All of you who can take Wellbutrin are lucky. It's good for energy and can help you lose a few pounds, as well as work on depression.

I knew it wasn't working for me when I started flying into instantaneous rages and hysterical crying jags---I think it's what finally tipped me over into full-blown bipolar, along with a serious family crisis and the death of a close friend all at the same time. Not that I didn't have BP before, but it came roaring out of its hiding-place when this trifecta of misery sent my world spinning out of control.

The only real way (other than stopping them) to know if meds are doing what they're supposed to is compare how you feel now, versus how you felt when you started. This last year has been a real rollercoaster ride for me, and sometimes I wonder if all this stuff I'm taking is really doing me any good; but then, I look at where I was then and know absolutely that medication was the right choice for me.