#i love wellbutrin tho

[kojakaj]

they dont tell u this but u become well-adjusted and u find meds that work and u engage in hobbies and again and u dont actually feel better. it doesnt actually make u feel okay.

[cloverwoodss]

I started to attempt crafting. But- I suck at painting. I end up doing a flat dark grey modge podge coat then leave it because every time I try it looks soooooo weird 😅

But seeing it black and white with drawn lines (I used a ballpoint pen to ‘carve’ shapes & plan) makes me want to experiment coloring

[galaxyslime]

Feel free to ignore this bc it's personal but yeah my sister is definitely manic right now. She texted me at 10pm basically confessing to me that she got trespassed for stealing that day and she was somewhat hard to understand. The odd thing is she's on Celexa too, which is usually a decent combo that doctors like to prescribe. She has no history of stealing and has been a painfully honest and law-abiding person her whole life, so it's very out of character. Even during mania, she's typically more likely to rack up credit card debt, start family drama, or quit her job impulsively. She's literally never acted this way before.

Another user commented about it being a stimulant and I think that's probably a pretty big reason too. It's just wack, I ended up doing a lot of searching and couldn't find any discussions of this specific issue (I guess it's chalked up to mania like you said) but I've known 4 people irl at this point who have gotten in trouble for theft while taking it. Statistically it's probably negligible, but it's enough to seem odd at the surface.

Wtf is in wellbutrin that makes everyone start stealing shit?? Everyone I've known who's taken it has developed pretty disastrous kleptomania, including my sister.

[birdantlers]

Yo so I'm still alive, I just got carpal tunnel (STRETCH YOUR DAMN WRISTS EVERY DAY) some weird bone spurs on my wrist still waitin for x-ray results, and I think a smidgen of depression from assorted life shit lol. Haven't been able to draw much but I'm not in like. Severe or anything so I can still draw, I just haven't felt like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sorry for disappearing so hard tho. I love y'all, I'll try to be more active here, socializing is just really hard rn and it kind of has been, at least online.

Good news tho! I started Wellbutrin and I already feel like my ADHD is a bit more manageable. I want to try taking better care of myself (mainly exercising/actually focusing on school) and trying to save up for a house, so idk if I'll be crazy active, but ive had a lot so time to reflect and tbh i think a little less social media for me is not the Worst Thing Possible like it seems when im in full blown adhd mode. Anyway just wanted to give y'all an update

(I'm not as depressed as garf I just thought it was funny I had a depression garf image)

[iloveyouhoneybear]

Wellbutrin…. whoever you are.. THANK YOU! 🙏

things are bad, but they don’t feel like the end of the world anymore. i’m brokenhearted, but it is part of life. my cat died, but i am beyond blessed to have had a cat with her everythingggg; whenever i hear killing me softly, i will always think of you BL. i still want to talk to ***** so bad :( i still think about her everyday and want to reach out, but i know this will slowly go away because life goes on. this is the hardest thing to shake off tho :/ i literally hope everyday she comes back and it’s not healthy.. there’s just still so much love. probably too much! :(

[creaturebehavior]

hi! ive followed you for a long time and ive always appreciated how openly you talk about your mental health struggles, it's something that always resonated w me and has made me feel less alone during hard times, so thank you <3

i do have a question, which of course you don't have to answer if it's too much, but i was wondering if you've ever been on welbutrin? i was just prescribed it, starting on my third week so still v early into it, but it has been a rollercoaster (mostly negative) so far...

if you've had an experience w it, can you share what it was like for you? how you coped and what the journey was like? dealing w negative side effects (dissociation, anxiety, agitation, unpredictable mood ect) that not many people in my life can relate to has been very isolating.

anyway thank you for reading this and have a lovely end of the year <3

i’m glad my openness has helped you feel less alone ❤️‍🩹

obviously everybody is different, but i have tried wellbutrin and it didn’t work for me. granted, i was already pretty fucked up and in psychosis whenever i started taking it.

