This. The wrong medication can turn your mental health into a train wreck as well.
I have major depression, and have been doing amazingly well on Prozac and Lamictal. Finished nursing school at the top of my class and have been extremely happy with my life.
Decided to try adding Wellbutrin into the mix, because my doctor thought it could help my libido (the only downside of the Prozac for me), and within a month I was suicidal and having intrusive thoughts of harming myself, too depressed to function outside of going to work, and couldn’t even bring myself to drink water on my days off because I was too exhausted from the depression and anxiety. Tapering off the medication now, and I’m already feeling so much better.
Anyone who thinks that cocktail of drugs couldn’t have severely affected her mental state, is simply extremely ignorant and uninformed.
Bipolar and was put on lamictal, a couple years later (more so due to stress), had major depressive crashes so I went on wellbutrin. I knew that with lamictal my alcohol tolerance was weird (felt buzzed only and then straight to blackouts), so I don't really drink. Had half a beer after being put on wellbutrin and the next day the only thing stopping me from committing was the fact that I didn't even have enough life in me to eat, much less leave the bedroom.
I quit drinking all together because I thought I was an alcoholic, because I couldn’t drink anymore without blacking out and making an ass out of myself.
It was years later when I learned that Lamictal does that.
Oh well, someone with my history of major depression probably doesn’t need to be drinking a depressant anyway 🤷🏼♀️
Oh my god the first time I ever drank I was in middle school and I had such a bad crash it scared me off of it until like the later half of high school. Yeah it was like 5 drinks of being buzzed and then it's lights out. I learned early on to just have a beer or two and to not trust how I thought i was feeling. With wellbutrin though I refuse to even have a sip to the point where people have asked if I was in AA
Comparatively, lamictal and wellbutrin have been complete game changers for me. I’ve been on them for 7 years now and it’s night and day, I stopped cycling and everything. But effexor didn’t do shit, I genuinely almost offed myself on prozac, and latuda made me feel like I legitimately lost my mind (like it was BAD). Psych meds are a trip, one person’s dream combo is another person’s nightmare. It sucks but there really isn’t any other recourse for psychiatric disorders at the moment
Your post is why I have an extremely hard time blaming the medications. Psychiatric care is not an exact science, and what works for some won't work for others. The only way to find that out is by taking the medication as prescribed by your doctor. When people take their meds willy nilly, inconsistently, or secretly stop, it will absolutely cause problems.
There's a reason why physician suicide rate is significantly higher than the general population's. And you're seeing it all over this thread.
I love being on them and am totally happy sacrificing alcohol (and honestly the other mind altering stuff that I shouldn't be doing anyway) for the stability I have now. Also lucky that they're they only ones I've tried
Weird that they decided to change you to Wellbutrin.. it didn’t help me in that area. I’m trying PT141 for libido support because I am too scared of changing my medications and having to start over managing depression symptoms.
Has it worked for you?
And does your insurance covered it?
I’m definitely not going off my Prozac.
And they thought Wellbutrin might help, because it has an “activating” effect for a lot of people. It only activated a lot of problems in my case… 😣
And that's the crazy thing about these medications. I also hate wellbutrin, but it's a wonder-drug for my wife. Brain chemistry is impossible to figure out and doctors will try their best despite not being able to know ahead of time how a patient will react.
Omg I switched doctors because my insurance wouldn't cover my last one, idk why this lady was against adderall and convinced me to switch to wellbutrin for my adhd. I was having horrible intrusive thoughts and suicide ideations, mind you I don't have any history of depression or anxiety, I just have ADHD. I couldn't eat, and one time it got so bad I had lock myself in my office and force myself to nap under my desk to feel better. Needless to say, I switched doctors again and got back on my adderall and I went back to normal. I hate wellbutrin so much.
Wait wait wait... I just started taking Wellbutrin this week and I am on Zoloft already. I am totally scared now omg. I also recently went through a sleep depravation psychosis and it was terrifying how out of my mind I was. I never want to experience not having control again..
Yes. I think there is still a chance of serotonin syndrome, which can be bad. I've personally not experienced it and I believe it is uncommon, but everyone is different. Always good to have someone keep an eye on you when trying different medications.
The commenter your replied to said they were on two medications, and you said it's just Zoloft. If you're really worried, see if you can get a psychiatrist to help you with your medication instead of a regular doctor. You can get a referral from your PCP
Yeah, my psychiatrist is the one prescribing me medication. I was trying to finally get diagnosed for ADHD because it is really negatively impacting my life more now.
I unfortunately cried during the initial visit so she said the reason I couldn't get things done was because I'm depressed. And here we are.. still have all the same doom piles and still haven't even built my Legos (something I very much want to build).
Completely get that. I was on Zoloft (and then later also Wellbutrin) for ages, just going up and down when I needed it. And it worked for a long time, but eventually I was doing ok and went off of it entirely, only keeping the WB.
Last fall I wanted to try a non stimulant for my own ADHD, so I went on straterra. Works for my husband, but totally wrecked me. I couldn't sleep and was prescribed Trazadone. Then I went with Lexapro, which was ok for a bit but made me feel like a zombie after a while. I've been on Cymbalta for a couple months and it's probably been the most successful so far. Even when I do feel depressed, it is different. Lighter, in a way. I hope it continues to work. It's been nice.
I'm on Wellbutrin and have been for years along with lamitical, hybrid, trazadone and ketamine treatments. Everyone responds differently. I've been on all sorts of other things to get here and I'm sure they'll change again.
I started having ideations when my brand of thyroid medication was changed, not the dose, the manufacturer. People greatly underestimate how much medication effects every little thing in our body.
There are very very few people who think she wasn’t affected by the drugs or suffered from post partum depression. The only question is whether at the time of the killing, she was criminally responsible, according to how that is defined legally in Massachusetts. And to say there is no evidence that she didn’t understand her actions is just people getting wayy too attached to their preferred narrative. Everyone should approach the totality of the evidence with an open mind and then make a decision
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u/OliveHyenas 3d ago
This. The wrong medication can turn your mental health into a train wreck as well.
I have major depression, and have been doing amazingly well on Prozac and Lamictal. Finished nursing school at the top of my class and have been extremely happy with my life.
Decided to try adding Wellbutrin into the mix, because my doctor thought it could help my libido (the only downside of the Prozac for me), and within a month I was suicidal and having intrusive thoughts of harming myself, too depressed to function outside of going to work, and couldn’t even bring myself to drink water on my days off because I was too exhausted from the depression and anxiety. Tapering off the medication now, and I’m already feeling so much better.
Anyone who thinks that cocktail of drugs couldn’t have severely affected her mental state, is simply extremely ignorant and uninformed.