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I'm swapping to Fluoxetine at a much lower dosage under supervision of the local mental health team. I was meant to switch from 10mg to 20mg today, but as I feel really good at the moment, the pharmacist has approved me staying on 10mg for now, with the option to increase the dose if needed.
RockNRollNBrew
2023-08-11 20:18:17 +0000 UTCHey! I'm glad to hear you're having some successes, obviously make sure you check-in with your doctor about quitting as they may have other medication recommendations that will help with depression while having less side effects :) I think staying open and always looking for new evidence for ways to improve your wellbeing is based! I hope this new change finds you success :)
Kyla Turner
2023-08-11 18:36:46 +0000 UTCUpdate: 5th day off Venlafaxine. Brain fog and lethargy gone, brain zaps fading, a few other symptoms but nothing major. This could be a turning point. P.s. Black Coffee and a grapefruit is one hell of a pick me up. The theory USED TO BE that it was down to a chemical call naringin, but that's been debunked, so there must be something else in the grapefruit (possibly on its own, possibly in conjunction with the naringin) that makes the difference. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16620293/
RockNRollNBrew
2023-08-09 16:29:56 +0000 UTCOn the testosterone issue, I think a conversation between NoSoErudite and Ori Hofmekler (creator of the Warrior Diet, the Anti-Estrogenic Diet and author of The 7 Principles of Stress - he's also worked as a satirical cartoonist and as a member of the Israeli Army's special forces.) would be top-tier content.
RockNRollNBrew
2023-08-08 11:33:34 +0000 UTCOn the point about fat cells from your teens being permanent: I wish things had been different in my early teens. I had been fairly active and of a fairly normal weight up until then, maybe even a little underweight. Up until the age of 11, I had had a best friend with whom I was so close that people assumed we were brothers, but this friendship ended and I was devastated. I was also very badly bullied and had the first of many mental health episodes. I put on a hell of a lot of weight due to comfort eating and losing interest in exercise, right at the worst possible time for this to have happened - as NSE mentioned, fat cells present at that time become permanent. I've been battling my weight for a long time. This is closely linked to my mental health. When I am relatively well mentally, I make good progress, but each mental health episode leads to significant weight gain. In 2019, I finally managed to get down to 75kg/165lbs, the upper end of the ideal weight range for my height and things seemed to be on the up. Unfortunately, life events (mostly at work) triggered another depressive episode and the Covid lockdown made things a lot worse (I lost my job when the business had to downsize during lockdown). I currently weigh 140Kgs - over 300lbs, the heaviest I have ever been. I've tried restarting exercise numerous times but I have severe issues with lethargy and poor executive function at the moment and I'm convinced that my current antidepressant, Venlafaxine, has slowed my metabolism. Thankfully, I am now coming off Venlafaxine, which I am pretty sure is responsible for the brain fog, lethargy and executive function problems I've experienced in the three years since starting on it. Things were NEVER this difficult when I was on Fluoxetine (the antidepressant I was on in 2019 and the one I am switching back to), back then intermittent fasting and HIIT gave me great results but I seem unable to replicate such results on Mirtazapine or Venlafaxine.
RockNRollNBrew
2023-08-08 10:44:06 +0000 UTC
