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Posted by sasha71 on November 16, 2003, at 19:09:53
New here but not new to meds and depression. I'm 32 years old, mom of 2 girls ages 9 and 4, sp. ed. teacher and wife of deployed national guardsman.
I've suffered with depression for over 16 years - on again, off again but received help only the last 4 years.
I'm currently on Effexor, 225mg (couldn't hack the side effects at higher doses) and Welbutrin (300mg, recent increase from 150mg). I refer to Effexor as my "get your butt out of bed" drug and Welbutrin as my "give a crap" meds. With just the E. I could function but the W. gave me the desire to function well and even enjoy it sometimes.
I also see a psych. therapist every 2 weeks - just changed to a new lady about 2 months ago after my first (and only) therapist and I differed about treatment options.
I truly feel that the combination of meds and dr. supported therapy is the best for me. I tried 2 years of just Paxil and while it helped for a while, it just didnt' cut it in the long run.
My hsuband has been deployed since Feb. '03 and won't be home until mid-late- April '04. Has this contributed to my depression? you bet your booties but it's being managed. Most of the time.
With the increase in W. about 6 weeks ago, i actually feel "normal" (whatever that is) which i haven't felt in well over 3-4 years. Just that mental flavor of being balanced and knowing I could make good decisions if something happened without falling apart and wanting to crawl into my personal little black hole. That's pretty cool.
Anyway, I just wanted to intro. myself, say "hi" and that I'm looking forward to participating in the boards here.
Sasha
Posted by Dinah on November 16, 2003, at 19:33:01
In reply to greetings, posted by sasha71 on November 16, 2003, at 19:09:53
Posted by Searchlight on November 16, 2003, at 22:09:47
In reply to greetings, posted by sasha71 on November 16, 2003, at 19:09:53
Hi Sasha71 and welcome to the boards. I am glad you are feeling better. I have a long, long history with bad atypical depression (often called BP2), so I understand how you feel. The meds board here is called Psycho-Babble and is very helpful about dosages, reactions, suggestions and other personal experiences with psychotropic meds. I am on that one a lot and am amazed at the support and knowledge of so many of the posters there. Anyway, once again, welcome, and I hope you find support and comfort here, there are a lot of very nice people on social.
Searchlight
Posted by Poet on November 17, 2003, at 9:58:39
In reply to greetings, posted by sasha71 on November 16, 2003, at 19:09:53
Hi Sasha,
I've been posting for a few months and have found everyone to be very supportive and helpful.
I may switch from Paxil to Wellbutrin as Paxil doesn't seem to be working anymore. I just started on it about a year ago, so I suppose I became immune to it or something.
Thanks for sharing and welcome.
Poet
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