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Hi,I've had HM for about 6 years now. Was first on Effexor which worked well but went off due to weight-gain/digestive side effects. Switched to Pristiq which was much better but then due to developing Hypersomnia/Narcolepsy too, psychiatrist was having me having me try prozac for a while. After all of that I decided that I preferred the Pristiq and have been back on for about a month at this point. It's not working like it did before though. I'm getting both the migraines and hypersomnia symptoms nearly everyday. The first time I was on it I was living in a fairly clean house in California. Two pets but no smokers. Now I'm living in Mass with 3 roommates in an older house. Two of my 3 roommates are massive pot-smokers. Like all day, wake-and-bake smokers. Having lived in CA, Oregon, and Washington I've been around weed smokers before and have even dabbled myself. But most people I knew on the West Coast primarily used vapes and bongs and really only used actual paper joints when smoking outside. A lot of them also grow it in their yards so it has a much fresher smell. It's still a smell I don't care for but it still made a difference. My roommates here use dabs (?) which I think are much more concentrated. They are constantly coughing and hacking profusely. Also with it being winter, they're very insistent on keeping all windows shut at all time and running the heating a lot. Even though I'm from a warmer climate, I'm always the one complaining that it's too hot, dank, stale, in the house and getting in trouble for opening a window to get some fresh air in. But basically, the entire upstairs kind of feels like a hot-box and a Las Vegas casino had a baby. At least to me. I also have a suspicion that the strain they're smoking is a sativa since they'll usually start smoking it like 6am in the morning and seem pretty energetic afterwards. I've been suspecting this because when the smoke is worst, it will counteract all the calming supplements I use to help with the narcolepsy/sleep quality. The hypersomnia will then cycle into insomnia for a day or two. I've started having to keep my windows completely open all the time, even though it's snowing, running an air-filter and then sometimes will still have to go sleep downstairs on the couch to get farther away from the smoke. The natives can't tolerate opening the window a tiny bit to smoke but make the girl from CA sleep in an igloo. Still, I'd rather be cold than not be able to breathe. That's the environment I'm in. I've seen other people explain that smoke is a trigger for them. Is weed smoke also a known trigger? I haven't noticed it being a trigger when it's from a vape/bong or if there's enough fresh air. But are all those elements (it being dabs, smoked rather than vaped, it being a stimulating strain, the stale air, the extra heating) possibly preventing the migraine medicine from working as well? I'm also getting concerned because I have a sleep-study coming up and want it to be accurate as possible.
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