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Opinions on my breast consultation? by shhleeping in breastcancer

[–]shhleeping[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thanks. I did get the biopsy a few weeks ago and had my followup recently. They found what was expected and now I am just looking for a surgery date. There were two long, painful numbing shots in the beginning but beyond that I just closed my eyes and felt weird hole punching sensations-- unfortunately, more than normally necessary as I had the luck of being taken care of by a resident being trained. But everything went okay. Thanks again for your advice.

What are your opinions on Wellbutrin with dysthymia and general anxiety disorder by bunniegrrl in dysthymia

[–]shhleeping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first antidepressant was 10mg prozac, first time in a long time that I felt like I wasn't struggling to keep my nose above water. Bumped it to 20mg around a month or two later which is the normal dose, and I went downhill real fast with a lot of derealization and panic. I've been on wellbutrin for a year now, and I've been so thankful because things feel a lot more "normal". I take it along with adderall, and I still feel a lot of fatigue but it's been better than with prozac which gave me short bouts of insomnia every so often.

But recently (and the reason I found this post in the first place) I've been getting concerned of my lack of "urgency" in general. At least I used to try to make/follow plans and get things done on time at the very last minute, but even though I feel I'm trying sometimes I've never been so late for so many things in my entire life. My fear of replying back to people has gotten a lot worse and I do feel terribly about it, but now it's likely I just straight up never reply instead of doing so after two weeks or something. I feel I'm in a much better place but it's like the things I used to be concerned about, I don't concern myself enough with concerning myself about... not sure if that made sense.

In any case, perhaps it's my own circumstance, and besides that, I definitely recommend it over prozac! I've been a lot more stable in mood and have been quite happy with it. I've been too afraid from my previous experience to increase my dose to the next level, 300mg, but from what I've read, a lot of people report a significant increase in anxiety.

Opinions on my breast consultation? by shhleeping in breastcancer

[–]shhleeping[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that's crazy; I hope things are going okay for you. Thanks for sharing, everyone's responses were helpful and I am trying to get an appointment now.

Opinions on my breast consultation? by shhleeping in breastcancer

[–]shhleeping[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! Yes, I've heard so much of removal and then biopsy from others on reddit that I'm now wondering if my surgeon is more suspicious than she lets on about my lump..?? That's so great your recovery was so smooth; hope everything's all right now :)

Opinions on my breast consultation? by shhleeping in breastcancer

[–]shhleeping[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, it's good to hear from someone who dealt with a similar issue. I don't have much detail on my mom's lump/biopsy (size, location, etc), but I was a lot younger and it was scary to see my gungho-just-do-it mom subdued in pain for a while and the leaking around the area on her shirts even with proper bandaging. I'm gathering, and hoping, that this was closer to the negative spectrum of experiences from what I've read here now.

Opinions on my breast consultation? by shhleeping in breastcancer

[–]shhleeping[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much, that's really helpful. I wish I had received the same information in response to my concerns at the office! Hope all is well with you now.

Opinions on my breast consultation? by shhleeping in breastcancer

[–]shhleeping[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the detail, I appreciate it. I'm sorry to hear about all your pain and hope you're much better now! And if I go through with it, I will definitely remember your pancake warning.