Do you ever feel off balance?

Do you ever feel like you don't want to be where you are but you don't really know where you would rather be? I live in WY and we have more winter than anything and I really hate it but this is where I grew up and my family is here.  sometimes I feel like I just want to escape, get away and go somewhere, but I don't know where. Sometimes I wonder it that's normal or do I have some kind of inbalance. I am on wellutrin now and have only been on it for a month and it is helping with my anxiety and sadness but I just don't know sometimes... Just wondering if the way I feel is normal.

Hmmm. Yes, sometimes I do get wishful to be somewhere else, and I live in Hawaii! Go figure. I have a bit of gypsie in me, I guess. Some of what you are going through may be hormonal so unless it continues for a very long time, I'm guessing it will pass.

I can't tell you if it's normal, but I feel the same way. Aside from a few days around Christmas, I hate the winter. I have spoken with some other people about this, and the ones who enjoy winter most usually get involved in Winter sports, like skiing or snowmobiling. Is that an option for you? The ones who like Winter the least, I've found, are usually outdoor smokers. Catch someone out on their smoke break in the middle of the winter, and they will curse winter left and right.

I'm glad your medicine is helping you. It's not easy living with depression. I hope you get better.

I have a question about your welbutrin.  Is it the XL or just regular.  I was on welbutrin XL which is extended release form.  Our bodies do not absorb extended release very well because it flushes out of our systems before its all released.  I noticed a difference in my anxieties about 2.5 wks after wls. my dr changed me from the XL version to the regular form and instead of taking it 2x  a day, i take the regular 3x a day and possibly 4x a day till i feel on a more even keel.
talk to your dr about this if you are on the XL form.

My thoughts are with you,  I know how your feeling.

Leisa, I was on SR 100mg 2x a day for a month but I told my pcp that I dodn't feel quite right on it, so she switched me to regular 100mg 2x a day. She said she would adjust my dosage if needed. I am her first RNY patient and sometimes I am teaching her. lol That's ok as long as she listens to my feelings. I do have a feeling I might have to up the dosage though. How far apart do you take yours?

 @datorres  I take it 3x a day, so the middle day one i usually take with lunch depending on what time i eat.  My Psych dr has had othere wls patients, so it helps that she knows a little and also listens to what i say even before i had wls (3-19-12).  we may go up to 4x a day depending on how i feel. have only been on this 2 wks so far.  it took about 3-4 wks for me to tell that the XL wasnt working right. 
Its good that your pcp listens, thats what makes a whole lot of difference in better care.  Since wls i will be seeing my pcp more often just to check in  to check how my many other meds are doing and if they need to be decreased or if i need to be taken off them.  I take like 9 meds in the am & repeat some of them in the pm besides all my vits.  ugh!  I take em with my shakes, they go down easier that way.

Keep me posted on how your doing getting your meds regulated. 

WOW Hawaii! I would love to live there. I guess it is just something we go through, I hopeit passes soon. Thanks for all the support.

I SOOOOO want to live on Carolina Beach, NC.  Instead, I live in Minnesota, which used to have decent (I mean.... horrible) winters with lots of snow days, but now has horrible (dark and cold) winters with no snow days.   We do have water, but I like the ocean, not 10,000 lakes filled with zebra mussels.  

 i know exactly what you mean. i think that's why i've moved around for college. i started in new jersey, then went to chicago, and now i'm getting my masters in new york. i almost feel like i hate being in one place to long, i hate how stagnant it feels. that's why i prefer living in a city.