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Female, 25, MN, member since Dec 2007
I'm autistic with the PDD NOS diagnosis. My fascination is into small things like insects and plants. Psychology and disorders also fascinate me. I use bits and pieces I learn from people to make up characters and write stories based on my characters. Besides making an...
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Trying on meds like clothes in Walmart: Wellbutrin
Dec 28, 2007 12:19AM
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Refer to my "what's it like to be autistic" to see my opinion of my psychiatrist...which isn't very high. Let's just say she seems genuinely clueless about autism which is a bad sign, but because psychiatrists are in short supply and my SSI hearing is coming up this January, I have to take what I get... We had to wait a whole season just to get our first appointment. (We scheduled around early spring and got our first appointment in September.)
Okay we tried Remeron. It helped my mood, but caused me to put on weight rather rapidly. I think it was bloating and water accumulation mostly. I was hungry... and trembling hungry... That wasn't much fun... But the good thing was I could be focused on the stuff that interested me and be rather productive. It was also supposed to make me feel tired at night and reduce my nocturnal nature. That worked only temporarily. I found if I am determined enough, I could stay up nearly all night if I was focused. We tried half a dose, but then my occasional bouts of uncontrolled crying seeped back in. Psychiatrist and I had to come to a conclusion: Remeron is not the med.
Being the choosy shopper I am, I asked, "Is there a med out there that does not cause me to gain weight that would help me?"
Now I am on Wellbutrin (Bupropion SR Tab 150 MG DEPR). I feel hyper and rather cheerful much of the time. I'm also slowly losing weight and not feeling the terrible hunger or extreme craving for chocolate that I had with Remeron. (I still crave chocolate but can limit myself a little better.) It seems like I'm having difficulty focusing on a task. I space off into daydreaming mode more often, which means wasted time. I'm also noticing constipation and cramping. I'm also back up all night way into the 4 am hours. (That’s nothing new. I was up that late and later without meds) It is too soon for me to say if I wish to switch meds yet... The main thing I like is not feeling depressed and crying over anything for an uncontrolled amount of time. Though I'm not sure if it is good for me to be grinning when I shouldn't be... It seems to happen whether I want to grin or not. I gather that's the hyperactivity? Or is it my true nature? As a child I would grin at the most inconvenient times and viewed as hyper by other people. It could be the depression masks that part of me. If I had a choice, I'd choose uncontrolled grinning over crying and pitty partying any day...so I'm not complaining there. But constipation and abdominal cramping can get rather annoying... I'm also thirsty all the time and drinking water. That's good, but it passes through me and doesn't seem to do much good. I'm also not getting good sleep. I'm too hyper at night and laughing about whatever, when I should be winding down and drifting off. I also deal with itching on just about every part of my body imaginable, which I'm not sure is dry skin or allergies.
Okay we tried Remeron. It helped my mood, but caused me to put on weight rather rapidly. I think it was bloating and water accumulation mostly. I was hungry... and trembling hungry... That wasn't much fun... But the good thing was I could be focused on the stuff that interested me and be rather productive. It was also supposed to make me feel tired at night and reduce my nocturnal nature. That worked only temporarily. I found if I am determined enough, I could stay up nearly all night if I was focused. We tried half a dose, but then my occasional bouts of uncontrolled crying seeped back in. Psychiatrist and I had to come to a conclusion: Remeron is not the med.
Being the choosy shopper I am, I asked, "Is there a med out there that does not cause me to gain weight that would help me?"
Now I am on Wellbutrin (Bupropion SR Tab 150 MG DEPR). I feel hyper and rather cheerful much of the time. I'm also slowly losing weight and not feeling the terrible hunger or extreme craving for chocolate that I had with Remeron. (I still crave chocolate but can limit myself a little better.) It seems like I'm having difficulty focusing on a task. I space off into daydreaming mode more often, which means wasted time. I'm also noticing constipation and cramping. I'm also back up all night way into the 4 am hours. (That’s nothing new. I was up that late and later without meds) It is too soon for me to say if I wish to switch meds yet... The main thing I like is not feeling depressed and crying over anything for an uncontrolled amount of time. Though I'm not sure if it is good for me to be grinning when I shouldn't be... It seems to happen whether I want to grin or not. I gather that's the hyperactivity? Or is it my true nature? As a child I would grin at the most inconvenient times and viewed as hyper by other people. It could be the depression masks that part of me. If I had a choice, I'd choose uncontrolled grinning over crying and pitty partying any day...so I'm not complaining there. But constipation and abdominal cramping can get rather annoying... I'm also thirsty all the time and drinking water. That's good, but it passes through me and doesn't seem to do much good. I'm also not getting good sleep. I'm too hyper at night and laughing about whatever, when I should be winding down and drifting off. I also deal with itching on just about every part of my body imaginable, which I'm not sure is dry skin or allergies.