Posted by jealibeanz on June 1, 2006, at 4:12:03
In reply to Re: If Wellbutrin caused weight gain... » jealibeanz, posted by yxibow on June 1, 2006, at 0:51:26
OK, I will stress that there was no "hidden gain" in appetite or decrease in activity. I was trainging aerobically and with weights up to 5 hours a day, 6 days a week as a collegiate athlete. I also ate an extremely clean, low calorie diet...
Anway, are all those medications I mentioned metabolized by the P450 cytochrome? What about Straterra?(I also do fine with Provigil and benzos)Maybe it's the serotonin that I have problems with?
I always sort of gave up with my treatments each time they didn't work. I didn't want another SSRI thrown at me. I honestly never gave it a thought that maybe my doctors (the caring, good ones, at least) wouldn't just give up if I hadn't told them the anxiety and depression subsided.
I just always become very turned off by my side effects and wanted to run from medications after each unhappy trial. I actually didn't know of the use of MAOI's, TCA's, and other unconventional methods until recently.
Do you think my doc may suggest an alternative (he is treating my for anxiety right now, so won't be shocked) is I hint at depression at my next visit? I'll refuse and SSRI's and tell him I'll just deal with the daily depression if he want to try one, that may prompt something. I have no idea what his thoughts are on AD's other than SSRI's. They tend to be a cery "safe" pratice and stick to the drugs they have samples of.
Right now I take daily Xanax. I also take Lunesta, which currently isn't help me adjust, sleepwise, to a new apartment, and it's making me life hell! I feel like I'm slowly falling apart. The depression started about a month ago, so it's not related, but exacerbated by the fatigue. I'm so tired, scared, unhappy, and frustrated!
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