Posted by amyw on August 20, 2000, at 8:49:19
In reply to Re: wellbutrin and prozac added today and college?, posted by jzp on August 18, 2000, at 20:05:37
Thanks for the feedback. He is going to the Univ. of Delaware which is only 85 miles away. His depression is not severe - his main problem now is occasional binge eating which he feels he can not control and the self-hatred afterwards. However, he has no friends here because of how bad his depression has been and there is tension between his step-dad and him so I feel that the stimulation at college may help the binge thing. It only happens when he is bored, anxious and alone.
I do realize the risks and I have left it up to him. However, even though he had a binge yesterday, he wants to go and is excited about it. He is trying the wellbutrin alone for a whiole again and thinks part of why it stopped working was a reaction to the hepatitis vaccine. I encouraged him to get counseling and support at shcool and I hope he iwll do it. He has become pretty dependent on me and I am hoping the independence will help.
Hopwever, realistically speaking, I know that this may be setting him up for failure.
His load of classes is not bad and he is majoring in exercise physiology which he is really intersted in.
All I can say is that all of this really started two years ago when he lost a lot of weight and it is as if he hasn't healed yet. His diagnosis has been eating disorder, depression, OCD, possible bipolar- they are never sure.
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