm being ridiculous and tried to come out of it with distraction. Which is typical. But once I was doing distractions, the crying continued profusely, like a watering can. Even past the point of intrusive thoughts, I'd just be sitting there thinking of anything fun, even watching a show, and still sobbing and pouring tears.

So yeah its hard to breathe when you're crying as hard as possible. At that point it becomes neurological crying, crying for zero reason, like a neuropathy.

"Rigidity" is a sign of serotonin syndrome but I wasn't progressing further into seizures so that's good.

So yeah it became hard to catch my breath. I go to the hospital for an Ativan, a benzo, which is a huge time commitment. I get lowest triage (mildest health urgency) and wait 3 hours in the waiting room. My vitals must've been fine. I'm sobbing loudly and uncontrollably, couldn't use my phone, just mildly entertained by the thought of what the poor people in this lobby were thinking of me.

"Maybe she lost someone" or "She must be on drugs because WOW thats nonstop." And that'd be true lol

I finally get the FOUR ativan (2mg), get put in a bed, and wait for discharge since I'm 100% improved. Now the issue is picking up cymbalta, so.. obviously once I called and talked to the pharmacist at length about my situation, she put in the first paragraph's conclusion (doctor error) and I went and got my prescription after I left the hospital.

I'm pretty tough but wanted everyone to know the worst case or nearly

I've been on lamotrigine for like a decade now so it's hard to say for me. I've always had acne. And I'm a skin picker ik. So it's hard to say.

But the dermatologist took one look at me today and said that's hormonal acne. He was so fast. He was like you have hormonal acne btw.

I randomly get breakouts always along my jawline or jaw or neck. That's pretty much all I can think that he saw, that made him say that. No acne on my forehead or nose or ears or anything.

It's funny because I didn't even go in for acne-related issue. I went for melanoma removal and he gave me a lot of acne stuff.

Also he gave me spironolactone but I'm nervous about taking that. I feel like hormones shouldn't be messed with, but there's a huge rumor in this sub about Lamictal causing hormones to be messed up the whole time you take it.

It's a grocery issue. I can either do 1300 or 1700 or 1900. I'm having a problem. Suggestion of better snacks? My snacks are just sugar TBH. Very bad. Fruit gives me heartburn...

Obviously I can afford to mess up, but for the future, I wanna be doing the math better.

She said I need to learn starting today. She said I have a space of 135-150 pounds to learn so I better start. I'm 123.5lbs. My TDEE is 1550.... 5'5" 28yo female

Body image isn't a thing for me. I have loose skin from starting at 205lbs. The body image I want is not reality, I learned that ages ago.

New here

I've never been prescribed an ADHD medication but am in the process of diagnosis.

To preface she admitted she isn't trained in treatment of ADHD and all the different ADHD medications, which I recently learned there are a lot.

She said:

• If you don't like Welbutrin, you won't like Strattera
• If you don't like Welbutrin, you won't like any ADHD meds
• You'll have to stop taking Cymbalta
• It'd be better to switch to Effexor than put you on a stimulant
• You should seek a different psychiatrist who has better training in ADHD meds

To my understanding, Welbutrin is allowed to be prescribed for attention/focus because it INDIRECTLY affects what ADHD meds affect. Think if Receptor 1 and Receptor 2 are loosely combined, if you damage Receptor 2 then you'll slightly damage Receptor 1. Whereas ADHD med doesn't need that middle man.

And also..... you can take Cymbalta with ADHD meds.

I hate these ultimatums! Well I just learned the other day that there's like twenty ADHD meds, I thought there was like two.

What do you think of what she said?

50mg for sleep. It's a lot worse when I've just eaten and then taken it, so I have to be careful about the timing. Is there any more insight into what causes this reaction? Or what I could avoid to lessen this reaction?

I think she said extension. I'm not an existing patient at this clinic.

Is there something crazy happening with federal insurance? Or this office is having a paperwork neglect issue.

28F

In the car, I had something really fragile held in my lap, so I was bracing hard against every turn, for an hour. When I got home, I was in so much pain etc etc hospital, nothing was wrong on imaging.

It's my trapezius, the two big triangles over the back of neck and upper back. I can't turn my head for more than 6 seconds without pain, I need to sit extremely specifically, and I need to remind myself to unbrace my muscles every couple seconds.

Obviously it spreads to nearby areas like the sides of neck, the back of my head behind my ears, feels like the very center of my head is hurting.

It gets worse 100x in the evening. I take seroquel to sleep, so sleeping isn't an issue. Or well, it's just not an issue.

