Posted by will_2009 on May 24, 2009, at 9:37:08
Hi all. I found this board while researching the various side effects of meds my physician suggested for treating recently-diagnosed dysthymia, anxiety, and long-standing ADHD (inattentive).
I've dealt with depression for most of my life. I recall my 4th grade teacher and I having difficult conversations about my being bored. I wasn't REALLY bored, or poorly challenged by school, I just couldn't focus AND couldn't feel good about my work. That increased and intensified slowly and subtly until college during the early 1990s. Then I had several major depressive episodes, quit many jobs, many girlfriends, dropped many classes, constantly re-inventing to see if I could find my way out of the haze, find my way through that wall.
About two years ago my wife and I had our first and only child (we're 38, 45 respectively). I've lost many well-paying jobs despite intelligence and ingenuity. ADHD diagnosed during my return to grad school two years ago. Adderall XR has been some help, as has the counseling/coaching. But that only sent me harder and faster into wall (depression). Diagnosed about three months ago with depression, I started out on Zoloft 50, then 100 plus Wellbutrin SR 150. The zoloft gave me terrible diarrhead but I stuck with it for about two months until I finally went off of it and found relief from the GI issues (my doc wasn't convinced it was the zoloft until that correlation was made). I'm now on the Adderall, Wellbutrin, and began Lexapro 10 mg a couple of days ago. I feel like this might be a winning combo for me, though I'm still concerned about diarrhea with an SSRI. Wishing for the best.
I'm here to find information about these meds and find support as I ramp up on Lexapro and progress through these problems. Life is very bleak for me in many ways but I'm learning to back off of those judgments and just live it out...we'll see.
Gosh, if this is too much information, sorry. I'll step out of the confessional now. :)
poster:will_2009
thread:897382
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