cskrone
07-20-2010, 05:08 PM
Hello All -
I am a 26 year old fashion photographer living in New York. During the past 6 months, I joined a big photo agency and my career is taking off and I'm shooting things I never thought I'd be shooting.
BUT, during this time, I've been in the deepest depression I've ever dealt with. I've had social anxiety for as long as I can remember and Paxil alleviated it 100% for a number of years and stopped working. I tried 2 years off meds and was 50/50 but, once my career started taking off, I now have very important meetings etc and I find myself overwhelmed 24/7 and constantly thinking dark thoughts and feel awful! I have been getting lightheaded/dizzy/feel disconnected and feel very angry all the time. This has been going on for 6 months and has gotten worse the past 3 months.
My doctor prescribed Wellbutrin 100mg day and I've been on it 13 days but no abatement in depression. I know it takes 4-6 weeks to kick in AND that it can get worse before it gets better, but I feel so utterly hopeless about this medicine curing my social anxiety. If it cures depression, I know that anxiety is interconnected and that it can go away when depression goes away, but I'm still skeptical.
I'm around these beautiful girls all the time and can speak to them on set but it saddens me because I know that off set I'm super shy and depressed and I'm scared.
Please let me know your thoughts with Wellbutrin as an anti depressant and an anti anxiety.
Thanks! :unsure:
I am a 26 year old fashion photographer living in New York. During the past 6 months, I joined a big photo agency and my career is taking off and I'm shooting things I never thought I'd be shooting.
BUT, during this time, I've been in the deepest depression I've ever dealt with. I've had social anxiety for as long as I can remember and Paxil alleviated it 100% for a number of years and stopped working. I tried 2 years off meds and was 50/50 but, once my career started taking off, I now have very important meetings etc and I find myself overwhelmed 24/7 and constantly thinking dark thoughts and feel awful! I have been getting lightheaded/dizzy/feel disconnected and feel very angry all the time. This has been going on for 6 months and has gotten worse the past 3 months.
My doctor prescribed Wellbutrin 100mg day and I've been on it 13 days but no abatement in depression. I know it takes 4-6 weeks to kick in AND that it can get worse before it gets better, but I feel so utterly hopeless about this medicine curing my social anxiety. If it cures depression, I know that anxiety is interconnected and that it can go away when depression goes away, but I'm still skeptical.
I'm around these beautiful girls all the time and can speak to them on set but it saddens me because I know that off set I'm super shy and depressed and I'm scared.
Please let me know your thoughts with Wellbutrin as an anti depressant and an anti anxiety.
Thanks! :unsure: