Posted by mair on January 29, 2003, at 16:31:24
In reply to Re: Will I ever be normal again?, posted by allnatural on January 29, 2003, at 16:12:46
For me it was Wellbutrin. I had tried prozac, luvox and effexor by themselves and I quit on Wellbutrin early on also but went back to it. If you check out the meds board, you'll find lots of people who can't tolerate it, but after I weathered the first few weeks, it became a drug which for me, essentially had no side effects. I was sort of aggravated that it hadn't been suggested to me sooner. Effexor just made me feel ill, and the other 2 made me anorgasmic. Also I was pretty well convinced that when my pdoc tried to increase my prozac, I got worse not better.
Unfortunately Wellbutrin has never been a miracle drug for me, and I've spent the better part of the last few years trying to find a good augmentation drug. However, in all that time, it's been pretty evident that Wellbutrin did/does make a difference so while I sometime curse its ineffectiveness, I've never been inclined to stop using it.
What have you tried and how long have you given those drugs you tried. Does your pdoc titrate up to a therapeutic dose slowly or quickly; sometimes that makes a difference.
Mair
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