Re: speaking as someone who's been therekshandraJanuary 17 2009, 06:51:26 UTC
I trust that you already know this intellectually, but hopefully some reinforcement will help it register with the emotions: If the first pill doesn't work, please, for love of fish, don't give up. It took us several attempts before finding the right combination of medications, formulations*, and dosages to make me functional again.
And as far as having "no damned reason for it," I respectfully, but emphatically, disagree. Your wife is critically, chronically ill. Your eldest daughter is within weeks of moving away from home for the first time. You're in a volatile industry (admittedly, in one of the more stable niches, but still) in a highly volatile financial era. Any two of those would be plenty of reason.
And I hope you'll continue the talk therapy portion, as well. Even if the meds work, it can make all the difference in the world to have a truly neutral party for a sounding board. Of course, still keep talking to your friends, and to Colleen - but our viewpoints are colored by our various and sundry histories with you and yours.
* Wellbutrin SR (the extended-release formula) works wonderfully for me; standard bupropion was of no use. I've never tried the XL (once-daily) formulation.
Re: speaking as someone who's been theremdlbearJanuary 17 2009, 15:12:31 UTC
I can't very well continue the talk therapy until after I've started it, but that's the plan. Even if drugs help the depression, I have enough other things going on that I need some pretty intensive (re)training.
In both cases the need to search, perhaps for years, for the right drug/person is frustrating.
And as far as having "no damned reason for it," I respectfully, but emphatically, disagree. Your wife is critically, chronically ill. Your eldest daughter is within weeks of moving away from home for the first time. You're in a volatile industry (admittedly, in one of the more stable niches, but still) in a highly volatile financial era. Any two of those would be plenty of reason.
And I hope you'll continue the talk therapy portion, as well. Even if the meds work, it can make all the difference in the world to have a truly neutral party for a sounding board. Of course, still keep talking to your friends, and to Colleen - but our viewpoints are colored by our various and sundry histories with you and yours.
* Wellbutrin SR (the extended-release formula) works wonderfully for me; standard bupropion was of no use. I've never tried the XL (once-daily) formulation.
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In both cases the need to search, perhaps for years, for the right drug/person is frustrating.
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