[Joannie]

Thanks for all of your responses. I too did great on the Celexa and then Lexapro. I was very reluctant to wean myself off of it but because I kept asking my doc about it, she thought I owed it to myself to try getting off. She said it would take about a month before I would know whether my body was producing the seratonin that I needed. I truly believe that there is some chemical imbalance. Now that I'm on Wellburtin, she said it would take about two weeks for it to begin to work. It has just been over two weeks. Maybe I'm just being impatient!

As far as seeking help with a mental health professional, I actually did that right after I finished chemo. Was the best thing I ever did. I began taking the anti-depressant while I was seeing him. I went to several appts. with him, probably over the course of 8 months. Time and money well spent. I wish that option would have been recommended to me during treatment!

I can honestly say, the everyday life crap that got to me on a day to day basis before cancer, didn't affect me after cancer. I thought it was just new perspective. I'm sure some of it was that, however, I now am convinced that the anti-depressent played a huge role in my overall ability to cope with all that I had been through. Most things I just let roll off my back but I don't seem to be able to do that right now. In the last two days, my chest has been tight, stress in my shoulers and back is getting worse and overall mood is just poor. My husband thinks I should call the doc and get back on Lexapro. I don't know what is worse, the bad moods or being overweight!