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hey guys i am new to this site coming from ireland! does anyone feel extremely stupid and incompetent during the winter!?

Can't send apm to see how you are feeling... hope you get this message PaulSt

I can't remember words..... or names of people or things.

I was feeling fine when I started taking antidepressants in mid-September. I wondered a.....................darn, I just boiled the custard over in the microwave!..................

I wondered about the wisdom of this and I know that some of you will hard to accept this type of prophylactic (is that the word?) treatment, but the reality of it is that on the anniversary of going off work last year, I was feeling pretty well OK. A bit tired, but generally OK.

I took a self assessment to check for current level of depression and score was on the absolute bottom level for moderate depression. I think this is because of all the extra sleeping, change in appetite etc etc. This time last year the doc did an assessment which put me at the bottom of the severe depression category. OK it wasn't the same test, but I would have thought that there must be something that can be read into it. I was also not able to cope with work and kept crying all over the place!

All I can say is that the treatment seems to be right for me at the moment, but only time will tell.

Hasn't anyone got anything better to do than make fun of you sunmagnet? that's a shame. Medication does take some time to kick in. If you aren't getting a therapeutic effect soon, it might be time to pay your doc a visit. Maybe he/she will recommend a higher dose (if you are getting some effect) or a different form of medication.

Let us know how you get on.

Hi Sunmagnet

Welcome to the forum. I was on prozac but found it didn't help me at all. In fact it made me a lot worse.

Wellbutrin isn't licenced in the UK either. There have been a lot of problems with it in the US so don't think they will licence it here.

I am the same as the other guys, forgetful, clumsy, can't remember how to spell and forget words for obvious things. I work in accounts and it's an absolute nightmare trying to concentrate in the winter.

Sounds great doesn't it.

My OH wants to emigrate to New Zealand but I can't leave my grandchilden...cry cry

why wont wellbutrin be licenced?? if i didnt take any antidepressants i wudnt be able to get out of bed! i need to start living again!poor emily dickinson!

Got a book on SAD at home. Talks about all the different antidepressant tablets. Now for the science bit - it says that 'Wellbutrin is thought to influence dopamine and norepinephrine.
Advantages of Wellbutrin are that it is energising and not associated with weight gain, sexual side effects, lethargy, or sedation. It may be helpful when lethargy and sluggishness are a prominent part of the picture. Side effects in the SAD studies included dry mouth, nausea, constipation, flatulence, and weight loss, which occurred in a small proportion of people. An uncommon but disturbing side effect is the occurence of seizures. Therefore, people with a history of seizures would be advised to avoid this drug'. - Winter Blues by Norman E Rosendale MD.

For the non-science bit - I bet its too expensive an option!!!
ME x

What a shame, with my terrible weight gain over the winter time, I reckon it would have been ideal .

Maybe I should start smoking in order to give up!! - just kidding.

ME x

sunmagnet
Do you use a light box?
MEx

My light box, my dawn simulator, prozac when I am especially low. But I do find that exercise is fantastic too. Not when you are travelling there, nor when Im doing it, but afterwards.
MEx

My lightbox and I have the most tremendous relationship. It promises to wake me up, I promise to take the kids to school. Once up and out, the gym is right next to the school car park. People grab me as I walk past, so there is no escape. I was once told that the times I didnt want to do exercise, were the times I would benefit more from it. I have always remembered it.

But you know, Spain sounds fantastic too, if I could only manage to get the energy to pack for the whole family and travel. We all seem to get the dodgy tummy, so I again spend more time inside looking after sick kids. Last time it was chicken pox too. What a holiday.

MEX