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2023-09-16 at 5:19 PM UTCWhy do I require the ingestion of a psychoactive substance in order to function normally? I do almost everything right. I get enough sleep, exercise a lot, and I eat well, although not perfectly. Why do I still require the use of a substance, whether it be Stratera, or Lexapro, or Medical Cannabis, in order to function properly?
If I don't take my meds, I get cranky and irritable and get intrusive thoughts and my anxiety goes through the roof.
But if I do take my meds, I either become stupid (from weed) or have chance of developing a disorder like Dopamine Supersensitivity Psychosis.
Where did it all go wrong, fuys... -
2023-09-16 at 5:33 PM UTCi abuse sugar, weed, caffeiene and nicotine instead of meth. also eating fat food
otherwise I can hardly function I NEED TO CONSUUUUUMEEEEEEEEEEE i ate a chocolate bar today im drinking coffee and smoking weed and hitting the vape and im gonna eat more sugar
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2023-09-16 at 5:57 PM UTCstop taking your meds for a week or two and see what happens
immediate bad effects are usually due to rebound/withdrawal leading you to think you'll always feel awful without them which probably isn't the case -
2023-09-16 at 6:07 PM UTC
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2023-09-16 at 6:44 PM UTC
Originally posted by Kingoffrogs Why do I require the ingestion of a psychoactive substance in order to function normally? I do almost everything right. I get enough sleep, exercise a lot, and I eat well, although not perfectly. Why do I still require the use of a substance, whether it be Stratera, or Lexapro, or Medical Cannabis, in order to function properly?
If I don't take my meds, I get cranky and irritable and get intrusive thoughts and my anxiety goes through the roof.
But if I do take my meds, I either become stupid (from weed) or have chance of developing a disorder like Dopamine Supersensitivity Psychosis.
Where did it all go wrong, fuys…
What meds do you take -
2023-09-16 at 7:04 PM UTC
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2023-09-16 at 7:26 PM UTC
Originally posted by Kingoffrogs .5 mg Risperidone, 40 mg Stratera, 15 mg lexapro
All pretty reasonable doses. Do you feel the Straterra does anything for you? Most people don't. My psychiatrist wants to try me on this new non stimulant ADHD med called Qelbree next month, a similar SNRI. It's supposed to be "as good as stimulants" at managing symptoms so I'll probably try it at least.
Risperdal is a shit drug though, too many side effects unless someone is seriously psychotic which you don't seem to be. It's overused in psychiatry just like Seroquel and other atypical antipsychotics. -
2023-09-16 at 7:31 PM UTCStratera does nothing, and I was given the risperidone for bipolar that I don't have (opinion of multiple doctors and physicians that know my medical history.)
I'm tapering off the risperidone and hopefully switching to something that works instead of stratera. Maybe getting of lexapro too. -
2023-09-16 at 7:43 PM UTC
Originally posted by Kingoffrogs Stratera does nothing, and I was given the risperidone for bipolar that I don't have (opinion of multiple doctors and physicians that know my medical history.)
I'm tapering off the risperidone and hopefully switching to something that works instead of stratera. Maybe getting of lexapro too.
I'd just drop the risperidone if I were you, sounds like you don't need it or want it and are taking it just because. It doesn't work as a mood stabilizer anyways.
The next logical step for most psych docs after Straterra fails is to try a stimulant so you might be in luck if you've been on it for a bit and can tell them it's not working. -
2023-09-16 at 7:54 PM UTCK
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2023-09-16 at 9:10 PM UTC
Originally posted by Rape Monster I'd just drop the risperidone if I were you, sounds like you don't need it or want it and are taking it just because. It doesn't work as a mood stabilizer anyways.
The next logical step for most psych docs after Straterra fails is to try a stimulant so you might be in luck if you've been on it for a bit and can tell them it's not working.
Been on stratera for 3+ years, I'm sure they'll switch me to something else. Risperidone is used to treat a shitload of other things as an off-label prescription, Like OCD and ODD. -
2023-09-16 at 9:30 PM UTCWhy when I'm not high does my life
Feel like it's missin' somethin'?
I know that I Must Be High
So that I can function.
Probably because brains are complicated and there's 8 billion different ones with lots of different wirings.
Most people need something to help them function, whether it be coffee or heroin. I guess it's just the way the cringe cookie crumbles. I know the feels.
Maybe just eat an apple and go for a jog and all your problems will either away.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
