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One week in
Jan. 30th, 2023 05:06 pm One week of triple reuptake inhibitor later...
I don't feel amazingly better. BUT. I have woken up a couple of times on my own in the morning, before the alarm, feeling rested and well, not exhausted.
I've done some housework.
I've been able to mentally organize a grocery trip/list. I checked the list at the end but I mostly got through it on the power of my own brain meats.
No jitters, no irritabilty, no digestive issues, no bad dreams, no brain-squeezy feeling, no headaches (other than probably mold/allergies, which is normal). I don't feel that my outward behavior is any different but I definitely feel less inclined to repost pitiful/depressive fb memes because, I guess, they aren't as reflective of my state of mind (less inclined to do 'cry for help'). I'm not skipping around singing but I'm feeling Okay.
I feel I am eating less/less appetite, less impulse to shove in some food because I'm bored, lonely, etc. I feel like maybe I'm craving sugar less or not at all.
I think *maybe* my dreams since starting the medication are either less intense or I'm not remembering them as much, but I do feel rested enough when I get up so that's OK.
I walk dogs twice a day but I probably need to add in some other, additional exercise. It doesn't feel impossible. I'm still pretty lazy but there seems to be a shift from paralyzed-lazy to just regular lazy. And maybe that will shift some more until I'm actually doing more activity on the regular.
Obviously, it's only been a week. And I have a cruise I'm looking forward to, which is our first big travel vacation since 2019. We did a 9 or 10 day road trip to Colorado in Sept 2021 and a week at Port A in Dec of 2022--having trips/vacations/events to look forward to definitely helps my state of mind.
I don't feel amazingly better. BUT. I have woken up a couple of times on my own in the morning, before the alarm, feeling rested and well, not exhausted.
I've done some housework.
I've been able to mentally organize a grocery trip/list. I checked the list at the end but I mostly got through it on the power of my own brain meats.
No jitters, no irritabilty, no digestive issues, no bad dreams, no brain-squeezy feeling, no headaches (other than probably mold/allergies, which is normal). I don't feel that my outward behavior is any different but I definitely feel less inclined to repost pitiful/depressive fb memes because, I guess, they aren't as reflective of my state of mind (less inclined to do 'cry for help'). I'm not skipping around singing but I'm feeling Okay.
I feel I am eating less/less appetite, less impulse to shove in some food because I'm bored, lonely, etc. I feel like maybe I'm craving sugar less or not at all.
I think *maybe* my dreams since starting the medication are either less intense or I'm not remembering them as much, but I do feel rested enough when I get up so that's OK.
I walk dogs twice a day but I probably need to add in some other, additional exercise. It doesn't feel impossible. I'm still pretty lazy but there seems to be a shift from paralyzed-lazy to just regular lazy. And maybe that will shift some more until I'm actually doing more activity on the regular.
Obviously, it's only been a week. And I have a cruise I'm looking forward to, which is our first big travel vacation since 2019. We did a 9 or 10 day road trip to Colorado in Sept 2021 and a week at Port A in Dec of 2022--having trips/vacations/events to look forward to definitely helps my state of mind.
