u/Temporary_Ratio_2871

The meds have worked great so far, I noticed on day 3 I could go hours without thinking about it. Last night I had really bad anxiety for hours and couldn’t tell if it was the medication or something else that was going on. Well, that scared me so I missed 2 doses yesterday and now I’m thinking this may be harder than I thought. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, I’d just bite the bullet and handle it. But my birthday is in 2 days and I really want to enjoy my time instead of feeling like shit all week. (Don’t ask me why I didn’t wait till after, I’m an idiot.) What is my best course of action? Do I push back the quit date and vape occasionally until after my birthday to avoid stronger withdrawal symptoms?
Do I stop the medication completely and wait the 2-3 months to start again?
Or do I just take it and feel like potential shit on my bday?

Hi guys! I posted not too long ago about how I finally had sex years after my traumatic experience which led me to not being interested in sex anymore. Long story short, I had sex again and it was great! But now every time I know I am going to see him (same guy) my body goes into fight or flight or just a state of extreme anxiety. I don’t know why. I feel 100% safe with him and WANT to have sex with him. It’s the strangest thing…I feel sick the whole time and the moment I kiss him it’s like it all the anxiety and feeling physically ill goes away and I am finally back in the present moment. Has anyone experienced this? How can I get my brain to understand that it’s not in danger and that for the first time I actually WANT this!!

After what happened I thought I would never be able to be intimate with anyone ever again. For a long time, I couldn’t look at myself naked or even think about sexual intimacy. But I did it!!! And I wanted to!! I think it was the first time I had sex where I 100% wanted it to happen, didn’t feel pressured, and was actually enjoying myself. It just feels really good to get that piece of myself back when I thought for so long that it was out of the cards for me.

It feels like I’m no longer capable of being intimate sexually even though part of me wants to be. I think I like someone but I can’t see myself having sex with them or anyone for that matter even though that isn’t what I want. Has anyone dealt with this?

Obviously when you get sober you have to deal with all the reasons you were using in the first place, but since I got sober I’ve hated looking in the mirror. I despise what I see. Not just physically but that’s a part of it. I’m uncomfortable in my own skin. I’m always worried about what everyone thinks about me and if they ever tell me positive things about myself I just don’t believe it. Hoping with time that gets better