I dont feel this stuff helps. I take 300mg when I wake up. It does help me from Tobacco which is good, I also take Zoloft. Doc doesnt want to change my meds cause the last time he did. I went to the Mental Health Ward for awhile.
Sometimes they work sometimes they don't... But when you find that right combonation... it is totally worth the hassle... I take Effexor and Wellbutrin... it has changed me completed for the better... I hope you find that right dosage because it is there... you just have to find it... take care
Im sorry to hear that. Im tappering off of Effexor that med has to many side effects that just drive me crazy. so I'm currently donw to 120 Effexor and 150 Wellbutrin. I don't think a mental health ward is all that fun of course i've never been there. yet? Hopefully there is something you can do to get you medicine changed safely. Good luck.
What kind of side effects are you getting from Effexor? And you do know about the possible withdrawal effects right. You might not have any problem though. If you do, go to the administrator's discussion to get more info.
I was on the mental health ward and found it to be fine. Not all roses but fine.
When I was or still am on Effexor my side effects I can't find a stabledose im either going up on or going down, I get sweaty, I have to change my clothes at night because thats how sweaty I got, Its a really expensive medicine and even when im trying to find the right dose. and im tired of feeling like crap if i forget to take it. I get thid weird shocking feeling and I feel like i have the flu.
I get nightsweats too but I assumed it was perimenopause. Maybe it is the effexor. Anyway what really helps is taking flax seed oil pills and an herbal menopause mixture that contains red clover. Maybe that will help you a bit while you try to figure things out. Good luck!
You know I get so many ****ing side effects from these medications. Nightsweat, worsened eyesight, decreased libido (as if it wasn't bad enough already), shaking hand, very dry mouth. I hate it. Now I wish I hadn't agreed to all of these but at the time I was feeling so ****ty I was self destructive anyway.
I don't know there is much a doctor can do about these. But I sure wish she had warned me. Some others did but I did not believe them.
I am currently bouncing from one mediaction to another just now trying to find one that suits me and I'm not being very successful (and so feeling pretty rotten from all the different side effects). I asked my Dr about Wellbutrin and she seemed shocked that this would be prescribed as an anti-depressant.
I'm guessing this is a UK thing as she was adamant that this was only prescribed as and aid to stop smoking.
Has anyone in the UK reading this been prescribed this medication? I would be interested to know.
I went off Effexor and on Wellbutrin the first of the year and had horrible side effects from going off Effexor. After they subsided, I think the Wellbutrin helped some, but didn't really get much better until my doctor added Lexapro. Together they are working for me.
As for the Wellbutrin, my rheumatologist said the same thing, NeeNee that he didn't think it helped depression that much. It is mostly to reduce cravings and thus helps some people lose weight. Also it is an NDRI and Lexapro is an SSRI so they do work on different chemicals in the brain.
There are more topics about meds in the Depression, General Discussion and I'm a New Member threads.
I have been on Wellbutrin for about four years now and think that it is wonderful. It seems to give me enough of a lift so that I can cope with sadness and depression when it hits.
The only thing I have to say is that I don't ever truly enjoy life. I wish I could get to that point where I enjoyed something.
hello marine vet my sort of adopted dad is a marine vet from paris island he was freindly with his di. im in bipolar chat if you ever want company . there is another vet that might soon be homeless that has bipolar disorder, boderline personality disorder and more and alchol problems and post traumatic stress disorder his post was in social and he said he was suicidal. your the only vet that i know of opn this site and i told him that maybe you would be able to tell him what reacouces there are for vets and i figured that only vets can understand what veterns have experienced maybe he could help you to i dont appoint myself social director. but he was really deppressed in his post. and only one person had replied to his post i hope you dont kick my azz for reffering him to your post. jbmorris is a vet and a great guy he severed in iraq he may be going back and could use another vet to talk things out with. hope to see you and everyone else in the bi-polar chat room everyone comes in there . im trying to get it busy so people who need someone as do we all will find people in the chats the best therapy ive found besides the pills is helping someone else. i try to stay in the chat all day and usually till about 11:30 pm i listen for the noise the chat makes.when someone enters the chat room and run the hell to the computer to say hi. if you see my icon and name and i do not respond iots because im doing something. istay in the chat room so people know im there somewhere occassionally ive been known to fall asleep in chat. i hope your feeling okay at the moment.come bs in the chat semper fi i couldnt join the service because of being disabled and yes im a wanna be marine lol
i forgot about jbmorris when i said that i only knew one vet its the other vet in social that i told you was in pain etc. the last i heard jbmorris was fine and doing good. i will go see if i can get the other vets name but i dont think he gave one but you cant miss his post
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