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This weekend was kind of low key but in an all right way.
Over the weekend we went to see the in-laws in Nac. Mostly, we worked on puzzles with mom since nothing was open, and honestly we didnt need to go out and do anything. We bought fireworks and fired them off. It was pretty fun. Buying fireworks is p silly because you have no clue what youre gonna get. you just choose by the ridiculous packaging. Saturday night we drank a bunch of beers with Shane. We were hoping pixley would come and help but he didnt. so we couldnt really get through them all.
The medication I'm on makes beer, like, extreme. On Tuesday I had a beer after going to the gym, which is normal for me. 1 beer. 5.7% its not anything extra or crazy. and I somehow had a hangover from 1 measly beer. So, yeah, i think any recreational drinking I used to do is about to decrease a whole lot. I don't need a beer after the gym if its gonna make me feel like shit.
Which, yesterday we drank beers with Perry, since we won't get an open weekend for a while. It was nice to hang out and share beer, but I woke up as if I had slammed a jillion beers when I had maybe the equivalent of 2 tops? I'm going to have to find a way to at least manage the social drinking without murdering my head/stomach.
I don't know if the SSRIs are working yet or not. But I assume they might. This job interview thing, i absolutely would have just been in a total panic attack, and I'm overwhelmed, but not panicking. I've kept my head on my shoulders and just trying to take it as I can. Who cares if I look dumb in the interview? If I bomb it, I'll never see them again, and at least I'll have some experience and shit.
Z is taking me for a birthday trip tomorrow. Idk where we're going yet, but we're driving so its probably in Texas. He said internet will be limited. Hopefully thats relaxing. Hopefully I'll get some sleep at some point. If I dont drink, I hope maybe the benedryl can knock me out until I adjust to this medication. I should get some time released melatonin.
I guess thats all I have for now. Hopefully this is a good/relaxing weekend and I can do my best next week for this job interview thing. Although if I'm struggling this much right now, maybe i don't want this job?? this definitely has made me consider if I even want this. But I'll worry about that later. No sense in worrying about that right now.
also, folks who have taken SSRIs does this shit ever stop tearing my stomach apart? Or no?
Over the weekend we went to see the in-laws in Nac. Mostly, we worked on puzzles with mom since nothing was open, and honestly we didnt need to go out and do anything. We bought fireworks and fired them off. It was pretty fun. Buying fireworks is p silly because you have no clue what youre gonna get. you just choose by the ridiculous packaging. Saturday night we drank a bunch of beers with Shane. We were hoping pixley would come and help but he didnt. so we couldnt really get through them all.
The medication I'm on makes beer, like, extreme. On Tuesday I had a beer after going to the gym, which is normal for me. 1 beer. 5.7% its not anything extra or crazy. and I somehow had a hangover from 1 measly beer. So, yeah, i think any recreational drinking I used to do is about to decrease a whole lot. I don't need a beer after the gym if its gonna make me feel like shit.
Which, yesterday we drank beers with Perry, since we won't get an open weekend for a while. It was nice to hang out and share beer, but I woke up as if I had slammed a jillion beers when I had maybe the equivalent of 2 tops? I'm going to have to find a way to at least manage the social drinking without murdering my head/stomach.
I don't know if the SSRIs are working yet or not. But I assume they might. This job interview thing, i absolutely would have just been in a total panic attack, and I'm overwhelmed, but not panicking. I've kept my head on my shoulders and just trying to take it as I can. Who cares if I look dumb in the interview? If I bomb it, I'll never see them again, and at least I'll have some experience and shit.
Z is taking me for a birthday trip tomorrow. Idk where we're going yet, but we're driving so its probably in Texas. He said internet will be limited. Hopefully thats relaxing. Hopefully I'll get some sleep at some point. If I dont drink, I hope maybe the benedryl can knock me out until I adjust to this medication. I should get some time released melatonin.
I guess thats all I have for now. Hopefully this is a good/relaxing weekend and I can do my best next week for this job interview thing. Although if I'm struggling this much right now, maybe i don't want this job?? this definitely has made me consider if I even want this. But I'll worry about that later. No sense in worrying about that right now.
also, folks who have taken SSRIs does this shit ever stop tearing my stomach apart? Or no?
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Date: 2021-07-08 04:26 pm (UTC)From:I would think after time your body adjusts, but I think it probably depends on the specific SSRI, it's half life, and your own chemistry. If the side effects suck you might want to try a different SSRI?
Are you on Paxil? I'm on Venlafaxine for anxiety.
I know you have a lot of serotonin receptors in your gut, so it might be that it's affecting your gut receptors extra hard. That's why I imagine after a month or two you'll settle. I think it usually takes a couple weeks of buildup to get to a baseline, and a month fully, but that might just be Venlafaxine.
Glad it's helped reduce your panic attacks! And hey - at least you can have a healthier diet without having to drink so much ;P
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Date: 2021-07-08 04:33 pm (UTC)From:yeah, i feel like this almost has increased my metabolism? im losing weight again after being stagnant of like a year. but for hte positives, i havent slept, my tummy always hurts, and i get headaches. i realised today i havent slept in a week lol
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Date: 2021-07-08 06:57 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-07-09 01:41 am (UTC)From:All the darker non-alc beer I've had so far has tasted more like bitter soda (in a bad way, not the Italian way) than anything else. But more microbreweries are trying their hand at them. One of the reds I've tried that might be available to you was from BrewDog, so avoid that one. They had other non-alcs too.
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Date: 2021-07-14 11:27 am (UTC)From:The medication can take up to eight weeks to have its full effect. If you go two months and you're still having the side effects real bad and you don't feel it's doing much, it's time to consider switching to a different med.