Posted by jealibeanz on June 2, 2006, at 8:42:40
In reply to Re: If Wellbutrin caused weight gain..., posted by Sunny357 on June 1, 2006, at 2:15:35
Do docs usually persue something else if SSRI's are helpful? It'a never been suggested to me, although I've never stopped a med and wanted something else to try. If I ever stop it's because I thought the depression went away (it did because of the med, but also had badddd side effects) or just was too fed up with side effects to touch medication. At one point I stopped Wellbutrin and didn't go back for a year and a half, so I was never seen as an urgent case.
My last year has been tough though. I went in October for insomnia. A couple weeks later for extreme anxiety. A few days later a bad reaction and spiral into major depression. I then had checkup 2 weeks apart. I didn't tolerate the medication (effexor) well and stopped after 6 weeks.
I soon came in for cold/flu symptoms that I'd have nonstop for 2 months! They did some blood tests. My next checkup was for my Lunesta, where I told the doc I was taking old Klonopin and had bad anxiety and couldn't concentrate. My ADD was at a bad point. He said Klonopin was not a good idea (makes me depressed and foggy) but gave me Strattera.
Two weeks later I called and asked for a new sleep aid, Lunesta wasn't working since I started Strattera. I got Ambien CR, had sleepwalking episodes, and switched back to Lunesta shortly after. Surprisingly, I'm fine with the Straterra. The Lunesta works well now too, until recently with a move to a new apartment.
Then, while moving to school, I was having very very bad anxiety and my mother actually called and asked for my Xanax script, since I was already gone. Needless to say, this has been a bad year and it is obvious now that I have quite a bit going on which stems from the anxiety mainly, and partly from depression (especiall winter!) I've become the girl who's always there for something new. I'm not quite sure what that indicates to them.
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