if i remember correctly i can relate to those side effects. i think it made me manic, i did feel agitated, more anxious and it made my psychosis worse. i definitely had mood swings during that time. But, i also had more and more life pressure piling on me at the time, so who knows what was the meds and what was just stress. it created a perfect storm for a nervous breakdown. my psychiatrist took me off of it after a couple months.

trust your instincts and reach out to your psychiatrist/doctor if you feel like it’s making you worse. i know december is a rough time to try to get help in regards to meds tho cuz people are out of the office for christmas. :/ hang in there, i hope you can get your meds figured out asap and that your situation improves.

i’m sorry that trying to find the right meds can be such a pain. i don’t cope with symptoms well, i do the best i can. a lot of bottling it up best i can in public, getting alone and crying, clawing, biting, screaming, hitting, panicking, rocking and hugging myself, praying on the floor begging for help while i say i can’t do this anymore, making vent posts, scrolling tumblr compulsively, smoking weed.

and it does feel and can be really isolating to go through this. i always have the instinct to start pushing people away whenever i lose control of my emotions, because i’m scared i’m gonna hurt their feelings or freak them out in some way. then everyone ends up feeling shitty anyway.

best of luck okay? i’ll be rooting for you. you’re not alone.

[cryhappyblog]

Ok back to Zoloft, I loved it, it worked pretty much right away for me, but after about 8 months I started getting a tremor in my left arm, almost like rls but in my arm, a feeling in my arm like an uncomfortable vibration that I needed to shake off but couldn't, I brought it up to my Dr and they suggested I go off it because the tremors could become permanent 😬🫤😭 so that was when I went on Wellbutrin, which as I said in the first post was pretty useless.

2 weeks officially on cymbalta tho (60mg) and yesterday was the first day in months that I had good body positivity!! Which is rare for me, I usually pick my body apart fixating on all the things I don't like. 🤦🏻‍♀️🫤 so far no other side effects besides light headedness which is great 👍

... 🤞 it stays that way. Hope you're having a good Tuesday! Tacos anyone?

[theloveinc]

I’m high as a bitch LOOOOOOL

[softladyhours]

SMALL VENT

Well I remembered why I lowkey hate having the apartment to myself

The longer I’m alone the less I take care of myself :/

Today I’ve had 1 bang energy drink, 1/2 bottle of water, 1 bowl of ice cream and 2 slices of bread….. :/

Been on/off tinder today and even had a video date w a near stranger (I wasn’t rly a fan and now I’m gonna have to tell him I don’t want to go out even tho he’s a perfectly nice guy:/) I’m already so tired of swiping (except for one guy that looks like Tom Holland it’d be cool if we ended up having chemistry lolol) but my brother INSISTS that I just NEED to use some APPS and MEET PEOPLE. Meanwhile he’s never online dated in his LIFE ANDD is HAPPILY MARRIED.

Mostly just been on TikTok and procrastinating things that I actually Really Want to do.

It’s just kind of upsetting bc I feel like I’ve been doing sm better on meds the last month or so but I feel like I’m starting to sink into a bad mental health puddle :/ if you’ve read this far and take mental health meds (I’m on Wellbutrin) is it normal to still have some worse days/episodes than usual??

Idk I need to go drink some water and eat something. And sleep. Maybe put on a movie in the background bc that sounds nice.

I am overall pretty ok tho. Ik I’ll be fine and have a chance to start over tomorrow. Hope y’all are having a lovely day/night<3

[peacekash]

i feel like the only person who has a love/hate relationship with wellbutrin xl. maybe it’s my dosage or me ?idk

somedays I love it (alertness,the energy to talk to my family,the weight loss,this warm euphoric feeling iykyk) and usually on these days my dosage is 1/2 300 mg a day bc don’t wanna feel too jittery or over dose myself (kinda gotta history)a d these days are cool.

but somedays I fucking hate it (nausea( I actually threw up a few times),heart palpitations, hunger pains bc you forgot to eat for a few days,dry mouth,this all of a sudden fatigue/sleepy feeling which would be cool, if I was able to fucking sleep at night! (Insomnia 🙃)) now my dosage... (hear me out) i take three/four 300 mg when I feel Iike I’ve don’t feel good (which is backwards i know🙄)

I’m suppose on a whole bunch of meds but i decided to stop takimg the, bc i was honestly going crazy! Wellbutrin and Lamtical was my duo tho I fw with the, but theen I discovered wellbutrin xl and here we are.

