u/reasonableassumpt

Anyone else feel like being on SSRI’s is a personal failure? I know logically it’s not. But I can’t shake this feeling for my case.

I had to go on them during my PhD program because I overworked myself and gave myself severe adrenaline surges and insomnia. Like, I didn’t sleep for 7 days.

I only needed the lowest dose of lexapro, but I didn’t go up when I needed to and depended on hydroxyzine to get me through my last year (job market/defense). It pooped out and now I’m on Prozac trying to adjust. Still dependent on hydroxyzine as it adjusts.

I just feel like I broke my brain and it’ll never recover. I also feel like I’m never going to be in a period of my life where I’m not stressed. Also, playing the adjustment game and finding the right stuff, that might poop out, just sucks. Feeling down in the dumps about it.

If anyone wants to talk me out of it, please do!

Does anyone have any good recommendations? I’m an incoming professor at KSU and will be moving in with my mom, so we’re boring and quiet. Would anyone recommend where they live?

Hi all! I’m moving to Kennesaw and am looking for rental homes. I’ve only rented apartments before so this process is new to me.

Are there any company’s to avoid renting from? Anyone you like?

Not picky, just want it functioning and without mold, haha.

Thanks so much!

Hi all! I just started mounjaro 2 weeks ago. I’m newly diagnosed diabetic (A1C 6.56, so just over the threshold). Before mounjaro, but after my diagnosis (about a month in between) I completely changed the way I was eating from very very high carb to low carb, but that barely budged my fasting glucose.

This med has completely changed my fasting blood glucose and is just amazing so I’m glad I made the choice to go on it.

My question is - being on this med and say I reverse these diabetes, do I have to continue eating low carb forever? Or does the medicine compensate where I could have an occasional high carb meal? How strict are you all with your carbs?

I’ve been trying to do 30 grams of carbs or below per meal (most of which is veggies). More so just wanting to know if I could have a slice of pizza every once in a while say when traveling or when I have less control of my food.

Hello!

I’ve been on Lexapro for about two years, but after the first year, it started pooping out at 5mg. I supplemented hydroxyzine throughout the following year, and got up to 15 mg lexapro, but I’ve been trying to taper the hydroxyzine just by 25% (I’ve been able to go cold turkey on the hydroxyzine when the Lexapro was working with no issue) and I’ve been getting insane brains zaps, and other symptoms.

Just got offered Prozac tonight, and my doctor wants me to do a direct switch, not a cross taper.

Has anyone done so successfully? Or am I about to get hit in the face? I thankfully still have hydroxyzine to help supplement.

Edit: my doctor advised me to do a direct taper. From 15 mg lexapro, to 10mg Prozac, with 50mg hydroxyzine as needed.

Hi all.

I just got diagnosed with type two with a 6.56 A1C after a very stressful last 6 years and constantly eating carbs.

Did some research, and I’ve been eating fiber first with every meal, and having gaps of 3 to 5 hours between meals.

I went to the gym two days ago and did my first HIIT workout for like 5 minutes and didn’t really eat many carbs after.

The next morning I had chia seeds and Greek yogurt for breakfast and my body FREAKED! I had a hypoglycemic episode, which I’ve never really had before.

And of course freaked me out and I ate a bunch of sugar to get back up to normal, but it took me the entire day and I was emotionally unstable and very angry on top of feeling weak.

Now this morning, still feeling a bit woozy.

I was just curious if any of you experienced that and how to level it out.

I feel like there’s just a sea of information and I’m just trying to not drown. It’s really frustrating when I’m doing everything right and eating really well now, but not losing weight and having this hypoglycemic attack.

Any advise or story helps!! Thank you!!