My mom wished me a Happy Birthday early this morning by texting me an awful AI birthday cake that she didn’t realize was missing an H. The candles said “Appy Birthday”
Then, at 9PM, my husband went to put candles on the cake he got to celebrate, just the two of us. He was bummed out to find that the “H” had fallen apart and wasn’t usable. My actual birthday cake tonight said “Appy Birthday” lol.
Won’t let me upload pictures. :(
I’ve been taking Bupropion XL on and off for 6 years with various manufacturers over time. Truly, I never really gave the manufacturer much thought, and am only realizing now that I am having issues just how many I’ve gone through. Still, it’s been life changing. (I remember feeling “wow, I forgot what it was like to be crazy” when I would forget to take it for two or more days.) It truly makes life feel possible and doable.
Anyway, I’ve been on a downward spiral for 2-3 months, progressively getting worse until I reached a breaking point and I finally said “It feels like I’m not even taking anything.” In my panic, I convinced myself that, for whatever reason, my pills were placebos or something was wrong with them. I thought that maybe my last 90 day supply had been a new manufacturer, but my pharmacist told me that I had been taking pills from that manufacturer (Rising Pharm) for a while. I still made the moves I needed to to get on pills from a new manufacturer (Granules), and just days later I feel infinitely better. I’m not miserable and exhausted all the time. I can get through the day without the heaviness of depression in my chest. I literally feel lighter. I tried to tell myself that it was the placebo effect of my utter desperation and excitement about the prospect of feeling better because of starting a new medication, but, at this point, it’s been almost a week, and I just feel it’s undeniable. This medication is working. Rising Pharm was just.. not.
Now I’m seeing online that this has been a recurring issue with Bupropion for years. This is brutal. I went from feeling lower than I’ve felt in YEARS (suicidal thoughts, panic episodes, constant crying) to having a switch flipped and the light turned back on inside me. It’s unreal. I thought I was losing my mind.
Anyone else experience this, or, has anyone else specifically taken Bupropion from Rising Pharm? I only started researching because my poor mom was experiencing the same things, and I realized it wasn’t just me. This is not okay.