I think im going to start keeping my dosage low and maybe start adding the lamtical again. I know this is gonna sound bad but would the lamtical make the loss of appetite and euphoric feeling go away?

[abcsofadhd]

On being diagnosed with ADHD in midlife

@campfiresbeerandcoffee got diagnosed with ADHD in their early 50s and I asked them to share their story. 

It’s kinda long but its a damn interesting read about a person’s experience with ADHD and a late diagnosis. It’s VERY well written and I’ve only spaced it out and bolded it for better readability.

Remember, it’s really NEVER too late to get a diagnosis.

I’ve known people with ADHD most of my life. I knew what it was, obviously. It was that boy who was socially inappropriate and weird, the one who got angry too fast, who touched oddly, who couldn’t sit still. 

It was the squirrel brained women I knew, that changed jobs, were super smart, had multiple competencies and could instantly grasp systems, but had so much drive they were always up, always working, always learning. It wasn’t ME.

It didn’t even occur to me that I had ADHD. I wasn’t a problem. I sat quietly in class, lost in my own thoughts, doodling. I could focus for hours on books, on coding, on the grains of sand on a sunny beach. I certainly didn’t have an attention disorder. 

My dad died in my 2nd year of uni. I didn’t do well. Well meaning counselors said I was high strung and should avoid all sugar and stimulants. Are you kidding? Caffeine kept me sane. Eventually I changed majors, and managed to graduate with a BA.

I even managed to get into grad school, and did entrepreneur things too. But eventually I crumbled again and didn’t finish my thesis. I had anger issues. I was high then low. I would rage and weep. I’d spend weeks in apathy, when I had everything I wanted: a business, a wife, wonderful family. But it was a long dark bleak tunnel every day.

Then I heard a radio show on chronic depression and recognized my symptoms. Got some help and medication, and managed to co-found a company.  The anti-depression meds helped, settling on Wellbutrin eventually. But things were still hard.

I got a straight job to help my wife start her career. I worked in an office, coding and structuring information systems. Prestige, recognition, it was great for my ego, good benefits and fair pay. 

10 years in this high performance position I crashed from accumulated stress when my mom died. I was prepared with Wellbutrin and counselling and even so I burned out with major depression and anxiety and ptsd symptoms.  

Took 3 years off work before I dared to take a job with minimal responsibility. In that time I had full on major ADHD symptoms but didn’t recognize them. I couldn’t say what I did all day. 

I couldn’t make a list, couldn’t go in the store. Couldn’t read. Couldn't feed myself. Couldn’t clean. Couldn’t listen. Just- floated in a fog of stress and anxiety. Developed skin issues, auto-immune issues, insomnia, eye twitches. Couldn’t even sit at a computer screen. I was completely useless. Couldn’t leave the house.

Eventually tho, as I worked through what I thought was PTSD, learning to accept the new broken me, I was able to watch a full 20 minute sitcom. Success! I was elated. Who could I tell? Who would celebrate that as an achievement? Yay, you watched TV? Pffft. 

But I was thrilled. And I could go to the store. Maybe even buy a few things. Often I’d just sit in the parking lot. But increasingly I could do some things around the house. Walk the dogs. Buy milk. So I accepted when opportunity offered me a lower-stress job related to my interests.

At my new job, I learned to make eye contact again, slowly re-learned to do simple math again. Cashing out would take me over an hour. I tried so hard to remember names and orders. Failed miserably. Tried to accept the new no-brain me. Found comfort in routine tasks. Developed coping strategies for memory. Accepted that maybe my purpose was to be a heart not a brain. My whole self-worth was always being the smart expert. Now I was busted. But that was ok, because it had to be! 

