#stillllllllll uhhh

[theloveinc]

Hi Catie,

I didn't want to put this in the replies of your post, but a DM seems too ~familiar~ so your ask box it is 😅

I've been on Wellbutrin (well, the generic version) for about three years now (?) for my persistent depression and general anxiety. It's treated me really well, but meds aren't necessarily one size fits all. It took me about a year and a half to find a dosage I was happy with - and even now I have to take an additional (super low dose) sedative to go to sleep.

As far as side effects, I mostly deal with just dry mouth which can escalate to a sore throat, but nothing major. I did recently find out that it very easily could be the reason why I have problems regulating my body temperature, so that's fun.

It's enabled me to go from barely functioning because of my depression, to mostly functioning despite my depression.

I'm not trying to sell you on it or anything, just ease your mind some. And I'm not a medical professional, so you should definitely discuss it with your doctor because your needs might have changed between when it was prescribed to you and now.

My ask box and DMs are open if you have any questions or just want to air out your thoughts before taking them to your doctor 😊

ahhh hello!!! sorry for sitting on this so long... i'm sure u already know i get kinda intimidated by long stuff, but i've totally been meaning to reply to this for DAYS!

(and askbox is perfect, thank u!!! tho we are Friends so i wouldn't have been mad wherever you left this tee hee <3)

BUT I APPRECIATE UR THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT SO MUCH! it sounds like it's been a pretty good match for u, which i'm happy to hear for both ur sake and mine. i'm laughing kinda cuz i sorta already suffer from dry mouth, but honestly it's great that the side effects have been so minimal for u.

to be honest tho this whole thing has been so crazy cuz i agree with u that meds are definitely different per person... but when i actually sent a message to my doctor about it... neither she nor the pharmacist gave me as much advice as u did, so ive been really happy to have this message since i've been scared asf lmfaooo.

(literally my email was like "i'd love to talk to u about the wellbutrin suggestion u gave me a couple months ago!" and she was like "OK i ordered for u" ..........i was like HUH?????? NO APPOINTMENT OR NOTHING???

and all the pharmacist told me was like "make sure to take it in the morning!" and i was like "that's it?" and she was like "yep :)" LMFAOOO)

eh ni whey... i just really wanted to thank u for this since it super aided in my decision making process. i even told my mom about some of the stuff u said (dry mouth, insomnia, dosage) and she was like "WOWW it was so nice someone sent u all that!!!" and i was like "yeahhh :')))" SO THABNK U!!!

today was also actually (just now really, 9 am SHARP) the first day i decided to take it............. so i'm sure you'll hear about how it goes soon.

love to u til then tho and tysm! <3<3<3