My dr giving me an rx for Welbutrin after I had a breakdown in her office is probably the single best thing that has happened for my mental health in my 30+ years of life.
I avoided meds for so long, even though it was really obvious that I needed some help. That internalized "only people with real problems need meds, I don't have real problems, I'm just doing it for attention/I'm clearly faking it, if I work harder and just weren't so lazy everything would be just fine, I'm just looking for an easy way out instead of improving myself" mindset fucked me over so hard and so unnecessarily, especially in college and throughout my twenties.
Wellbutrin literally saved my life, even if it has a couple side effects I don’t love. Every other med I’ve taken has either done nothing or made the problem worse, and unmedicated I would’ve killed myself years ago.
Biggest issue is that I sleep too much, taking a lot of naps in the middle of the day, and I doze off when doing long repetitive tasks, particularly driving. Thankfully my girlfriend prefers driving so I don’t have to do long drives myself very often, but when I do I build in extra time to occasionally pull over and take a quick nap.
Other issue is that I sweat too much, I was already a sweaty person but basically if it’s above 75F I’m dripping now
That’s on 300mg of Wellbutrin xr and 10mg twice daily of buspar. It’s also hard to disentangle the effects of the buspar vs the Wellbutrin
It’s kinda the reverse Wellbutrin, where Wellbutrin treats depression but not anxiety, Buspar treats anxiety but not depression. Between the two of them it’s like a whole SSRI but your dick still works.
My dr giving me an rx for Welbutrin after I had a breakdown in her office is probably the single best thing that has happened for my mental health in my 30+ years of life.
I avoided meds for so long, even though it was really obvious that I needed some help. That internalized "only people with real problems need meds, I don't have real problems, I'm just doing it for attention/I'm clearly faking it, if I work harder and just weren't so lazy everything would be just fine, I'm just looking for an easy way out instead of improving myself" mindset fucked me over so hard and so unnecessarily, especially in college and throughout my twenties.
In summary, fuck anyone who badmouths ADHD meds.
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Wellbutrin literally saved my life, even if it has a couple side effects I don’t love. Every other med I’ve taken has either done nothing or made the problem worse, and unmedicated I would’ve killed myself years ago.
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Biggest issue is that I sleep too much, taking a lot of naps in the middle of the day, and I doze off when doing long repetitive tasks, particularly driving. Thankfully my girlfriend prefers driving so I don’t have to do long drives myself very often, but when I do I build in extra time to occasionally pull over and take a quick nap.
Other issue is that I sweat too much, I was already a sweaty person but basically if it’s above 75F I’m dripping now
That’s on 300mg of Wellbutrin xr and 10mg twice daily of buspar. It’s also hard to disentangle the effects of the buspar vs the Wellbutrin
not familiar with that, what is it like?
I had night sweats for the first month of wellbutrin, and also had a couple weeks where I was tired, but that seemed to go away for me.
It’s kinda the reverse Wellbutrin, where Wellbutrin treats depression but not anxiety, Buspar treats anxiety but not depression. Between the two of them it’s like a whole SSRI but your dick still works.