hipmama42
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I've suffered with depression since the age of 18, when I had my first stay on the psyche ward of a hospital. Since then, I've had the wonderful opportunity to try many different anti-depressants. It is likely that I will always be taking them. Currently I'm taking Cymbalta and Wellbutrin. The Wellbutrin combats the fatigue I usually feel during the the day from the fibro itself and the Cymbalta and Flexeril I take for muscle pain and spasms and it seems to help my anxiety and depression as well. It takes awhile to find the right combination of meds that is the most effective for depression with the least amount of debilitating side effects, and that will be different for every person. After awhile, those meds may quit working so well, and something else must be tried. I guess I could say that I'm used to this "human guinea pig" stuff as a lifestyle as I can be, and it no longer bothers me as it once did. If I experience a bad reaction to a new med, I immediately call my doctor and she tells me how to wean off of it and we try something else until we get it right. I don't seem to have any serious side effects with the Bupropion/Wellbutrin other than mild hand tremors which affect my already atrocious handwriting! For depression I believe medication plus counseling/therapy is the best treatment in the long run. The medicine is there to help me and to correct a chemical imbalance, and I am thankful that it is working right now. I don't do myself or my children any favors by deciding to take myself off the meds just because I feel badly about "having" to take them, or that I am a weak person for needing them and all of that. I am grateful for my medication and hopefully I will never have to return to that psyche ward again! It's been 15 yrs since my last visit and I don't want to go back there again! My kids need me! I think you should keep talking about your depression on this forum, because most of us have experienced depression at one time or another and we understand what you are going through, and later you might think about trying the depression forum for a different perspective and more insight. Post edited by: hipmama42, at: 01/24/2008 15:19 |
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and I'm feeling uneasy. 
I made a big long post...and it went into cyberspace!!! It took me more than an hour!! I'm so disappointed!! I'll have to come back another time!! I'm feeling ache!! 
I think this is a good thing, to discuss!!!