just got back from the first psych appointment with the new chick, it was pretty good

she spend like a solid 45 minutes chatting about my history and meds and shit, felt very thorough and not rushed

my primary care stuck me back on wellbutrin a few weeks ago and we're carrying on with that. also good news that she'll eventually be putting me back on vyvanse, i was a little concerned bc doctors in rural ass appalachian boonies tend to be weird about adult adhd meds

but instead of putting me back on lamotrigine with it she wants to try prozac bc she thinks it'll vibe better with my whole shit, and before we pop back on vyvanse she wants to give it a few weeks so we can see how that hits

without like, blurring the lines on what could be coming from which med

Ive been on prozac since 9th grade! ask me anything!

what's it like? how's it hit? any weird effects?

so its the only med ive ever been able to tolerate! I do get some side effects, like teeth grinding and agitation/akathesia.

Its kind of.....emotionally blunting?

lamotrigine was a mood stabilizer but she was like, your mood's pretty stable, it may have helped with depressive swings a little but prozac may actually work better to give you a boost and help with anxiety

Yes prozac is great for my anxiety and it gives a boost/energy. Hence the teeth grinding and agitation side effects

so i just wanna get some general "what was your experience"

but im like child under 10 sensitive lol

I love it honestly. I found other meds like wellbutrin and paxil to be way too stimulating

Its one of the old ones, but goodies!

its got a really long half life too so getting off it isnt as bad as the o thers

Also its more forgiving if you forgive a dose, because of the extra long half life

i'm like, human eeyore levels of major depressive so stacking it with wellbutrin is because i need as much stimulation as i can get lmao

LOL prozac will hopefully help then!

okay cool, very cool

the capsules tend to be cheaper than the tablets, fyi

all gucci they're covered by my insurance

haha cool!

i'm curious to find out how it's gonna go because like. for a long time up until about a year ago I was on a schedule of
morning: 300 wellbutrin, 100 lamotrigine, 50 vyvanse
afternoon: 150 wellbutrin, 100 lamotrigine

but even with all that i still felt like not quite

correct

so fingers crossed swapping in prozac is the missing link

Hopefully! definitely take the prozac in the morning, because it can be so stimulating

yeye that's the plan, tho she said for a very small subset of people it sometimes actually makes them hella sleepy and if that's the case to take it at night. hopefully i'm not in that subset

we'll find out soon ig

smh at the fucking vast shotgun of meds it takes to make my brain a functional sack of meat

i can't wait to be able to concentrate again without the mental wrestling match

Yes! Hopefully you're not in the opposite subset!

what dose are they starting you on?

10?

10 yeah, but she said the dose we start at probably won't be the final dose we land on. p typical for antidepressants to start low and slowly work up

so won't be surprised if that goes up. the wellbutrin's definitely gonna wind up going back up since i've only restarted at 150.

but we're doing the slow introduction watch for weird side effects start

Yeah. That makes total sense.

10 is like, baby dose.

you can go up to 80 i think

prozac was literally the only medication I was on that I never noticed a side effect from. 60mg successfully stomped out the depression, anxiety, and borderline psychosis (post partum brain went brrrr)

prozac is amazing

I took mine in the evening and never noticed a significant energy boost, but that's just me

loved prozac, 10/10, I'd like to go back on it tbh

i did a little reddit research about it and folks were talking about how their inner social anxiety spirals and their whole replaying everything they ever said to another human and hating themselves for it shit quieted down, which is really what i'm hoping for lmao

aside from the general, you know, un-depressening. the de-anxietying sounds pretty fuckin sweet

most anecdotal commentary seems too be positive so far, i'm optimistic

it was really nice, I could sleep again without having to wait to be like. full body exhausted. or crying for hours over my own intrusive thoughts

man that would be pretty fuckin sweet

my pre-sleep anxiety thought spirals leading to insomnia are hella lame

It's the only depression med I haven't tried out, so I can't speak to it, but I wish you well bud. Changing meds can be rough but so worth it when the mix works

thanks buddy

in my case i've been unmedicated for almost a year so like

anything's an improvement ahaha

behavioral health providers in the rural south are fuckin hard to come by

I use Xanax Extended Release for anxiety, it will knock the shit out of it but also knock the shit out of you weariness wise haha. but I do feel it working during the day too, it's just more intense when you first take it

it's the only way I can sleep and it does help with generalized anxiety

but it is pretty heavy duty

i see i see

I take lamotrigine as a mood stabilizer and I would be dead without it (probably literally) and a few other things, it's quite a cocktail, but I'm glad you'll be trying your own, those cocktails are A+ when working right

my depression's the bigger issue than my anxiety so the hope is maybe reducing that will reduce the anxiety a little in the process

I was on prozac for awhile in college and it didn't fuck me up if I missed a dose like effexor that's for sure lol

i keep hearing good things about prozac half life

I don't remember a lot of how it helped unfortunately but it at least didn't make anything worse.

lmao well that's

goodish

not bad

I've taken it before, no major side effects except on day one I was kind of dopey and out of it.

