/hb/ - Health & Beauty

I finally did it I went on medication.
I am on duloxetine for depression and anxiety. I've only just finished my first month on a two month trail. But I feel better an less like dying all the time. It's been really helping. Although it not helping with the brain sluggishness as much as I would like. I still get suicidal thoughts but it's more like a passing thought, like a brief comment, and not something I am heavily fixated on. But I'm not as anxious anymore and constantly filled with fear. I am not panicking over every slightest mistake. Or freaking out constantly.
The best part is that I am not breaking down and crying my eyes out for hours and I'm generally less moody.
My boyfriend has notice a improvement in my mood and seems to be enjoying being around me more. He seems a lot more affectionate.
Some side affects that I don't like are that they make me incredibly tired. My brain feels kind of heavy. Time seems to move incredibly slow. And oddly my face gets numb and tingles. And when I started it was kind of awkward but I couldn't stop smiling, I don't do that anymore.

>>17985
I’m the same way with the useless procrastination/motivation I hate myself

I take an NDRI (bupropion/wellbutrin xl 300 mg), not an SSRI. I got put on cipralex (an SSRI) initially, which made all my symptoms worse.

I can notice its effects if I forget to take it for a day or two; I get very lethargic, my sinuses feel swollen, and I feel all of the guilt that I have suppressed. I also become incredibly hungry (Wellbutrin is used as an appetite suppressant).

The only problems that I have with it are that it causes tinnitus and hand tremors. It also heightens my anxiety level, but that's relatively okay. It also makes me more prone to seizures and I'm not supposed to have alcohol with it, but I don't really care about that and drink normally anyway.


>Are SSRIs a meme?
Can't say, but my NDRI appears to be working.
>Did they help?
Yes, I don't think I would be where I am today without it.
>How long did it take for the supposed effects to kick in?
I'd say 3-5 weeks.
>Did you experience severe adverse effects or weight gain?
I experienced a lot of weight loss, which I loved.

>>18001
I forgot that I also get super dizzy on it, but I have low blood pressure and poor coordination anyway so that isn't a big deal.

They are bad for you, they'll mess up your menstrual cycle and make you all moody and weird. I know from experience.

>>20562
if you have an android phone you should have a digital and wellbeing tab in your settings where you can put time limits on apps and control when you can access them. you can easily turn them off so I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for though

I have experimented with pretty much every way to do this to the point where it’s like a hobby. But practically I use stayfocusd on my phone, and coldturkey for my computer (just buy it, it's a one time payment and you can use the same key for multiple devices for any OS). You can also use wildcards (*) and exceptions (+) to block parts of domains, for instance I have fb blocked except for messages and marketplace because I sell stuff on there.

The thing with blockers is that it might take you a while to dial in your blocklists. I have multiple and they expire every Thursday although sometimes I'll set them longer, I suggest not making the block times too short. You can also change the reset time from a default of midnight to well after your usual bedtime if you're someone who stays up late.

Suggestion for blocklists: proxies, news, a long "never" list of distractions, a "sometimes" list of distractions, shopping, video, chatgpt, and a couple of whitelists for different activities. Whitelists you can lock for short focus blocks (less than a day) are really useful to have while you're troubleshooting the other lists. Make at least one with .org, .gov, edu domains plus your bank, healthcare, maps and whatever else sites you need for important irl tasks. Blocking search engines during focus blocks also really helps.

Stayfocused on strict mode. You have to pay premium for that tho but its 100% worth it

>>21842
paying to remain a child while enjoying some of the benefits of an adult

use Unpluq with one of their NFC tags

>>21870
Honestly for some women for how damaged it gets it's not worth it at all, I had some laser done and that helped (I didn't "complete" the process, so it's not bald, but the growth definitely slowed down a bit which is helpful)

>>21869
did you use an actual heart shaped tool to help? i’ve don’t that before and it came out cute.

>>21873
nope I just did it by eye, do those actually work?

actually yeah i did not too long ago, idk if im allowed to share a photo but i will if im allowed, it was very tedious tho

>>21876
I think you can if you mark it as nsfw, not so sure if it's so safe for you tho cause there's a lot of male larpers here. A photo or link of the tool would be useful tho

Genetics. I have long, black, thick hair. I wash with 3in1 shampoo and sleep with wet hair. I also eat like shit and sleep too little, but my hair always looked healthy. Two things I do that may actually make a big difference is that I dont dye, style it or wear it in a bun (it gets really dry when I do that). I mostly keep it down too

>>21829
Confirming that it sadly comes down genetics.
I only wash with dandruff shampoo + use leave in conditioner on damp hair.
No hair dye or heat styling.

