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There can be a lot of stigma around taking or talking about using meds and like I’ve always said... if you need them, then you should take them. .
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But for some reason when I found myself in the position where my doctor and a few close loved ones thought I’d benefit from taking #valdoxan for a few months to help me relax... I’m going to be honest I found it very difficult to accept the offer and despite knowing I needed the help I resisted. .
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Like always I thought I could do it on my own... after all I’ve never been afraid of hard work... but was that thinking just me playing into my traumas’ need to maintain control after years of suffering with my #breastimplantillness and having to be my own protector?
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Because even though I’ve had some great breakthroughs and I’m getting a clear understanding of the real cause of what’s interfering with my healing, the truth is that even after almost 2-months of suffering with extreme fatigue and trying my best to unwind I just couldn’t do it on my own. .
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And I know that a major challenge in recovering and healing our bodies from anything, always remains in being able to achieve a total state of relaxation and safe surrender.
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So that’s why I wanted to write this post to help others who might also be feeling the pressure to “do it on your own” because I did set aside my resistance a week ago and started taking the meds.
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I’m happy to report that I’m finally starting to feel calm and have entered that much needed parasympathetic state of rest and digest to heal.
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It’s given me a new benchmark of what calm feels like and from here I’ll continue to do the work to rewire my nervous system with @emotion_yoga and other techniques I’m using like cold showers and going to therapy, so I can learn how to achieve and maintain this state on my own. .
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I now see it’s less about “having” to take the meds and more about just wanting to heal my mind, body and spirit so I can finally be healthy and if taking valdoxan is going to help me do that... why on earth did I resist it! ✨
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#itstimetoheal #tomedicateornot #healyourtrauma #ptsd #foodismedicine #biisurvivor #noshame #healingmindbodysoul
me and Valdoxan’s illustrious history:
2015 - 2016: saved my life. changed my life. stopped crying over every little thing. lost a bunch of weight. felt like a normal person. like a COOL normal person
2017: the Ultimate Betrayal. am informed that I have built up a tolerance to Valdoxan and need to change to an SSRI. it’s a sad goodbye but we had to let go
early 2018: SSRIs destroy my life. am advised that because I haven’t taken it in six months, Valdoxan may work again.
early mid 2018: the Ultimate Betrayal Part 2: The Reckoning. Valdoxan does not come through for the gals. Valdoxan somehow now has the potency of a tic tac. every other part of my life is also imploding and withdrawing from Effexor is somehow still fucking with my brain months later so is it Valdoxan’s fault? don’t know. still blame her
2019, exactly one year later, almost to the damn day: Valdoxan part 3: This Time It’s For REAL. psychiatrist offers me “the oldest anti-depressant, like the first one ever made” or Valdoxan, the newest. less potent but less side effects. we’re giving it one more go. am advised that Valdoxan has a trait where if it’s worked for you before it will allegedly always work for you again (did we disprove that in 2018? who knows). am deeply suspicious, am deeply concerned. am deeply hopeful. am incredibly sick of typing like this.
for reals tho, the reason I stan Valdoxan so hard and am willing to give it another chance is because it has NO GOD DAMN SIDE EFFECTS. when it works, it’s the best damn thing in the world. if it doesn’t, well hey at least the side effects won’t have destroyed my life in the meantime. fingers crossed everyone
YEAR OF MEDS WORKING AND MENTAL HEALTH STABILITY 2K19!!
these three months without medication have been anything but glorious. i really looked forward to feeling those things many people report feeling after quitting - clearer, sharper, more like myself - but all i've felt is anxiety on the level where i'm afraid of things like the mailman or taking a bath. after a lot of rumination i agreed to try new meds. these little fuckers are really expensive, but they should be less intrusive. we'll see.
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#anxiety #recovery #valdoxan #anxietydisorder
AGOMELATINA: A depressão pode alterar os ritmos circadianos, causando defasagem de fase no ciclo de sono/ vigílua. O grau desse retardo correlaciona-se com a gravidade da depressão. Outras alterações são achatamento do ciclo diário da temperatura corporal até a elevação da secreção de #cortisol durante o dia, bem como a redução de secerção de #melatonina, cujo pico ocorre normalmente à noite e no escuro. A dissincronização dos processos biológicos é tão generalizada na depressão que se pode caracterizá-la como uma DOENÇA CIRCADIANA. A AGOMELATINA é um antidepressivo aprovado em mts países à exceção dos EUA. Exerce açõrs agonistas nos receptores de melatonina 1 ( MT1) e 2 (MT2) e ações antagonistas nos receptores 5HT2c q constituem uma das propriedades dos antidepressisvos como #fluoxetina e #mirtazapina e dos #antipsicoticos atípicos com ações antidepressivas, a #quetiapina e a #olanzapina . A AGOMELATINA, ao estimular os receptores de melatonina e ao bloquear simultaneamente os receptores 5HT2c parece ressincronizar os ritmos circadianos, reverter a defasagem de fase observada na depressão e, portanto, exercer o efeito #antidepressivo . Há um reajuste na fase do sono/vigilia e claro/escuro; diminuição da liberação de glutamato induzida por estresse; regulação das cascatas de transdução e genes circadianos; ressincronização dos ritmos circadianos e, principalmente, ações antidepressivas.
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Today's winnings at #medicare and #hbf Thank god for Medicare ❤️ and my private health insurance ❤️ that gives me back $93 a month on a non PBS medication that would cost me $130 a month but now only costs $37 Happy Days ☺️#100happydays #winnings #money #rebates #healthinsurance #australia #valdoxan #thepriceofmentalillness #exspensive #yayforrebates