on a wellbutrin/dexedrine/effexor combo, my dh is finally making progress ... he's been on dexedrine for about 10 days now, and that plus the wellbutrin have combined to make him more alert and energetic, meanwhile more able to "sort things out" ... as some of you know, he's been out of work since july (the hi-tech meltdown) and his symptoms have been getting worse ...
well, he finally submitted his resume today to a resume writer, she came back with some good suggestions, and he's meeting her on monday to discuss his resume (and spend $250), but he never would have admitted that his resume wasn't up to scratch -- ever ... he's more mellow, less anxious, more fun ... and i hope it works out ...
i can't find the post (i've searched and searched) that told me a few days ago that a wellbutrin/dexedrine combo would work, but thankyou, whoever you are ...
Yay JB! I hope everything works out for the best for you and your dh. It sounds like he's finally on the right track. I've never heard of that combination before but hey-- never knock progress!
Barb
no, the side effects have not gone away, so i suggested, with fear in my heart, that he only take 1/2 his evening pill ... and all hell broke loose ...
i went to him with a complaint, and that now i'm aware that i seem "all teeth and claws" to him so i tried not to be, he snapped at me and was rude, and i felt abandoned yet again -- he can be so hurtful! this lasted for about 4 hours, until he finally apologized ... but he thinks everything's all right again you see, when i've been so hurt by him ... year after year ...
our counsellor said this might happen, but also assured us that with the new tools we have (learning how each other feels, basically), that it might be ok ... it wasn't ... i tried to draw back and say "do you hear what you're saying? listen to how you sound!" ...
he's taken a whole one tonite (bosmom: someone made a post to me and suggested wellbutrin/dexadrine, that he [the guy who posted] was better on it, and since the dh was already on wellbutrin/effexor -- also a treatment for ADD but quite useless as far as i'm concerned -- we went for the dexedrine too, and reduced the effexor to as low as he can stand), so i hope all goes better ... he suspects i'm going to leave him sometime -- hell, i said it! -- so knows how serious this is ...
still, i find it humiliating to have to reach out to touch him, ask him to hold me (not even in that way) ...
so i hope it's better tomorrow, and i'll forget about this blip (except it's not one, to me) ...
i finally think i have my husband back ... 
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--Andrew Jackson
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