u/RenderedKnave

I ordered an iPhone Air from a reseller last Tuesday, and while I’m waiting for it to arrive, there’s something that was initially what sold me on it instead of the base model iPhone 17, but that worries me a bit now.

I typically don’t buy electronics for their features, but rather for the amount of use I can get out of them. I’ve had good experiences doing this with Apple - I bought the M1 Macbook Air (8gb ram model) when it came out in 2020 and only replaced it with the M4 Air (16gb) this year. I have an iPad Air 5th gen, purchased new, still runs perfectly fine save for the batter. I’ve had iPhones since the 5c, progressing from that to 7-Xs-12 Pro-14 Pro (current), the 14 pro being the one that has lasted me the longest at about 3 years.

Now it’s finally starting to feel slow, and as far as I can tell, it’s specifically because of the 4gb RAM. the 12gb of ram on the Air is pretty much what sold me on it, not only because it’s massive (more so for someone who has zero interest in using Apple Intelligence, like myself) and because it seems like it‘ll automatically mean that the Air will be supported for a long ass time, like the XR was.

Anyway, those of you who have had your Airs for some time - how does it perform in memory-heavy uses, like multitasking, fast app switching, and general UX?

Hello all/

I used to take 1200mg lithium + 200mg quetiapine and it was mostly fine apart from the memory loss and tremors. I stopped back in January because I was manic, but the past months have been hell in a handbasket for me, so I saw a psychiatrist last week to see about starting on meds again.

He (the psychiatrist) was godawful, listened to me rant about how I was feeling (bad) and about my (aforementioned) history with medication, and after about two minutes of this he just looked up at me and asked "so, you're feeling a bit down?"

Bedside manner aside, he has a doctorate and I don't, so I figured I'd give his prescription a shot: 150mg bupropion + 50mg trazodone for sleeping (which I haven't been doing a lot of lately.) However, the documentation that came with the buproprion mentions that it "may cause episodes" in people with bipolar disorder. (The trazodone also mentions a risk of priapism in bold text, which is alarming, but not as much as going nuts.)

I'm pretty sure the psych just ignored everything I said and gave me random antidepressants so I'd leave quickly, but then again, I'm not a doctor. And I'm also not asking for medical advice. Rather, I'd like to know, from people here who have taken/take bupropion how it's been, whether the "may cause episodes" thing is a real concern or just a CYA from the pharmaceutical company.

Side note - I'm still taking the 1200mgs lithium daily.