miracles of modern chemistry

[the_siobhan]

The ciprolex was working great for the brain weasels but it's upped my need for sleep to about 10 hours a night. I don't have time to sleep for 10 hours a night, so I've been feeling perpetually dragged out and prone to sleeping all day on the weekends.

So my shrink added a little Wellbutrin to the mix to see if that helps.

And it's weird. I expected side-effects, I get side-effects from every damn thing. The ciprolex made me really dizzy for weeks at a time. This isn't so much dizzy as feeling as if the entire world is tilted steeply to one side. I'm sitting here typing and half expecting the keyboard to start sliding across my desk.

It's like living on a boat.

You know, the only reason I can do this right now is because I finally have a job where I can work from home if I need to. I could never afford to take the amount of time off work I would need just to get past the stage of falling off the sidewalk.

Comments

[jo]

Jon takes a really low dose of ritalin most days. But even with that and usually 2-3 cups of coffee, he'll often still flake out on the couch for a couple of hours (or more) during the day.

[(Anonymous)]

Same with smoking cessation. I couldn't possibly have been working outside the home and succeeded. Hang in there. Glad to hear there's some momentum.

[nicklausse]

That was me - not logged in apparently.

[firecat]

Wellbutrin did weird things to my brain the first time I took it. I described it as being possessed by Philip K. Dick. The second time, it worked better.

[the_siobhan]

I gotta say, I love that description.