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waking up is such a trip. it’s similar to odsmt or dxm in that i’m instantly 100% awake the second my eyes open while it’s like 5 am

ig that’s one way to compensate for my shitty sleep hygiene (⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠)

other than that i can feel the onset of the dreaded zombie mode

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@dxm waking up is truly the worst part of living comfyuwu
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@dxm@sk.lavenderfield.xyz im trying to get off this shit

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@icedquinn tbh this almost makes this stuff worthwhile

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@anemone oh. well in 6 weeks i’ll share the same fate. what’s it like?

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@dxm@sk.lavenderfield.xyz mostly fine ig. the thing i hate is that it has an extremely short half life so if you miss a single does you will immediately get very ill

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@anemone didn’t think they even sell the non xr version :v

what are the symptoms?

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@dxm@sk.lavenderfield.xyz they dont, this is what happens with the xr version. anyway, spaced out, nauseous + other gastrointestinal problems, brain zaps. fun stuff

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@anemone fantastic. can’t wait (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) how long have you been on it though?

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@anemone @dxm ive heard of brain zaps but never got them from cold turkeying Prozac or properly tapering off like three other SSRIs. they sound very bothersome but I can't imagine the sensation.
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz @dxm@sk.lavenderfield.xyz like having a flashbulb go off inside your head

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@georgia @anemone i only ever got them on psychedelics. for me the intense ones are actually audible. they feel and sound like a sudden loud buzz that abruptly spikes my anxiety. it’s a tingling TV static-like feeling in the back of my head. it also makes my eyeballs twitch which is very disorienting

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@dxm @anemone oh no :( ive done a couple different psychedelics some very powerful and had body zaps but not brain zaps. hmmmm
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@dxm that is proabably the worst most dangerous antidepressant you can be on. i've seen multiple lives ruined by that stuff.
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@meowski yea i’ve seen quite a few stories

i actually asked my doc for bupropion and i’m only taking it because she essentially said that bupropion is too expensive and i had to try venlafaxine first (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

i will take it for only 6 weeks so i hope it won’t be too bad

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@dxm fire your doctor. having a psychotic episode and ending up in a mental hospital or worse isn't going to fix your depression
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@meowski probably a good idea. currently this is a “better than nothing” kind of situation ded

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@dxm it's definitely worse than nothing. that manic energy you're feeling can trigger psychotic delusions
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@meowski i actually know pretty well what psychosis feels like. i’ll take note when my apophenia switches to high gear. but thanks for the heads up (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

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