Posted by bulldog2 on April 25, 2008, at 16:22:09
In reply to Re: AD's and Prolactin levels (breasts enlarging!), posted by bleauberry on April 23, 2008, at 19:46:50
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> > I think I will cut back on the wellbutrin and see if they shrink a little. I will also look up the long term health effects. Wellbutrin has made me feel better than any other med i have taken but oh well, my health comes first!
> > THanks again!
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> If you don't feel better, all the good health in the world is useless. Besides, feeling badly indicates that something is wrong. Depression is more than a mind disease, it affects the entire body in a negative stressful anti-healthy way. In my opinion, someone with zero depression but some health problems is in a lot better shape and will probably live a lot longer than someone who has depression but perfect health.
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> It might make sense to stay on Wellbutrin and have a blood draw done to check your prolactin level before doing anything else.
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>I agree we have to stop differentiating between mental illness and other illness. Untreated mental illness can wreak havoc on your body. They've done cat scans on depressives who show brain shrinkage.There are drugs that lower prolactin and can be used to lower prolactin.
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