Experiencing Burnout
4 years ago
General
Unfortunately the past few weeks have been rather rough. I over pushed myself and now I have run out of motivation to work on stuff. I was pushing myself but formed an energy drink addiction as long as a vyvanse dependence where Id drink at least 1-2 energy drinks as well as my vyvanse which ended up being really bad for my heart and started developing chest pains and numbness in my left arm. so Ive been titraiting but the withdrawals have been horrible, ive been only able to stay awake for 10-11 hours for the day and just to tired to sit down and work for more than an hour. Im taking a few days off commissions to try and recoup my brain and hopefully feel a lot better mentally. luckily I haven't accepted any money for any future commissions in case things like this start to happen but if art progress is slow this is mainly the reason why. need to learn how to not tryhard with art and make the process feel more relaxing than it use to be.
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Definitely take all the time you need to feel better <3
Overall getting off of drinking them was really painful, since the withdrawal symptoms are like headaches, exhaustion, depression, and irregular bowel movements. Definitely recommend drinking something with a little caffeine as its hard to cold turkey.
the IBS isnt noticeable for me since I was born with it so im at least a lot more prepared for that sorta thing but yeah its a struggle. I should be better by like the end of the week most likley.
Taking care of yourself is critical, so whatever you need to do to care for you, do it!
Meanwhile, thanks for sharing fun, cuddly stuffs. ^-^