Hello there! Today is an 8 week update on Pristiq.
Talk about my mental health journey uh today i just wanted to talk about my updates with the medication i am currently on pristiq and viewspar i’ve been on pristiq now for eight and a half weeks and i just recently upped my dose from 25 to me i have only been on it for 12 days i have noticed some side effects uh
Just including drowsiness and a general fog drowsiness is actually pretty uncommon with buspar according to my psychiatrist usually it makes people more energized and even sometimes a bit agitated because of the boost in energy i have not felt that way i’ve been really sleepy um so i’m still adjusting to what times
I take that medication anxiety because i’m on the lowest as possible tolerate it i will be increasing that dosage and that is more of a therapeutic dose for the kind of anxiety i have i have not noticed a huge benefit to upping my dose from 25 to 50 milligrams of pristique i wish i could say i had but
It’s possible that i will just kind of be a late upping that dose but he has read literature the medication passed filled with 50 milligrams so we’re just going to stick with that and up the abuse bar to see if we can level up the anxiety that way i also want to talk about the downfalls of how i’m feeling in this
Medication because i want to be honest with you guys the real honest truth is i’m only seeing minor results as of now when i do see results it’s nice i’m laughing more often i have moments where i feel more present and moments where i can brush things off more easily if i get upset however i’m still having more
Bad days than good and my pace issues i’m still experiencing depersonalization and derealization dissociation and are actually pretty difficult to treat i’m finding out it feels like this is taking forever and considering i’ve been kind of out of commission because of my mental health for over a year now i’m really getting
Impatient and i really want to see results i know i’m not alone in that feeling i was sick of feeling this way and i still feel like i’m not functioning even 80 most of the time but that’s and the longer i don’t feel relief the more i feel like i struggle because i slip into the idea of if i’m just stuck feeling
This way forever with anxiety or depression will know that reality that things will change i’m scared and even happening to me i’m confused as to why i’ve been on this medication for two months and not noticed the change that other people have um but the truth is my journey is unique some people will
Start medication and they’ll feel are people like me who will try multiple medications multiple holistic remedies and still be a year-end and not know how to overcome it no matter what it’s important to not give up have days where i just feel like laying in bed don’t let myself do that because there’s
Worth fighting for and i hope that you guys feel that way too so make a couple suggestions of things that have been helping me through any chance i get to pet a dog or a cat or anything like i have some friends that have animals and because pet and a dog there’s nothing like it any way or capacity that makes
Sense to them if that’s close to you helps you go for it if writing freely um what comes to mind works for you go for it if making youtube videos or even just videos you don’t show anybody helps you to where they’re not festering then go for it in some fashion so i feel like i don’t have to hold on
To it also when you do that if you do share it it gives others the capacity to relate to you i know this isn’t probably the video all of you wanted to see it’s definitely not the one i wanted to make but it’s the honest truth some days i’m good and other days i’m very not good i just appreciate you guys checking in and
Sticking i said is helpful in some way or another and if you want to see more and just subscribe i update when i want to and when i feel like it yeah thank you i’ll see you guys later bye
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Week 8 Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) Update + 2 weeks on BuSpar (buspirone) By Anxiously Bri
