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So for the past few days I have been thinking so much about food and eating a lot and I thought it was that maybe I needed more Wellbutrin or it wasn't working as well...It turns out that it was just because it was my time of the month..because today I am back to not thinking about food and not really even having an appetite.
With that said, I decided today to look for a psychiatrist who could help me with meds because i havent' seen one in years. i have been getting my scrips through my primary care and my ob/gyn. i realized that that is not probably the best idea because they don't know everything about me so it would be difficult for them to prescribe to me. also, i have been having some side effects with the wellbutrin and want someone who knows meds to talk to about it.
so i called around for a psychiatrist and eventually talked with one today. i told him a little bit of my history- that i have had eating disorders, depression, etc. and i recently switched from prozac to wellbutrin due to lack of interest in sex and cravings. the first thing he said to me was that people with a history of eating disorders are not supposed to take wellbutrin because it increases the risk of seizures! so what do i do now? i really like the wellbutrin because it is helping with the obsession and thoughts of food.
he said he could'nt tell me what to do without meeting me first so i am going in on Friday. i am hoping that he can recommend something that will help with the depression and eating issues. i really don't want to go back to my old ways.
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Posted by kat1013 on 2007-12-11 12:50:59 | Rating: | Views: 180
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someone close to me had a seizure on wellbrutron. I do not want to scare you. It was a horrible experiece. But, it was the only thing that ever worked for me. I was on it for years, most of the time, I was curse free, it was the longest time without suffering from this thinking about food 24/7 in my entire adult life...but last spring, a new doc took me off it(the old doc died) everyone but the doc who died seemed to want to get me off wellbrutrin, (spelling?) and from last spring till today, I gained weight and have been very depressed and thinking about food all the time! I went to another doc last week who put me back on wellbrutron at a low dose while he takes me off of celexa, I hate celexa, I have had no sexual desire, feel blah, and have gained over 20 pounds and have suffered with a whole host of other side effects ever since the switch. If I could only turn back the clock to last spring, I would never have gone off it. This is what is so confusing. I used to be worried all the time about the side effects of wellbrutron I hate being on drugs, I hate worrying about running out etc, or if something ever happened to my doc, and guess what, this really healthy guy dropped dead, I would always say to him, what would happen to me if you retired?
I never thought hed die!
Back to wellbrutrin, I figured, if I was not on it, I would not be able to be a wife or a mother, so I would rather have quality time rather than quantity. Now, that might not be the best advice, but the way I feel today, I do not feel like this is really living anyway. There are so many better more important things to think about, than ice cream or hershey bars.
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Posted by bessy
on 2007-12-12 12:38:17
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I am a little bit scared about being on wellbutrin. I read and a psychiatrist I spoke with on the phone said that people with a history of eating disorders because it increases the risk of seizures. I am in the process of finding a therapist/psychiatrist so hopefully they can find something that will work for me if they want me to try something else. why did your docs want you to go off wellbutrin?
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Posted by kat1013
on 2007-12-12 16:00:40
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bessy, i tried looking at your blogs but it is set to private.
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Posted by kat1013
on 2007-12-12 16:05:11
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I have the info private but not the stories. It says that a bunch of people read them, so try again. My last one was called I flew over the cookoos nest, another one is called
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Posted by bessy
on 2007-12-16 22:07:52
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. I flew over the cookoos nest (2007-12-16 21:53:14)
2. I was the only one at my pity parties (2007-12-16 13:39:55)
3. Help, I cant stop eating (2007-12-14 21:23:55)
4. what is under that pretty rock (2007-12-12 11:45:45)
5. I never wanted to be like my mom but (2007-12-11 16:32:43)
6. eating disorders if you have them, you are not alo (2007-12-10 22:06:42)
7. Help, I'm drowning in stuff (2007-11-16 10:21:39)
this is it so far, Im writing to help you, please try again. put this info in the search window
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Posted by bessy
on 2007-12-16 22:09:47
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did you find me yet, let me know
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Posted by bessy
on 2007-12-17 15:13:29
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hey kat
where are you, how are you, let me know
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Posted by bessy
on 2007-12-28 19:58:31
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its been way way too long, are you still around
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Posted by bessy
on 2008-01-21 14:42:13
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