Antidepression med update
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I wanted to report how the new med (Wellbutrin) is working for me. The first day I could feel a difference. No really. I feel less emotional. That is a good thing. After months of an emotional whirlpool, I feel more in control. Calmer. I’m not sitting here thinking about everything and dissecting every thought into a million whys and how comes.
I am having a little bit of a side effect, which I heard should decrease in a few weeks. Headache. At one point yesterday I just couldn’t think straight. I went and laid down and that helped. I figure the headache is a part of the chemical reaction to the medication. At least let’s hope it does eventually go away.
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Okay, I have to say this. If antidepressants work for you, good. My own experience with them was two-fold. Wellbutrin really helped me when I was quitting smoking, and I, too, felt less emotional. Fewer lows, but also fewer highs. I also was less creative, but I get a real emotional ‘high’ from writing. Once I had successfully quit smoking I quit wellbutrin.
However, I suffer from an anxiety disorder, so rather than giving me anti-anxiety drugs my doctor put me on anti-depressants. Again, I felt calmer, no low, now anxiety, and no highs. But I was also in therapy. I decided not to take the drug because of its effect on my writing. and quit. My husband, on anti-depressants since his divorce, quit, too. And went into a chemical tailspin that lasted several days.
I’m not advocating one way or another, but I would suggest getting psychological therapy as well to help work through the issues. It concerns me that so many Americans are on drugs like these, when so many people in other countries are not.
Thanks for posting. I mentioned in a previous post that I was actually going to have therapy as well as medication. I tried for a long time to not get on medication for my depression. Believe me, after years of depressive episodes, this is a welcome change for me.
I took a break from writing yesterday and today. I can’t say the effect on my writing yet. However I planned on doing some plotting for 3 scenes that I have in my head. I just need a clearer view of those scenes before I can write them. Once I got those, I’m done my book.
Not a problem, just positing the other side. Everyone has to find what works for them. *smile*
Yeah, we are all different and react in different ways. It is a good thing I started the new med even at a low dose. I couldn’t get in to the psychologist until April. At least now I can stand myself. And I have laughed a lot more than I have been. So things are looking up for me.