oop, no thank you to that one

i guess one day isn't so bad tho rly

I think they gave me it primarily for depression and Xanax immediate release for anxiety but I think at the time my anxiety was chill(er) that the prozac was enough which sounds like what you're looking for.

wellbutrin fucked me up with anxiety and I had lexapro and xanax with it. I hope the prozac takes the edge off your anxiety!

thanks fam!

lexapro made me a total zombie, that was the first one i ever tried

wellbutrin does agitate my anxiety a little but it's worth the tradeoff of being able to get out of bed some days u kno. but yeah she said the prozac should help counter the wellbutrin anxiety spikes

while still also helping with the depresso

lexapro was my miracle drug for 10 years, it pulled me out of really shitty places including postpartum yikes, but it's stopped working and I'm back to the roller coaster. would go back to prozac in a heartbeat tbh.

oof, my friend

solidarity grip 2 u on that

the rollercoaster is not a fun ride

i stacked prozac with welbutrin and honestly it was a good mix for a long time! i’m weird and metabolize meds like pacman so things tend to only work for me for like 3-4 years before i have to change shit up, but that combo was good for me for i’d say three years, yeah!

i had more side effects from the welbutrin, which hecked my sleep a bit

honestly i'd take a solid 3-4 years

better than nada

glad to hear the combo works!

my sleep's already permanently fucked it honestly can't get much worse

Just in case it helps, I just found this drink called Recess Mood. Its literally fucking seltzer water with vitamins and lemon balm and I had to check there wasn't drugs in it. I have 30 bottles now because it helps my anxiety and sleep so significantly

Recess

Literally had to check the ingredients to make sure there wasnt like CBD in it or some shit

randomly grabbed it from my grocery store one day

Very interesting! I do find I feel marginally better when I remember to take a magnesium supplement daily, I wonder if it's similar in principle

I try to maintain the habit of magnesium and vit d

But forget a solid half the time lmao

Seems like this might be just the drink version

i also do vit d and magnesium! it’s been helpful since ssris tend to zap that shit

i've been taking magnesium daily for years and it does make a difference for me, same for vit d

ditto magnesium and d, if I slip I start to feel crappy

same here! i was just about to add when i procrastinate on refilling them after running out i can tell

i was also on prozac for the better part of two decades! i had to fiddle with the dosage a lot over that time but it was also one of the only medications that really worked for me (other than god awful teeth grinding and dry mouth too)

and joining the chorus of magnesium, can't sing its praises enough!

magnesium glycinate was what my doctor recommended to me a few years ago, it's been the best i've found though i usually have to buy it online since i can't find the glycinate version in stores

however i'll admit i also don't look that hard when grabbing vitamins since i buy it online plus live in a sorta rural area so it might be easier to find elsewhere

Oh good luck with Prozac! Im glad other people are chiming in with positive things to say. I had the worst experience with it and was only on it for like a week before I had to stop. I’m currently on a combination of Abilify and Wellbutrin which has been working best for me right now.

also pls attend to your dental health on wellbutrin; it dried my mouth out so badly in six months that I am still having repairs done

i did also get dry mouth on wellbutrin, though i'm also a mouth breather, which doesn't help fjdksl

same; I tried to train myself not to mouth breathe at night but my sinuses said fuck you

It could be! i guess they use a high quality magnesium and B6

Yeah the dry mouth thing has always been a struggle for me, Vyvanse gives it too

My last psych recommended chewing sugar free gum

Because tmi I was drinking so much water I was peeing ALL THE FUCKING TIME

shoutout to the magnesium crew tho

hey gang

lmfao

we should make t-shirts lol

lolol

indech: i actually just scoped the bottle of what i have bc this convo reminded me to take it and i also have magnesium glycinate so

double handshake

I'm gonna contain my thoughts and observations for the next couple weeks to this plurk so I'm not spamming everyone with various iterations of my bullshit but

day 3 on the stuff

in terms of side effects, the only potential one i've noticed is sleep sweating?? these last two nights i have woken up SUPER SWEATY

in terms of brain impact

i haven't noticed a boost like people mentioned, but i also haven't felt sleepy like other people said, i think i mostly just feel

like

a different type of calm, maybe

like calm is my baseline, but it's usually calm with the caveat that i have a constant background noise of intrusive thoughts or anxieties that i've just gotten really good at ignoring or deflecting & maintaining a neutral state despite them

but I think maybe it's

quieter?

like a more natural calm that doesn't require as much work?

idk if that makes sense or if that's just me placebo effecting myself, it's pretty subtle, we'll see as the days progress

I've been really fatigued and sleeping a lot these last couple of days, I'm not sure if it's a med thing or if I'm coming down with something. Note to self I guess.

Thats good!!

Prozac should make you wired but its so low you mmight just be able to relax now???

maybe so. people on reddit mentioned having this side effect at week two so I'm just gonna keep on keepin on and see if things level out

Yes! good!

Yeah keep at it, you’re still adjusting.