Posted by Luke on February 14, 2000, at 22:07:52
In reply to Re: Good times, posted by Vince on February 10, 2000, at 19:37:46
>>I'm new to this site but not to depression and meds. I was wondering, for comparative purposes, if you could give a brief history of some of the meds you have tried and your responsiveness to them.
Actually, I probably cannot give you much to compare. I spent my teen years and most of my 20s thinking misery was just my lot. I waited a long time to get help, so my experience with ADs is quite brief compared to a lot of other people.
First, I was on Wellbutrin for a couple of months, and it worked well. I felt better, had more motivation, more desire to be social, a better attitude - all this despite bad insomnia. But after two months I developed an allergic reaction to it. I broke out in hives. We tried different wellbutrin pills, hoping it was the dye. But it turns out I am simply allergic to wellbutrin.
Next was Prozac, which for me was the "frontal-lobotomy-in-a-pill" drug. It turned me into a zombie for a couple of months. I would go to work and stare at a computer screen for 8 hours, then go home and stare at a TV for a couple of hours before lying down and entering this weird, unsatisfying state of pseudo-sleep. I didn't have the energy to be depressed, or happy, or angry, etc.
Then there was a brief stint on Celexa. Somehow, it had almost the same effect Prozac had. I don't know why, but it just didn't work.
That's when I started doing a lot of research and came across lit on reboxetine.
When I pay my $70 a month plus $14 shipping to get rebox, I really really wish prozac had worked!Hope this helps. Good luck,
Luke
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