Posted by ethan on January 28, 2002, at 23:38:10
I am on Wellbutrin, Buspar, Trazodone (for sleep inducement), as well as Prinivil for hypertension and Clinoril for arthritis. I try to take a Centrum every day with a large meal. After some of these meals I get what I can only refer to as explosive diarrhea (I'm sure this can be caused by myriad influences, so that's not my question). What I noticed in today's drama was that a pill was floating in the stool, perfectly whole. I checked it with a tissue and it was soft and when broke open white powder was inside (dry). My first concern is whether it is normal for pills to go through the body and come out like this (or shouldn't they decompose?); i.e. is it just by chance that I am noticing this "normal" phenomenon because I have the trots, and was my body able to leach out what it needed from the pill and still leave it whole? The only pill it resembled was Wellbutrin, but this is a guess on my part. Is this something to bring up to my physician? We've talked about diarrhea before, and his response is that some medications cause diarrhea, watch what I eat, etc. (the usual suspects). I must say that my condition (mood) is not ideal; I was diagnosed by an insurance psychiatrist as dysthymic, and while I suspect my depression is chronic since childhood and I have never truly been "well", I would question the diagnosis as dysthymia is, everywhere I've looked, defined as a "mild" form of depression (nothing could be further from the truth, for me!). I've been on Wellbutrin for years now, and we keep changing the "other" med around looking for the best possible match. I can not tolerate sexual side affects. I have tried so many that few are left. Thanks in advance for any response you have, Doc.
poster:ethan
thread:91975
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