Medicated with prescription cannabis and started seeing big improvements in depressive symptoms. That led to being able to exercise. Exercise helped immensely. So I was bringing in a bit of money, I was leaving the house and interacting, and felt much better.

Met a co-worker who told me about her ADHD. I understood completely. Had my first “a-ha!” moment when someone asked me how was it that  I understood her. Oh. OH! Other people don’t understand her, and I do. Why?

But, I couldn’t be ADHD, surely? My coworker was classic ADHD in the way I then understood it. Changing topics all over in conversation, but I’d follow right along? We’d chat for hours after work. I grew to admire her strategies for getting things done, her tenacity, her acceptance that she could do things differently. 

And as I admired her force-of-nature engagement with the world, her acceptance of herself, I started to be open to the idea that there was more to ADHD than I thought. I really didn’t think I was ADHD, but how was it I could understand and keep up with her? And when I asked her about it, she looked at me like of course I probably had ADHD, and she thought I already knew?

So after working with her for 2 years I started to read about ADHD, because I was experiencing a little less stress and could focus to read again. But I hadn’t found out yet about the emotional dysregulation. I just knew I was functioning again, kinda. And so I embraced the feelings. I chased them, like an addict, seeking to feel good again.  

And boy did it feel good to let myself feel. I’d learned to build a box around my emotions, because I was always too sensitive, too happy, too sad, too worried. At my coding job, I just lost myself in matrices and code and denied my emotions.  My coworkers had affectionately called me Mr. Roboto. That hurt. But that was the old me. Now, I was going to LIVE and FEEL HAPPY, and it was great. I was elated. 

I partied and made new friends and drank too much and got stoned too much and talked too much and in my exploration  I left such wreckage around me. I was oblivious at first. But when I saw what I’d done, I was in torment. If I couldn’t be a brain, and I couldn’t be a heart, then what good was I? I desperately wanted to be ordinary, but I didn’t know how, and I was going to lose everything.

And then as I tried to get a handle on my behavior, some ADHD memes popped up on social media, and then they popped up with a funny story and I related. And again. And again. And I couldn’t ignore it anymore.

Your blog specifically woke me up to the emotional dysregulation aspect, and following that thread of research made my likely ADHD undeniable. So I did the predictable thing and denied it for another year.

Finally I went in for assessment because if I had it, I couldn’t let my kids go untested and if I was going to ask them to try, I had to start with me. Doc didn’t even blink. Basically said, of course you have ADHD. 

This has been everyone’s reaction, when I share my diagnosis with my friends: “Are you really surprised, really?” Yes, dammit, I am! It’s surprising and hard to hear, yes, you are in fact broken. But it’s also freeing. I can stop beating myself up.  I can get appropriate help. I can try meds.

I am terrified of stimulants, because I’m super sensitive to caffeine, and even Wellbutrin was unsustainable for me, causing too much jitters. But I’m taking my Vyvanse and being hopeful. If it doesn’t work out, there is a non stimulant option.

 I know meds won’t solve everything. I know that I have so many of the strategies already, I recognize them in the ADHD forums, and books. But maybe meds will leave me enough energy to address things. Maybe I’ll be able to Get Things Done.

This medicated hopeful happiness does feel a bit like mania, I’ve learned to be distrustful of my happiness. But if it’s going to be helpful, I’m going to try it.  It’s early days.

I’m reading Gina Petra’s Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder. And it’s wrenching. I knew my latest crisis was hard on my family, but I didn’t realize it’s been the whole marriage, it’s been my whole life, school, college, career, midlife! It’s enlightening but hard to read testimonials from people living with untreated ADHD partners, and recognize myself in their stories. I had no idea of the extent ADHD was contributing to my personality and behavior.

My wife and kids deserve to be off the rollercoaster. I also deserve to be happy. I want to look forward to each day again instead of waking up knowing I’m going to fuck up again.

So it’s not a comfortable place to be, here in the spotlight. But it sure as hell beats being in the dark and blindly flinging myself in a new direction. It’s revealing. It means taking personal responsibility. 

