Posted by shar on May 3, 2000, at 21:12:15
I've been taking ad's for several years, and settled into Effexor XR 300 mg, Wellbutrin SR 200 mg, and 1 mg. of Klonopin at night. For about 2 years now. My doc wants me on 300 mg Wellbutrin, but I forget the afternoon dose.
So, every day now is not wrist-slittin' time. My head is above water. I am out of the black pit of despair. I function well enough, get to work and back home. I don't constantly think of the relief death would bring.
A definite improvement. Is this what I should expect? No feeling "light" or happy, or social, or pleasant, or anything? I feel those things now about 10% of the time. Otherwise, it's pretty bland.
When I tried Zoloft (long time ago) I felt "up" -- definitely up. Energetic, would talk to people, spontaneous, maybe even happy, and I constantly marveled at the fact that some people might feel this way all the time! Of course, that fizzled out after about 5 months. Stopped working, I was so disappointed.
Is this the experience of others? Is it reasonable to "expect" happiness, or just the absence of depression? I used a number of other ad's before settling on this combo, and it has the fewest side effects.
Bland is tons better than the Pit, I was just wondering what other people experienced.
Thank you,
Shar
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