u/ornamentaIhermit

looking to get experiences from people who like this medication and it worked out for them because i’m trying to figure out if it’ll get better for me or not.

took my first dose the other day and whilst it got me to sleep super quickly the next day was absolutely horrible, i felt so confused like i couldn’t think, incredibly depressed (more so than before starting), and had random bouts of hysterical crying.

now i know when taking a new medication you’ve got to give it time for your body to get used to it and adjust so i don’t want to write it off as something that isn’t going to work for me because i had such high hopes for this medication.

i just want to know if you are someone who is on or was on this medication and you got benefit from it, could you tell from day one? or did it initially make you worse? or just not affect you at all?

i really want to stay hopeful but that first day was miserable!

does anyone else struggle sometimes with feeling like you are less than because you struggle with things more. i mean i’m sure yes but there’s like an added layer to it in the past few years because i used to feel like i didn’t need to beat myself up over it so much because i was autistic and it’s just something i deal with but now i feel like the majority of autistic people i see or talk to don’t struggle with the things i do and it just makes it feel more like a personal failure.

i used to feel like i could talk about things more and people would understand but now it feels embarrassing and i don’t want to share the things that i’m struggling with to friends. i never used to feel ashamed of my autism symptoms as much.

i know i probably need to find a group of people who share my struggles i can talk with, this reddit sub actually helps