u/sailormoontree

I'm on my 3rd week of buspar, ive got 5mg a day and I split it in half. I think this dose is typically lower than usual but I'm sensitive to meds so my doctor started me on a small dose.

I've noticed my overall anxiety is lower, like I suddenly want to travel and go outside more which im too anxious to do usually. But ive also noticed my brain will fixate on one anxious thought and obsess over it, instead of having 100s of anxious thoughts.

I also have been getting a kind of weird head pressure and also some nausea and dizziness (for like the first hour after taking it).

I am not sure if these are normal and if I need to up the dose.

I have a student on CK that just wants to talk about pokemon. Ive exhausted every video, quiz, worksheet and book online related to pokemon. We have lessons twice a week. Im worried the parents will complain as half the time we just look at pictures of pokemon. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to teach the student that involves pokemon in some way?

Ive been wearing prism lenses for 4 months now. I can see great in them and I no longer get headaches or eye strain. But the dizziness is still there. Particularly when I go outside or I'm in dizzy places. Does this mean there is a problem with my prisms?

My doctor gave me 5mg and told me to take it once a day. She asked if I wanted to take morning or night and I didn't know much about it so I said night. After some research it seems I should be taking it multiple times a day? I don't see her till next month, will once a day be fine?

I've been teaching for 10 years in Korea and this hasn't happened to me before. I have a middle school class that won't say one word. They're all girls and very introverted. They will not even say hi. I cannot choose my materials as I have to teach them a certain book. Ive tried ice breakers, learning their interests, everything that usually works and nothing. I guess I might just have to accept it as 'one of those classes' but id really like them to participate and be more active in the class. Has anyone had this issue? What did you do? I also find it hard to fill the class because the content expects some level of communication.

I also tried putting them in groups and getting them to speak together but they wont, which is so weird because I see them talking before and after class.

I had this conversation with my friend recenrly. If I could be a dad I would absolutely have kids. But since I'm a woman I feel like theres so much extra burden. Not only do I have to risk my body, have relentless hormonal changes, I will then be expected to do almost all of the child raising, by societies standards anyway. If I was a dad I could keep my sanity, my hobbies, I could go on as usual and just spend time with my kids when I want to. I could be the fun parent. I know some dads are wonderful but wow does it look like an easier job than being a mother. So we both decided if we could be fathers it would be such an easy choice. Its not that I don't want kids, its that I don't want to be a mother. Anyone else agree with this?