My jaw has started getting stuck dislocated, so that's nice.

It's terrifying and harrowing to eat because I'm not paying attention to how I'm positioning my muscles if they're literally in use.

Most importantly, I don't have a way to sit with my back supported. I literally don't know how I would do that. Give me a diagram of how to sit, what muscles need support. I always immediately hurt myself when I try to.

Ibuprofen:

When I take 800mg, and then it wears off, I find the chewing muscles for the tongue (beneath tongue) are completely clamped. I was tensing them without realizing, that must be what it is. I just keep tensing.

I have $0 bro. I dunno if I'm even asking for advice. I don't eat enough protein, I just raised protein yesterday cuz we got groceries. I do get fiber.

Vitamins I have: Calcium+D3, B Complex

Bloodwork and urinalysis was all good in march. So 5 months ago. No antibiotic use

I'm someone socially troubled and haven't been able to hold onto friendships for long. My best friend of 4 years invites someone who hates me, without knowing.

If she weren't here, as I've never had a second-someone like this, this would have been smoothed out easily by simply leaving. But she wants resolution, to see this conversation worked out.

So if I just leave as I normally do, I'd sadden her.

I lose groups left and right, so I can just go. Now there's an added metric that she wants to see me at least try. TRY to make this simple mistake (her inviting someone) into something good. For her.

Wow.

I told her her invitation was irrelevant, they could've been invited through any other friend, and they wouldn't have known either. And that it's too upsetting for me to support her emotions through this, handling this.

She said it's not fair that everyone hates you. I said that's just how life is.

While on the side, they're texting her like, "Is she okay? Why isn't she coming anymore?" I said I'm really sorry they're saying that to you, just tell them not to ask you about that.

Basically everyone's trying to reach out to me, again, that's an expected consequence. But to make a middle man out of my best friend, though, wow.

So that was my solution, horrifically bittersweet, and hard to choke down. I don't like that it's perceived that way. She brought it up the next day, and the next. When honestly, I'd already forgotten about it.

I probably sound like a supervillain. "If somebody has no friends, there's a good reason for that."

I'm not really trying to show off. Her intended route for me was to hash things out with everyone including the avoided person. I've genuinely never done something like that before. I would be shaking and crying every second through. I can't imagine the first thing I'd say or the second, but it'd be explosive.

Learning how. I just called my doctor for a big informational setup with all the little supplies he can give me. I think if I can get professional support in this process, I'll feel safe.

Most importantly, I've realized my ADHD is worsened extremely by low nicotine. I can't even.. I can hardly even remember to fucking go pee, let alone finish a coffee. Feels like every passing thought to make into action is like jumping to catch a frisbee thrown to you.

Holy Fuck.

So you see, I'm definitely someone who can't cold turkey.

And I'm clearly someone who doesn't mediate their "dosages" so there are days I don't have much.

My Man is saying I should switch to Zyns rather than pads or whatever its called. Like stick-on.. stickers. Oh my god okay. But Zyns burn my stomach like acid. They're crystals pouches you tuck in your cheek.

I use Vapes but since I've run out of money I've been using swisher sweets ($2 cigar). I did Marlboro 2018-2022. I'm quitting because of money.

Will it become apparent what dosage I should be at/start at, when I start getting into supplementary mediums like nicotine patches?

And does anyone else relate to this feeling? I feel totally dead in the water right now, it might as well be tomorrow, I don't know what fucking time it is dude.

My jaw has been getting stuck slipped on one side. It's intense and insane. It's made me realized the fucking joint is degrading. But okay, others START their journey with constant dislocations.. and that I shouldn't assume that without MRI..

I have 10 teeth and I chew pretty well. You'd think that means I'm fine!!

........

Did anyone else have a similar journey to mine?

Do you think I should call the dentist?

Did dentures stabilize your jaw?

I'm using L.A. Colors brand, and I'm new to it. Uhh, I'm not applying anything else, maybe its a setting spray thing..

No leaking, no weird smell or visible gas, never happened before

In the middle of a roadtrip lol

*Pulled over right away when the signal came on, turned everything off, 30 minutes ago

I am very dizzy. My intestines are activating. I stopped because I had a migraine on saturday so I switched to 2 teas a day. I'm the type to ask "You wanna coffee?" to the people in my house every morning. Like Vic Dibitetto. Poop incoming. Oh fuck.

I hate the Quest protein chips. I'll try anything that isn't almonds. I'm a prolific dorito eater. 125lbs 28F

I get enough fiber, enough vegetables etc. I calorie track. My protein consumption is terrible though.