depression to me has become very complicated in a way that when I think about how I felt before it doesnt even compare to how i feel when i miss a dose or two of my pills. its like once you start taking the meds your on it for life and to get rid of the sadness you cannot miss a dose. I thought the same thing about my meds that they werent working anymore but I also noticed I wasnt taking my second dose i would just forget. i would get to feeling better and wouldnt think i needed it anymore but then i would start all over with the serious depression and really thats exactly what your doing.
i take wellbutrin 300mg in the morning and 150mg at night and 3 days ago my doc added lamictal which i thought was weird b/c when i looked it up it is used for epilepsy and bi-polar which my doc assured me i did not have but she says that in recent studies it has been shown to improve major depression. she said wht i have is much like bi-polar but instead of getting the real highs i only get not even close to a little high and very fewer of them and my lows are much lower than that of a bi-polar. so instead of the fluctuating moods its more like a monatone of darkness. if you go to the lamictal site they have the same test on there that my doc asked me. go check it out.
if you have been taking these meds for a while and your feeling like this then it is time to see your doc a see about getting on something that will work for you. be careful though b/c when i first started meds they put me on paxil and that had reverse effects. they made me far worse and even so suicidal where as before i hadnt even thought of it. depression is a never ending battle and it urks me when someone that has no idea of the pain to just judge and look down upon you especially a loved one it is a disease that has just not gotten the attention and awarness out there to the people who have no idea and just think were crazy.
i am sorry iam babbling and totally off subject , so good luck and go take that test.
I've been on antidepressants, specifically Zoloft and Wellbutrin, for almost two years now. They seemed to have worked fairly well for me. While I have still struggled with depression, at least the heaviness and crying all time had improved. More recently though, due to certain stressors I have slipped back down into a deeper depression. So how does one know if the medication is still working. Although my current depression is pretty bad, it may be much worse without the medication? Or perhaps the medication isn't working as well as it used to. How does one tell which it is?