>>21840
>dandruff shampoo
Unless you have heavy dandruff, there's no need to use dandruff shampoo.

just wear a wig

>>21691
my hair is wavy but my mom told me to brush my hair all the time. Of course it just makes it look more frizzier and poofy.

I brush it now and then but it still seems that I just have shit hair.

I want a belly button piercing but I don't think I'm skinny/athletic enough for one.

>>21784
hope i'm not too late but don't do it. i got mine pierced and had rhodium barbells in for over a year but they never healed, and one eventually rejected. i followed my piercer's healing regimen to a t and i've read other accounts that have convinced me it doesn't matter how well you treat them sometimes they just don't heal. sometimes your anatomy can fuck up the healing process too. if your nipples are atypical (picrel) the piercings are going to brush against stuff more which can cause small tissue tears (which are bad when healing)

>>21831
>they never healed, and one eventually rejected
Aw man. That really sucks, I'm sorry.
>nipple anatomy
One's atypical. Would definitely mess up the healing. The other is inverted, which is partly why I was considering piercings in the first place. Back to the drawing board ig.

>>2912
I have a set of lobe piercings stretched to 4g. I love wearing stone and glass earrings. I've considered getting a second ear piercing but haven't got around to doing it. Other types of piercings look good on other people but I don't think those are for me.

yesss! i have ears stretched to 6mm, septum stretched to 3mm, a nostril ring, and a smiley. getting a lip piercing soon too!

after using tretinoin, doing the 10 step korean skincare trend, and trying sooo many skincare routines the thing that has worked best for my skin is vanicream. It’s super basic and doesn’t break out my oily skin. i highly recommend it!

also nona, be careful with putting pimple patches and other occlusive layers on top of active ingredients like tretinoin! it can burn your skin or over exfoliate it. best of luck on your skincare journey :3

>>21864

Vanicream made my skin burn, I don't understand why at all and my derm was also perplexed. Its the equivalent to thinking ketchup is spicy but with my skin. Crazy.

>>21866
Oh no, that sucks. Have you ever tried colloidal oatmeal, nona? Might work for your uber sensitive skin. I know there’s some creams and serums that use it as an ingredient. Best of luck.

> we will be valued for more than our reproductive systems.
by who, nona?

I'm not convinced that artificial wombs will mean the extinction of patriarchy because I don't think patriarchy is biologically grounded at all desu - maybe in the past biology created more of a division but modern gender norms are based on sexism far moreso than biological reality, even though men are responsible for violence and rape. theres also a racial component that seems under discussed: lots of white supremacist men get together with and fetishize black and brown women. perhaps a likely outcome is that under patriarchy the white men with asian wives will use artificial wombs to create white children and make their wives take care of them.

I also want to maybe be realistic about what a dwindling male population will mean for sex relations: there currently are more women than men, though only by about 5% and we still have patriarchy on every continent. I think if the difference was 10 or 20% this would still be true, infact I think if there were significantly fewer men each year but men were still in charge of everything, then they would just continue to give men the higher positions in societal hierarchies like CEOs, etc. of course if something happened to men in those positions but not women, then it might be a different story.

all that being said, a future without men in it is good and any contributing factor is good too. maybe artificial wombs aren't what does it but the research and technology used to create artificial wombs would be able to be used in other ways that lead to male extinction. for instance, a virus that renders all men sterile, or simply kills everyone with the Y chromosome. Or as other nonas have stated the ability to simply have female children without men involved. But even if it wouldn't eradicate patriarchy necessarily, artificial wombs are good because they mean less female suffering from pregnancy and childbirth.

>>21254
>>21257
This is just such a ridiculous response to the idea of being freed from the dangers of childbirth.

>>21258
>Human powered flight created the terror bombing campaign and the atom bomb but we do not live in a cratered moonscape.
True. But we still live under the threat of nuclear war. There's a lot of countries where it used to be a grave faux pas to even mention getting nuclear weapons. Used to.

Just from the top of my head: With functioning clone tanks, future wars may be very…intresting. One idea is to create soldiers that are like 5 feet tall and follows orders just so. That matures in 5 years, have a natural life span of 20 and can't reproduce by themselves. Also be dependent on some drug that only their commander can provide. That means IFF they go AWOL they will die.

Neat! These could gestate thousands of those frozen IVF embryos

they should save some embryos/eggs as early as possible so when human species finally evolve we could still have access to prehistoric humans that aren't 90% microplastic

Sweat and sunshine

>>21812
you have to figure out what's causing the acne basically, as there are multiple acne types (fungal etc)

Bought my lunch ahead of time and promptly ate it right after breakfast.