But it also means hope. Hope that it can be better. Hope I can stop hurting the people I love. Hope I can be the person I want to be, the person I’ve been on occasion. It means hope for sustainable stable relationships and jobs. 

[420farts]

How do you personally deal with depression?

this got way too lengthy sorry lol but i think it’s cool of you to ask! I see a therapist every week (cbt therapy), a psychiatrist every other month(dbt therapy), practice intentional kindness, exercise daily, only eat whole food, sleep between 9-11 hrs a night, and take Wellbutrin and busperone.

fighting depression is a full time job and tbh I’m guilty of passing the burden onto tho around me. Isolation is a common coping mechanism but can also engulf loved ones with concern. I feel bad and complainey to my friends and family so I join team sports often. My soccer team doesn’t notice my pain or require the emotional investment in opening up about what’s wrong but still obligates me to get out of the house for games every week and to drink water and shit lol

[kisakunt]

manic anger was fr what got me diagnosed 😭 spent my early teens getting anger management + on meds for depression that didn’t work and then when i turned 18 they put 2 and 2 together but mannnn antipsychotics are expensive i’m living off free samples from my psychiatrist 😒 but takemichi bipolar 2 HOW ARE YOU SO RIGHT HOW ARE YOU SO CORRECT i had never even considered that but it makes so much sense omfg! it helps a lot tho to see ppl saying loved characters have bipolar bc so many ppl are shitty and stigmatize bipolar and don’t realize that having an illness doesn’t make you a bad fucking person

LMFAOO i started going to therapy at like seven cos it was mandated and then i stopped then started again at twelve and then did it from like 13-15 and those fuckers tried to diagnose me w everything but what i have😭😭 wellbutrin days were dark days but at 14 they said manic depression and then eighteen got the official bipolar diagnosis and bpd

mannNN when i was like seven or eight my moms friend went missing and we were part of the search party and i saw some traumatic shit and he was bipolar so i got like this weird ass idea of what bipolar disorder was (kinda from my mom too) and then i got diagnosed and then my mom just recently told me she was also diagnosed like mf i know😭😭😭 literally tho when i got diagnosed i cried and then i realized i’m the exact same motherfucker and it’s kinda validating to know that it’s a life long actual mental illness and not just getting it brushed off as ‘teenage angst’

TAKEMICHI BIPOLAR 2 MANJIRO BPD ILL DIE ON MY THRONE

[angelblumes]

food ment. Helllooooooo ugh would you like me to beat her up perhaps end up like her namesake, og mischa?(jk im not a (cannibal)) time to bust out the therapy voice tho , you will find your people and they will love you. Ok. ok wtf is happening? are we like the same person or something? wellbutrin buddies ❤ my room needs to be clean and moved the whole sha bang but I cant😔 life needs to be lived and such. I hope you arrived safely and happily and that everything is slightly better for you than it was last message and that you didn't get too carsick. my power went out today for like 3 seconds everything turned off everything , it usually takes alot for that to happen for my house just because its old and other reasons that I dont actually know. I've had a jam out session yesterday, it was so relaxing 😌 🙌 danced my little heart out to them guys I told you about. There's something abt the murders in hannibal that just does it for me... the artistry of it all. I love it when we talk outside of the 5 daily things too!!! hey, did you get that 'you're so mature for your age' as a kid or 'you've got an old soul' ? whats ur thoughts on that? I personally cant really imagine saying that to a kid maybe its a generational thing? ok 🙄😁 I like commentary ive been watching reactions? on youtube its a guilty pleasure, also I've been getting into some reality tv. Wife swap is crazy I love it alot and then the dating ones because ofc. whats one of the 1st reality show you remember watching and not hating? Honey Boo Boo and I Am Jaz (I think?) were my top two choices of reality. maybe a rewatch is in order for me. ok daily things um a guitar got brought into my house today i... its very.. it made me weirdly happy I love music and its instruments. thank goodness tbh my med were just a little later than usual, the pharmacy gave me emergency 3 days for they can figure out whats up because this is the second time we are having the same problem 😅 I had the best brownie of my life, it was store bought but like from the bakery fav dessert. I got this "new" shirt on so comfy, its tie dyed splattered different blues with an astronaut and nasa logo in white, its cute but also like 3? sizes too big (its a hand me down) dont worry abt the guy if a next time happens ill be ready for it 💪 it will go down, I personally know the man's family I will ruin his life if it comes down to it (we live in a town idk if it's small)or realistically just sic my family onto him. I found out my cousin has a gf now and is apparently very much happier than she was with her ex man (who made awesome cheesecake btw off topic tho) gay people stay winning, I did not know she was not straight tho so happy little surprise 😁 jeez its a lot of words uh I hope you're doing good and you had a good sleep and other nice stuff happen to you and you had a good trip🌷🤟🤙❤

