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If you can't make it yourself, store bought is fine (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (9 children)

If you have depression anxiety and find that Prozac (an ssri) doesnt work well, you might consider something that directly works on dopamine - like Buproprion (brand name = wellbutrin, a NDRI, norepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibitor).

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was a bit of not interested and not educated enough to know what a NDRI was while I was on it but it does make sense for ADHD and Depression symptoms.

    The withdrawal from Wellbutrin was bad. I got brain zaps if I was 1hr late taking it; tapering and cessation was miserable.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    I have gone off a few times over the years and didn't experience many side effects/withdrawals, but that is definitely not always the case - I've heard that it reeeaaally does not work for some people. Ymmv

    Similar to your comment about ADHD, I feel like it helps me with some of my autism symptoms ("low support needs"/aspergers)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    SNRIs are also an option, but they can be worse to get off of than heroin.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I was on Effexor XR Max Dose, and one day when I realized that it had effectively killed all feelings I stopped cold turkey, zero side effects. My doctor thinks I have a very high drug tolerance, to the point that anything I'm put on nowadays is just started at close to the max dose. I'm on a drug right now that is prescribed at a level that would normally result in death for most people, and he thinks I can go higher if I need to.

    Downside is pain drugs don't work, at all. He told me they'd need to give me IV pain meds if I really needed any pain suppression.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is obviously anecdotal, but fuck Wellbutrin. It didn't help, and it triggered tinnitus, which didn't go away after I stopped taking it. Still happening 2 years later. I'm one of the lucky 3-6% Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sorry that happened. I get relatively minor tinnitus, but these exercises have helped. Dude's a chiropractor, but this particular stuff is not chiropractic and is legit. The thing that helps me is the palms on ears and drumming with fingers on the back of your head (like 50% through the video or so)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Thank you, I'll give this a shot! I've tried the one you suggested in the past and unfortunately it didn't help much, but I've seen it recommended often enough that I believe it's legit. Some of the others in this video are new to me and I'll definitely be trying them out.

    It goes up and down (louder and quieter?) for me, and it's especially strong lately so I'm a little extra salty about it right now. 🫠

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