I fucked up and had too much for breakfast. Damn Dolly Parton and her pink box marketed pancakes.

>>21633
The way I don't learn from my mistakes needs to be studied.

>>21779
You haven't posted in a while so I hope that means you've been avoiding binging successfully.

>>21802
Yes I have!! I'm on vacation rn so that might be the reason haha

>>21189
I take a larger dose of Adderall extended release in the morning with a cup of coffee, a protein bar, and some yogurt (though it takes a while because I have a hard time eating in the morning). In the afternoon, I take a smaller immediate release. I also really strictly manage my sleep and always go to bed/wake up at the exact same time every day. I wasn't treated at all as a child and raised in a really bad environment for learning to manage it, so my ADHD is pretty severe and doing anything is like pulling teeth. The medicine hasn't actually "fixed" me as much as it's made it easier for me to force myself to do what I need to do and control impulsive behaviors. Still a massive improvement that's made life livable. I was a good driver before because I was always worried about killing someone, but my driving is so much better medicated that I won't drive unless I've taken my medicine. Emotional control generally has also been helped, I'm a lot more patient, find it so much easier to wait, and I don't talk everyone's ear off.
>>21191
I don't think magnesium cures ADHD, but it is good to take. I take magnesium glycinate an hour before bed and it helps with sleep quality. But people don't become zombies on stimulant medicine unless the dose is too high. The perception mostly comes from incompetent pediatricians giving children excessive doses and then parents accepting it instead of having the dose lowered. If you're feeling lethargic and tired after taking it, that means the dose is too high. It might also be that after getting treated, someone is better able to control their impulsive behaviors and they just LOOK sedated in comparison to before.
>>21224
This isn't really true, they aren't identical and if they were then methamphetamine wouldn't be distinguished from dextroamphetamine/levoamphetamine/lisdexamfetamine. While the difference is smaller for some than others, it's still relevant. Dopamine is distinguished from norepinephrine by one small group added onto it. You also have it backwards, Adderall is more effective than methamphetamine for treating ADHD, otherwise they would treat with prescription methamphetamine.
The way neurotransmitters like dopamine are released is through openPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Poorly.. stimulants in general make me feel very overwhelmed, kind of like im having a nightmare while awake, same sense of inescapable mild panic. and especially when i havent eaten, they make me feel like im going to die soon (maybe because they make your body is literally dying). there are very rarely stimulants that dont do this. its awful because i have been diagnosed with inattentive adhd and autism and since i don't like stimulants i basically am screwed for life.
>>21224
meth and adderall are not the same molecule, both are awful, adderall is formulated to produce less euphoria and have more concentration, it also has less visceral affects on the peripheral nervous system after it has left your body. however it is also claimed that some amphetamine formulations like vyvanse were specifically designed to promote dependence in the children they were prescribed to.

the concept of dopamine in this way is actually scientifically fraught and its interesting how it has persisted when the things that its based on - pharmacological determinism or the pleasure principle have long been critiqued in popular consciousness. people will often associate dopamine with pleasure and a particularly shallow kind of pleasure, this is because its widely believed that dopamine is produced by attention, phone notifications, sugar, etc. things are however much more complex than that for instance the sugar claim is made in conjunction with carbohydrates, fat, and salt, however carbohydrates are also associated with lowering dopamine when a large amount are consumed, and there are types of dopamine receptors that aren't affected at all, some are reduced, etc.

the reason why people talk about dopamine this way has nothing to do with neuroscience and everything to do with cultural attitudes about joy and pleasure. for instance, this article https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-leading-edge/202403/the-neurochemistry-of-food-cravings makes some of the claims I mentioned earlier, however, it is poorly authored and cites a rat study without clarifying, it also mis-cites and claims the study talks about carbohydrates where it talks about fat. another study it mis-cites to claim that people derive dopamine from sugary food but thPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>21795
>Poorly.. stimulants in general make me feel very overwhelmed,
It means that you don't have ADHD. Or at least not the proper congenital one.

>>21796
ive thought this too. but taking low dose of a particular stimulant (dexmethylphenidate) does seem to help me not only with focus and motivation, but also with emotional regulation and it clears up brain fog, makes it easier to get to the next idea if that makes sense.

i think that im just sensitive

it makes my brain quiet.. one-track worded inner monologue, instead of abstract and distracted firework thoughts. It also makes me a lot shorter with people i have MUCH less patience for others' stupidity…