u/saskia87

I made a post a couple of days ago how it started. I started on Monday, today is Sunday and so much happend. On Wednesday the swearing began and it was crazy. Even when preparing breakfast I was sweating like crazy. And suddenly on Saturday it stoped. But all the benefits stayed. I was able to function and get things started and done. I’m a bit dizzy and have a headache but it gets better and better.

I was on Venlafaxin for a year and tapered it out with my doctors help and I think the side effects when tapering hit me hard. I was on zero meds from Friday til Sunday and on Monday I started the new medication. I hope this medication will work as it does now for a long time. Of course I know that one week into it, it’s doesn’t say much. But let’s hope. With Venlafaxin my side effects where also showing on week one and stayed for a year. So I hope with bupropion it will be the same.

Today is my first day and I never every felt like this in my life. I always had trouble starting things. Get going, just friggin start anything. Doing things that where good for me, like simple stuff: brushing teeth, cooking for myself, cleaning and many many more.
I don’t know how but wholly molly this first day was mindblowing. I …. Just…. Did … things. I just did it. No euphoria, not crazy explosions or fireworks, I just DID DO IT!

Feeling like inhaling salt water because my nose was stuffy: just did it.
Feeling like I’m hungry: just did it.
Feeling like I need to clean my selfe (shower, brushing teeth): just did it.
Feeling like I’m full when eating: just did stop eating.

No fuzz no muzz no nothing. Just simply doing the things that needed to be done and wanted to be done.

I so so hope this medicine will help me managing my life in the future.im aware that one day says nothing and that this feeling can subside but what the frigging fugg y’all 😱🤯

I love me some longe stiletto nails but just for a day or two. I have the Apres sculpted stiletto but I would love to wear them as press ons. But I don’t like the sticky tabs and would love to do the design before hand. I know that the glue that is cured under the uv lamp can not be used with this method, because the uv light does not penetrate the tip to fully cure the glue gel. Any idea on what to use? I got some semi solid glue that air dries but because I use the sculpted ones, I need a lot of it. Also I have a strong C curve so I need the sculpted ones.

I was on 112,5 mg for about a year and now I’m getting off of Venlafaxin to change to Bupropion.

I did one week on 75 mg. And now one week on 37,5 mg and then two weeks nothing. After that pause, starting with Bupropion.

These are my side effects:
75 mg was ok, had a bit of a stomach flu symptom.
37,5 mg more stomach flue symptoms. Not sure if it is the withdrawal or a real stomach flue but I feel better in the evenings then in the morning. So I’m not so sure. Have headaches, but no brain zaps. We‘ll see how this goes. I feel better with a multivitamin, omega 3 and magnesium.

I was sweating a lot on 112,5 mg; now it gets better and better and have just a few sweaty episodes, but not as strong.

So all in all I’m kind of optimistic 🫶🏽

I will stop taking Venlafaxin slowly and once im fully down to zero, I will start with Bupropion. Can some people please shake their experience? How was it. I’m a bit scared but Venlafaxin made me sweaty and not that driven but calmer and less anxiety. But I’m lacking motivation and I’m most of the time really stuck and can’t start. It takes a lot of mental effort to start with literally anything. Housework, showers, getting out of bed. I also have anxiety and hope Bupropion will help me.

I really love those polishes but I’m a uv gel girly. Does anybody know if there are great dupes?

Im diabetic and overweight. I have an HbA1C of 5.8 now! So since 2nd of Feb this year I started cutting out sweets, desserts and snacks completely out of my diet. Before that I ate daily something sweet (like 2-3 Kinder Bueno) and hit an HbA1C of 7 in Jan this year. I was shocked because I always dabbled in the 6.2-6.5 range since dec 2023 when I was diagnosed. I didn’t change anything else in my diet. And I feel so much better. Less stomach aches and less migraines. I also lost some weight. 1,9 kg since the 2nd of Feb. And I’m so proud because I haven’t been counting calories. Just ate what I liked and there is always one big source of protein in my three meals I have daily.