i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first
the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment
#mental-health 2025-05-03
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- week_zero — i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and… 08:03
- week_zero — quick one the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment 08:32
- week_zero — my partner was not pleased at first and came round. what changed it was my blood pressure, not any argument i made, thats one data point 08:55
- orfor_watch — the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for 08:58
- orfor_watch — how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this 09:25
the fraud feeling faded for me somewhere around the point i had kept it off longer than i took to lose it
youre not a fraud
quick one the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment
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i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me
youre not alone in that
we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so
the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it
that counts
mood dipped hard around week 19, did that lift for anyone
my partner was not pleased at first and came round. what changed it was my blood pressure, not any argument i made, thats one data point
the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for
flat is the word i used too. not sad exactly, just less colour in things for a while
[edited]it is a loss as well as a relief and you are allowed to say both of those things
how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this
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thats grief honestly
my relationship with eating was the thing i managed and now i dont know what im managing