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Wow wtf I had no idea it was available over the counter!!
I think part of the reason it's difficult to tell if psych meds are "working" is NOT necessarily because they aren't working at all. They have a slow and insidious onset that is often not really immediately noticeable to the user.
But like I have a friend with schizophrenia. Occasionally she feels like she is totally "better" so she stops taking the meds. Well...you can imagine what happens next...
The difference is subtle to her, but significant over time that we all notice from the outside. So idk.
My particular issue is mostly extreme negative responses to certain triggers to the point where I want to self harm or even go further than that. It has threatened my job. My ups can be super high and fun but my lows are incredibly extreme...more extreme than others seem to have. But I don't come anywhere close to bipolar symptoms.
It's just like...I seem to just generally feel things (particularly negative things) much more intensely than others for some reason. And that really isn't any sort of diagnosis or disorder itself.
I was told that for, I cannot stress this enough, years. And that statement seems to be directly contradicted by the previous sentence, "My ups can be super high and fun but my lows are incredibly extreme…more extreme than others seem to have." Now, I can't diagnose you (especially by text over the internet), but I can say if your meds don't seem to be working and none of them seem to have worked in the past, it's time for a second opinion on the diagnosis. Ideally by a specialist with plenty of experience, who is not biased by previous specialists' impressions.
Also it's not strictly "over the counter," that was incorrect on my part. It's the exact same stuff as what is in my capsules, it's just 99.9% lab-grade purity, instead of 99.999% medicinal-grade purity. The link was to a science/chemical supply, not a pharmacy.