Mental Health Thread • Page 400

In response to the Prozac side effects question, I’ve been on and off of the stuff over the last 10 years and while I’ve experienced the usual side effects, the sexual ones have never presented themselves for me


Edit: oops my bad I got my drugs mixed up. Never had Wellbutrin so my contribution to this convo is minimal lol

 

@David87 isn't in here so it'll never be that horny.



The first few months on Lexapro it took me forever to cum (or not at all) which has its benefits but it eventually became more of a chore than anything. It got better about 3-4 months in, but still took a lot longer than normal. I'm not sure if it was me eventually getting used to the lexapro, or that i started wellbutrin, but I'm back to my "normal" endurance now.

 

Asked and answered. God bless. I’ll ask about this tomorrow.

 

I've had the same issue with Zoloft, and it's not an ideal solution, but my psychiatrist okayed me to try "honeymoon weekends" where I essentially take my does Sunday through Thursday and take the weekends off. It's been somewhat helpful.

 

I don't even know where to start. But I'll make it short.

My boyfriend OD'd last night. I came home from work to find him white as a ghost, moaning and foaming at the mouth on my couch when I walked in. I have never in my life seen or delt with someone in that situation but somehow I knew what to do and did it calmly. My brother walks in from being at the gym and i yell for him to call 911. they got there so fast and thankfully got him to wake up with narcan.

I found whatever it was he took. was in his wallet, in a cigarette wrapper. Told the cop and EMTs that I had no clue what it was and that I don't do those kinds of drugs. Like,fuck. I had my weed cart right there for all of them to see and I was like "Obviously I smoke weed" and the cop just kinda looked at me with sympathy and said "we don't care about weed, you're ok".

I know nothing about hardcore drugs, but I sure as shit know he could have fucking died in my house and really fucked me up mentally. I told him after his little episode in December, that if he didn't stay clean and something were to happen again, I would be done.

I love him with all my heart, but I love myself way fucking more.

I'm so sad. and hurt. and angry. and it's safe to say that my brother and I are wicked traumatized.

 

This is awful. I'm so, so sorry you had to go through this, especially knowing how happy you were. I'm thankful he's okay (thanks to you and your brother) and I can't imagine the feelings you're unpacking, but I just want to say it is hugely impressive for you to recognize that you need to set that boundary, whether or not something could change down the line. Proud of you.

 

Thank you, Aaron. Yeah it's a very mixed bag of emotions right now.

It's sad, but I've had so much loss and hurt in the last 10 years that I'm somehow programmed to just pull myself up by the bootstraps and go on with my days. All I have is me to depend on.

I'll probably go back to the hospital after work and he and I have a lot to talk about now that he's had a night to rest and have an actual conversation. I will be ending the relationship because I can't spend the rest of my life wondering daily if he's going to do something like this again. this is one of those times I will gladly be selfish and worry about my own body and mind.

 

Holy hell I’m so sorry you went through this. Thank god you and your brother were there for him. Literally saved his life. I’m also sorry you now have to go through this separation, but agreed he needs to work on himself and you need to be able to take care of yourself. Hope you’re doing as well as you can right now.

 

Thank you.

I'll be honest, I'm not ok, but I have the office to myself so I can at least cry and work. I'm just so disappointed. He's such a sweet loving human, but until he can fully love himself, I can't be with him.

This hurt me. He knows this hurt me. All he could say once they made him comfortable was "baby I'm so sorry. I fucked everything up" and I just responded, "yes, you did".

I'm so fucking heartbroken.

 

Same sentiments as others have said much better than I ever could.

and Absolutely not important or urgent to get an answer @JulieLynn but very curious what a weed cart is, looks like, contains lol

 

Thank you

hahahahaha.

Man, I so needed a good laugh. I will have to take a picture of it tonight and post it. Visuals are way better.

 

A substance the color of olive oil on a stick-battery you hold down the button and it heats a coil that allows you to vape the product. Usually distillate (harsh) to hash rosin (premium). Distillate ones can be flavored to keep them inconspicuous in the public but ones like hash rosin smell like a 1/4 lb of weed when you hit them.

 

Here is the weed cart

 

Pulled up to a work event and as I was unloading stuff from my car I heard a car hit another parked car. Went to check and saw someone passed out in the driver seat and still in reverse. Couldn’t get in and called 911 and they broke the window and he didn’t come to until the cops physically started touching/moving him. Absolutely fucking me up at the moment.

 

Having a moment for whatever reason. I've been in my basement for the past few hours just listening to music.. nothing else. No other fucking distractions. Out of nowhere I just started crying. I think it's just the realization that work takes up so much fucking time and makes me lose so much of who I am, that when I reconnect with what makes me, me.. it's like emotional overload. I'm not even upset.. my brain is just all over the place.

 

I feel this. Sorry you're going through it man. Try to enjoy the time you have with yourself.

 

Three weeks off weed (and coming up on 7yrs no booze, about the same time I started hitting the weed hard) and this initial month of true sobriety, the first in almost 20 years, is making me such an anxious Annie. No level of meditation/walking/exercise is helping subside it quite yet. Hoping that changes soon. Absolutely insane.

wishing the best to everyone on their own paths and with their own struggles. Shit feels tough right now.

 

I really hate not having anyone to talk to. Lonely people problems

 

My anxiety really did not need some dweeb from Reddit posting my comments from the Say Anything thread over there. Bleh.

 

Was looking at my last.fm history today and found it interesting that the worst years I've had in the past decade of data had significantly lower listening. Like, tens of thousands of songs less. chicken or the egg, who knows, but interesting correlation

 

oh yeah the amount of music I listen to absolutely plummeted in the years I was struggling with my addiction and has never really recovered, but I found a new hobby in video games that takes up that space for me now

 

so I’ve been at my current job for 8 months now and they’re already starting to groom me for a management position (I work at a chain of breakfast restaurants, weary about posting the name especially now that I know they want to promote me I’ll just say it’s not Waffle House, dennys, or ihop so that should narrow it down) and it’s just kind of crazy to me how far I’ve come in such a short amount of time. I’m coming up on 11 months clean here soon and I’ve been busting my ass both at my job and in my recovery to ensure I never have to go through what I went through again. this new development is particularly exciting though because years ago in 2019 I was within arms length of a promotion to management at the restaurant I was working at at the time and had it ripped away very unexpectedly due to a new gm not liking me and the people who wanted to promot me all moving on and leaving the company, that instance really shook my faith in ever being able to make a career out of this because I love restaurants a lot and doing what I do but I’m 30 and really don’t want to wait tables forever. I’ve got great support from my current managers and my district manager who want to see me succeed so next week we’re sitting down and plotting out a plan to get me on the path. Just so fucking thankful every day I’ve been able to overcome my addiction

 

Same thing I’ve noticed with my Letterboxd/watching films and my mental health/addiction, it actually depresses me more.

 

Sincerely mean this, proud of you and your posts inspire me.

 

honestly wild how proud you deserve to be of yourself. i know we never ended up meeting but damn. you're an inspiration to us all and then some.