Wait…I thought spring was supposed to perk people up.
April is the cruellest month.
Well, Eliot is enough to make anybody depressed… 
Old Tom really was crap.
To be fair April is tax time in his adopted country.
Us U.S. expats get an extension till June.
The smart folks get er done in February.
o’ really?
Fo’ shizzle.
Good intersectional post!
consider a thorough blood test with your physician. Check up on thyroid function TSH/T4 levels. Hormones: free testosterone level. CBC SMA and cancer tumor markers CEA, CA199, AFP, PSA to get an idea of any underlying conditions. Intermittent fasting can also be done to get a dopamine detox and reset your metabolism.
This is more mainly and OCD thing but triggers anxiety. Was suppose to get a package today. They didn’t deliver it and ruined my chair. They also upset my rabbits to the point they messed up my room. I can’t even catch a breath because I have to go back to work.
Can everything be cleaned? Sure. But I never wanted it delivered at my house and they shouldn’t have placed it on my chair to begin with.
I probably looked insane insisting they clean it but 
Also still no package because at work
Has anyone been able to get an appetite suppressant along with their antidepressants? I actually feel hungry now and gained wayyy too much. Yes, I know CICO, water, and exercise. I’ve lost weight before and I’ve had multiple nutrition classes. I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night hungry no matter the time I eat nor amount.
I got that problem too, some appetite suppressant would be helpful for me too. I find that metaformin can suppress appetite a little bit.
I have heard keeping a diary can help find your triggers and the things that make you … (fill in your problem here).
Sometimes carefully thinking back about the things you might have been doing or eating or worrying about can also help to find triggers.
I was on Wellbutrin (Bupropion) for a while. It’s not an SSRI as far as I’m aware, but still an antidepressant. It fucked up my appetite the first few weeks in. I couldn’t stomach anything more than a meal a day. But you get over it and your appetite comes back after a while. I wouldn’t say it makes you more hungry than normal tho.
Fwiw eating a lot of fruit and veg will physically fill your stomach up quite quick in relation to their caloric content. Boom appetite suppressant
Careful… I am finding the guava to be less effective of a comfort food than previously thought. Honestly I think eggs fulfill this role better. I have no idea when we will see the light at the end of the tunnel regarding the shortage, as nothing the government do is making a dent in it.
I was thinking about asking for wegovy but I’m not sure how the doctor would react.
Here’s an update on my situation. I am very slowly but surely healing from my anxiety. I would say I’m about 80% there. Right now, I feel completely normal but I know that’s partly because I’m on vacation and away from the stress of work. It seems I’m getting ever so slightly better every week (maybe like 1% better every week if I had to put a number to it).
I am still dependent on sleeping pills. While that bothers me, I am also very pleased with feeling much reduced levels of anxiety. Feelings of depression lasted only for a short while (see my first post above). I feel I can wean myself off the sleeping meds slowly starting soon.
For anyone going through anxiety and/or depression, I can’t stress enough how important it is to use a multi-prong approach. And get ready for a fight. See the list in my first post above for some ideas of what you can do. And do more than one thing: do 5 or 6 or 7 things all at once and stick to it.
I will beat this in 2023. You can too.
Feel free to pm me if you need some encouragement, need someone to talk to, need to vent, or anything else.