RainingRoses wrote:
I was medicated for anxiety and depression for a long, long time before being diagnosed with AS. None of the antidepressants -- including Wellbutrin -- did much, as I wasn't truly depressed in the need-medication sense (I don't think). When I decided to stop taking it, I cut my dosage in half for a week or two, and then stopped taking it altogether. If anything, I feel less depressed than when I was on it. But really, it was a total non-event for me, even though I'm normally very sensitive to medications of all kinds. Just didn't seem to do anything one way or the other. Could it be because I didn't need it in the first place? Dunno.
I was similar. My doctor prescribed it for me 7 years ago when I was first married and having serious issues. The only thing I noticed differently was the disappearance of my creativity. I had been going through a phase where I was constantly churning out ideas for children's books and writing all of the time. Once the Wellbutrin kicked in, the place I would go to in my head became a blank sheet of paper. I was tapped out of ideas. My husband and I later moved back to my beloved mountains in southwestern Virginia and I was able to wean myself off of the Wellbutrin will no problems. Occasionally I will think of a great book idea, but the energy to put into my writing is better spent on managing two little boys and a farm full of creatures.
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I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
George Washington Carver
22 Jun 2011, 9:57 pm
