I haven't sincerely shouted for joy or wept in years.
This implies that you haven't always felt this way. If so, well you might or might not be neurodivergent, but your complaint is a consequence of treatment resistant depression.
dualmindblade
joined 4 years ago
Me, somehow in the same situation and remembering your advice, "hahaha, me too!"
Like, if you didn't like reservoir dogs even a little I guess just quit. Otherwise, just don't watch once upon a time in Hollywood and you'll be pleasantly surprised at the rest.
"Let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant brilliant billion of stars." -Kamala Sagan
"considering the more left wing politicians never seem to win the primaries"
I got the result I was brave enough to say I wanted yay
He thought he was the left foot of God, perhaps he needed to be knocked down a peg.
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Okay, the one nostril thing is actually normal! Most people breath primarily or entirely through one nostril at a time, with the dominant nostril switching every few hours. When I go off nasal spray (gradually) this is what happens to me and it drives me nuts. Like, if I'm entirely healthy and no allergens I can sort of breath through both, maybe 80/20, and it's only a little bothersome but the moment I get any congestion at all at least one is plugged up and I just cannot handle it. Probably I "cured" myself of the nasal cycle at a very young age and got used to it.
If you do the same yes you will definitely get physically dependent but for me at least I have never had to increase the frequency or amount I'm using over time (literally like 35 years of continuous use). Actually like mentioned I've gone from full strength oxymetazoline to about 1/4, it works for 6 hours or so. Phenylephrine spray is much weaker but still causes dependence.
As far as I can tell the only negative of being addicted is you will freak the fuck out and be miserable for a few days if you should find yourself without it. I am a habitual nicotine user and if I had to choose between nasal spray and my vape it would be no choice at all, nasal spray plz
What product from Zicam are you using?
If you've been using nasal spray for a long time the congestion is just rebound, it would take several days for it to start going away. Personally I can't stand nasal congestion, like ever, I am a long term nasal spray addict and haven't had any obvious health problems from it. I've quit a couple times but soon as I get a cold or something I'm back on the stuff so pretty much gave up on that. Currently use it at about 1/3 strength, mixed with saline nasal spray, which is plenty it just takes a bit longer to take effect. If you have been on it a while you can quit by making weaker and weaker solutions, gradually go to 0% over month or two
Had them more than a decade ago, pros couldn't get rid of them. All I had to do was put all my belongings in the garage, heat that up to 140 degrees F for about 12 hours, dust the entire house including inside the walls with diatomaceous earth, and move out for 3 months. Easy peasey.
Btw they can't climb smooth surfaces, it's actually practical to just put protectors/detectors on all the legs of your beds and furniture and make sure there's nothing touching the walls or hanging to the floor. I did that for a few years out of paranoia actually and always for the first few months after moving into a new place. I still wake up sometimes and am compelled to turn on the light and check my sheets. They need human blood to survive, unfortunately they can live for quite some time without feeding.
Cycling through various psych meds is so unbelievably frustrating. Turns out my current psych doc is willing to prescribe MAOIs which is great because I've always wanted to look into that class. Started with selegiline patch, it actually seemed like it might be helpful, I at least had more energy and motivation, but turns out I'm allergic to the adhesive and I kept reacting to it more and more until it was basically one big hive underneath when I took it off. Doctor is unwilling to prescribe oral or sublingual form, saying there's not enough evidence for its effectiveness on depression..
Now I'm on removedlcypromine (parnate), which is actually what I would have picked for myself to start off with. After 2 months ramping up it couldn't be more different than the last med, I'm sleepy all the time, 0 motivation. I haven't gotten a single thing done for like 3 weeks and have called in to work 3 times. I'm not sure whether to try and power through or taper off but either way I'm in for quite a bit more of this since, unlike selegiline, you cannot quit this one cold turkey. Next up would be phenelzine (nardil), which is also very likely to make me sleepy.
I want to give these a fair shot, after the MAOIs there's basically nothing left to try, over 20 years I've thoroughly explored every other class of depression med, but I also have to weigh that against my functionality, I can't just take a year off of work to dick around with drugs that each only have a sliver of a chance of being effective. I guess I should feel lucky, there are a lot of jobs I would already have been fired from for tardiness and absenteeism, and getting a doctor who's willing to prescribe supposedly dangerous stuff instead of just yet another ssri, SNRI, tricyclic, is difficult and expensive.