HELPPP u are an angel. thank u❤️. and right exactly. normalize thinking fictional murders are artistic or something . thinkin abt how i used to think criminal minds murders were interesting but never had the right words so i'd just be like "woah he *kills them weirdly*? cool"😭. BUT YEAH i did get that all the time omfg "ur so mature for ur age!!" like thanks it's because i have issues and problems 💀....hmm i hate reality tv HAHA. this gc i'm in was just talking abt wife swap the other day how crazy !! idk if i've EVER liked reality tv .... i like watching commentary abt it (like uhh cody ko's stuff) but watching it myself... nope😭. daily things lets see!!! i went to the baltimore aquarium:) i was exhausted tho. saw that a tiktoker i like (hello fem will graham cosplayers...) went there a few days before me. how funny! i wish we had met and fallen in love or something. i went to bed at 5pm yesterday and slept til 3am. then went back to sleep from 6am to 10am. i think my new adhd/anxiety meds are the cause. sadly. cuz they work! but by making me too tired to be nervous or start thinking too much🥲. i'm tired 24/7 already and thats not helping LOL! i had this fancy meal ok multiple fancy meals and it was really nice. i got chesapeake chicken (haha like chesapeake ripper am i right?!?) and it had crab but i'm crazy i'm crazy i didn't eat the crab. the texture was soooo bad. anyway at another place i got a burger bc i'm lame i don't eat seafood (besides shrimp. which i am allergic to.) and i ate almost the whole thing and my friends mom said she was proud of me😭❤️. i always feel so guilty after eating a lot and that made me feel good. i've started watching more vampire video game play throughs. what can i say. vampire masquerade: bloodlines did something to my brain where i like vampire games now. it's the same guy which is cool. i dont like finding new youtubers becuz i've never kept up w whose problematic or not... like what if i get really into someone and mention it and someone's like oh yeah he preys on women. wtf. like umm cry? is he a youtuber? is he evil? cuz i was looking for a pathologic gameplay and he had one and i was like hmm... he sounds familiar. he has probably done something ? maybe? mm lastly.... i read this hunger games hannibal crossover WEEKS AGO but it's just still on my mind. i don't particularly love the hunger games but it's only bc i don't really know a lot abt it. i enjoy it but i've only seen the movies and read the first book (until rue died. never picked it up again after that! i cried a lottttt) and there's like an absurd amount of hannibal crossovers. i guess bc hannibal would totally rule in the hunger games. like come on a CANNIBAL? the uh.. capitol? they'd go crazyyyy for that. the fic itself wasn't even that groundbreaking or anything i have a lot of criticism for it tbh but it opened my brain to the concept. i have another one opened in a tab but it's super long so i haven't made much headway. i want one where it's like.... the one where the old winners come back for a game! and then they escape😈. but in the one i read will and hannibal sort of just escape anyway in a normal hunger game. like ok cool but i don't think that's plausible. but then how would it work ? like could will win a game on his own? maybe i should write my own fic. but then i'd have to understand what happens in the hunger games /j. ugh ok i was thinking abt that one scene where idk they do the little hand signal thing and drag katniss away and go to shut the door like right as they shoot that guy in the head. THAT WAS SO CRAZY. or when katniss shoots the lady instead of president snow and then everyone just descends on him💀 i feel like there's a level of nuance and understanding that i just don't have so i say "woah! cool :)" i hope ur doing well too ily❤️❤️💗

[autisticuwu]

I love caffeine and can consume large amounts AND disclaimer but I have only taken adderall "recreationally" meaning no more than one day consecutively. Since I'm not a "classically presenting" adhd person and I am tired all the time/not hyperactive physically I worry that I won't have a good reaction.

