Day 5 of 150mg SR - nothing
Hello,
I suffer from depression, anxiety and possibly adhd (in progress of diagnosis). I have 0 motivation, weeks where I feel like life is pointless, I can sleep for 14 hours a day (unless I drink like 5 coffees) etc. I can super concentrate for like 10-15 minutes and then I am tired for hours. I easily loose the focus. It came to the point that after work (mental work) I am so tired I am uncapable of watching a movie or reading a book as I cannot keep the focus. It was never so bad when it comes to the attention span / focusing.
I did take 2 SSRI's and 1 SNRI in the past. 1 SSRI I took for a year and it kinda helped me, but gave me so many side effects (that last up to this day and it was years ago) that I resigned from it.
Next was SNRI - so many side effects and didn't help at all. Next was another SSRI and I couldnt survive the first month, never had such awful side effect, I almost landed in hospital.
At that point I lost hope, I thought nothing will help me.
Then after some break I hit a very low point and went back to another doctor. Described the above. Got Wellburtin, was scared but really hopeful.
It is day 5, and I still sleep 14 hours a day and am sleepy all the time etc. I have no negative effects. But also no positive effects. Starting to think it might do nothing for me. Is it normal and might start working later? I always had at least negative effects at start, now zero.
Don't get me wrong - I promised myself to give it a full try so I will try for at least 2 months, but my hope is slowly dying. I do not want to live that way... I want my life - mainly my mental health - to be better so badly.