It's Official!
It's Official!
#0It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:47pm
I went to the doctor today because I have not been feeling "normal" for about a year and I got tired of it. I would cry for no reason, sleep all the time, feel like I will never be happy, etc. Well, I was officially diagnosed with depression and started Welbutron (sp?) today, so hopefully I will get back to feeling like my old self again pretty soon.
So, now that I am officially diagnosed with depression . . . I am a real artist now? 
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#1re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:51pm
of course! Welcome to the club lol
and congrats?
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#2re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:51pm
good luck w/ the welbutron
never worked for me, though it was one of 5 types of drugs that didn't work.
THat's what ya get fopr being Depressed, Bi-Polar, OCD AND have Post Traumatic stress whatever its called
it seems anyone who is involved in theater is messed up somehow.... yeah for us
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
~Cymbeline
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#3re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:58pm
Sweet!
Congrats!
Yes, you are now officially a true artist
#4re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 6:16pmwellbutrin works for me, hopefully it will help you.
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 6:38pm
I have a big case of it.
Maybe the neurologist will start to unravel my puzzle which would go a long way to relieving mine tomorrow
Poster Emeritus
#6re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:15pm
hope it works for you.
i've been in and out of therapy since i was about 7 or 8... i'm kind of screwed up.
i was on welbutrin once. i dont remember anything bad happening with it. i've had allergic reactions to other drugs but not that one.
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Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#7re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:18pm
i've been in and out of therapy since i was about 7 or 8... i'm kind of screwed up.
don't feel weird...I have too.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#8re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:27pm
I went on Zoloft in my 30's for a year or two - I finally felt normal, for the first time in memory. Congratulations - even if the Wellbutrin doesn't work perfectly, they'll find something that will, and you won't believe the difference.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#9re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:46pm
I think it would be easier if you just came out of the closet!
Just kidding. I hope it works for you!
PEACE.
#10re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:50pm
Hey Sueleen..leave my "straight" boyfriend alone.....you'll be fine honey..you know I'm always here for you. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
actorgal
Chorus Member Joined: 12/26/05
#11re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 9:50pm
Welcome to the club!
I mean, you tell me, who would you rather meet in a dark alley? Whatever's out there, or that geezer with his four hundred knives? I mean, who packs four hundred knives? Personally, I only have space for two hundred, three hundred at most.
mrs felciano
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/06
#12re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:16pmGood luck. Welbutrin made me more depressed and very angry. I had to be rushed by ambulance. Sigh. I've tried like 7 so far and nothing has really worked. Now THATS depressing. I'm beginning to lose hope!
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#13re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:21pm
THat's what ya get fopr being Depressed, Bi-Polar, OCD AND have Post Traumatic stress whatever its called
Are you my long long twin?
No, really. I'm serious. That's scary. That's exactly what I've been diagnosed with.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#14re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:22pmreally?
Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
~Cymbeline
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#15re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:24pm
Yea!
I don't know whether to give you a high five or cry....
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
mrs felciano
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/06
#16re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:26pm
I'm glad this was brought up. My friends are all very happy people. I had a very bad relationship and thats when the depression started, and I was dealing with my mom battling cancer. I don't feel that I can talk about it with my friends because I feel embarrased. It's cool to know I'm not the only one out there..even though the cheesy commercials tell me that everyday.
Aw. Group Hug!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#17re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:29pmDo not look at the Hairspray pictures on the main board. It will mess you up. Big Time!
PEACE.
Dabadoll
Featured Actor Joined: 9/9/04
#18re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/1/06 at 10:56pmSomewhere Tom Cruise is bleeding from every orifice on his body…but that’s a different story.
Women should be obscene and not heard.
~Groucho Marx
Nepotism is only unfair when it helps other people.
Nepotism is only unfair when it helps other people.
mrs felciano
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/06
#19re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:00amLMAO. Tom Cruise. Oh wow. That was brilliant. Thank you :)
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#20re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:17amSpider, you saw your PCP once and you received a prescription? Did your doctor recommend a therapist? If you have problems, a pill alone is not going to make you happy! I wish you the best!
#21re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:52amtherapy may be helpful if you feel it is necessary but only a drug can correct the chemical imbalance in your brain if you have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#22re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/2/06 at 1:12amGood point, lwyr. I missed that little detail. Spider, you went to your Doctor today and on that one visit alone he prescribed anti-depressants? If that is true, which I find very unlikely, I would switch Doctor's immediately and get a second opinion. It's nothing to mess around with.
PEACE.
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#23re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/2/06 at 1:38am
welbutrin is scarey stuff.
When i was first diagnosed that's what they put me on and it made me completely emotionally numb, as in I felt NOTHING, literally. I said "**** this" and stopped taking it cause feeling like **** is better than not feeling.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
Updated On: 8/2/06 at 01:38 AM
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#24re: It's Official!
Posted: 8/2/06 at 1:42am
If that is true, which I find very unlikely, I would switch Doctor's immediately and get a second opinion
An old roommate of mine went into his MD one day complaining of fatigue and walked out with a a prescription for two different anti-depressants. Now he's skittish and pill-dependent when he was formerly just whiny.
I took Wellbutrin to quit smoking a few years back and I had to go off it, because it made me want to commit suicide.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
Updated On: 8/2/06 at 01:42 AM
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