When I took adderall I hated how my mouth felt or how I felt more stimulated while not feeling more awake in the same way coffee makes me feel awake.

However I'm going to get Gene testing for meds and I'm totally down to try what is recommended to me. Another concern I have with stimulants tho is that they can suppress appetite and I already struggle with gaining and maintaining weight due to my poor interoception causing disordered eating habits. And I am not underweight but I am close to it so it's a priority.

Wellbutrin made me lose weight and I was more emotional and just generally more neurotic (angry quickly and crying more) and also it didn't help my focus, productivity, or self care. However that was prior to my autism and adhd diagnosis.

Everyone keeps having trouble getting meds for their adhd cause so many ppl abuse stimulants now but tbh I don't think I even want stimulants because they make my sensory issues way worse..I feel like that's what people mean when they say "when I treat my adhd I notice my autism more"

[theloveinc]

Hi Catie,

I didn't want to put this in the replies of your post, but a DM seems too ~familiar~ so your ask box it is 😅

I've been on Wellbutrin (well, the generic version) for about three years now (?) for my persistent depression and general anxiety. It's treated me really well, but meds aren't necessarily one size fits all. It took me about a year and a half to find a dosage I was happy with - and even now I have to take an additional (super low dose) sedative to go to sleep.

As far as side effects, I mostly deal with just dry mouth which can escalate to a sore throat, but nothing major. I did recently find out that it very easily could be the reason why I have problems regulating my body temperature, so that's fun.

It's enabled me to go from barely functioning because of my depression, to mostly functioning despite my depression.

I'm not trying to sell you on it or anything, just ease your mind some. And I'm not a medical professional, so you should definitely discuss it with your doctor because your needs might have changed between when it was prescribed to you and now.

My ask box and DMs are open if you have any questions or just want to air out your thoughts before taking them to your doctor 😊

ahhh hello!!! sorry for sitting on this so long... i'm sure u already know i get kinda intimidated by long stuff, but i've totally been meaning to reply to this for DAYS!

(and askbox is perfect, thank u!!! tho we are Friends so i wouldn't have been mad wherever you left this tee hee <3)

BUT I APPRECIATE UR THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT SO MUCH! it sounds like it's been a pretty good match for u, which i'm happy to hear for both ur sake and mine. i'm laughing kinda cuz i sorta already suffer from dry mouth, but honestly it's great that the side effects have been so minimal for u.

to be honest tho this whole thing has been so crazy cuz i agree with u that meds are definitely different per person... but when i actually sent a message to my doctor about it... neither she nor the pharmacist gave me as much advice as u did, so ive been really happy to have this message since i've been scared asf lmfaooo.

(literally my email was like "i'd love to talk to u about the wellbutrin suggestion u gave me a couple months ago!" and she was like "OK i ordered for u" ..........i was like HUH?????? NO APPOINTMENT OR NOTHING???

and all the pharmacist told me was like "make sure to take it in the morning!" and i was like "that's it?" and she was like "yep :)" LMFAOOO)

eh ni whey... i just really wanted to thank u for this since it super aided in my decision making process. i even told my mom about some of the stuff u said (dry mouth, insomnia, dosage) and she was like "WOWW it was so nice someone sent u all that!!!" and i was like "yeahhh :')))" SO THABNK U!!!

today was also actually (just now really, 9 am SHARP) the first day i decided to take it............. so i'm sure you'll hear about how it goes soon.

love to u til then tho and tysm! <3<3<3