So I'm still drinking daily in the evenings at 7.5 mg on tirz, more than I'd like (5 drinks is typical). I'm currently 'working' from home on a professional break, which is amazing in many ways, but I'm also - as it turns out - bored... and the global unrest / politics are really bringing me down. I'm also finding myself feeling tired, flat, uninterested a lot, and curling up under a blanket during the day just to hang out, which isn't my usual. I'm feeling fine otherwise - not depressed or having trouble sleeping or anything - and I can't decide if I'm feeling BLAH because of boredom and political BS, repeated drinking cycles, or anhedonia from the tirz. Or a combination of all that's difficult to untangle. Obviously I should reduce alcohol - I hoped the tirz would help with that but not so much. I have been trying to introduce low dose naltrexone but I find it compounds the couch problem - I get even more sleepy and loopy. I'm worried it's the tirzepitide causing anhedonia, but I would not want to quit, as I have lost some weight and I'm really enjoying that. I already have a therapist who works with AUD but reducing alcohol feels so insurmountable right now. Suggestions?? TIA!
u/BlackThumbBotany
So I'm still drinking daily in the evenings at 7.5 mg on tirz, more than I'd like (5 drinks is typical). I'm currently 'working' from home on a professional break, which is amazing in many ways, but I'm also - as it turns out - bored... and the global unrest / politics are really bringing me down. I'm also finding myself feeling tired, flat, uninterested a lot, and curling up under a blanket during the day just to hang out, which isn't my usual. I'm feeling fine otherwise - not depressed or having trouble sleeping or anything - and I can't decide if I'm feeling BLAH because of boredom and political BS, repeated drinking cycles, or anhedonia from the tirz. Or a combination of all that's difficult to untangle. Obviously I should reduce alcohol - I hoped the tirz would help with that but not so much. I have been trying to introduce low dose naltrexone but I find it compounds the couch problem - I get even more sleepy and loopy. I'm worried it's the tirzepitide causing anhedonia, but I would not want to quit, as I have lost some weight and I'm really enjoying that. I already have a therapist who works with AUD but reducing alcohol feels so insurmountable right now. Suggestions?? TIA!