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My story is pretty pointless, though I've been diagnosed with clinical depression almost ten years ago and takes Mirtazapine (Remeron in the US). I've had Bruxism pretty much my whole life, had a tooth splint a while back which helped against the headaches I usually wake up with but it cracked and I haven't been able to justify the cost of making a new one.
I've been on a few other antidepressants but the one I take now is the only one I've tried that has at least a marginal effect and allows me the odd short spell of sometimes just feeling normal. I had serious trouble with the side effects of most of the others I took, mainly they killed my sex drive which had me completely thrown off seeing them as something wholly and fully detrimental to my condition and I stopped taking them for a long while. It wasn't until I finally met with a new doctor that I started taking the meds I'm on now. I'm not happy, but at least I can feel normal feelings for short periods and I haven't noticed any change in my libido.. Guess I wasn't really expecting to be "cured" though, so I suppose this is as good as it will ever get..
As for addictions, I worked as a bartender several years ago and during that period I was heavily dependent on alcohol, I couldn't even sleep without having at least a minor buzz. Though the odd thing about it was that when I quit the bartending jobs my habit just seemed to vanish. I spent nearly four years after that without ever touching as much as a beer and I found that I can easily drink socially now (though I don't generally drink much) without having any need for more or to go out of control. Guess I got off easy compared to most others..
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