Hi Kinsey,
Well, so much has changed for me this past week! I have been in frequent contact with my gyn and she wants to try adjusting the hormones before trying another anti-depressant. We've been through 3 "plans" for hormones within the past 4 days! I'm so confused (and I imagine I have her confused also!). She is a fabulous gyn and is so willing to work with me to find the right balance (and she LISTENS to me and wants to know what my thoughts are on the meds!). We started out with "plan A", which was to continue with the Femring .05 and add Estratest (the higher dosage of combined estrogen & testosterone) and add Prometrium 200mg. This plan would have basically tripled my estrogen intake and added testosterone, which I haven't had yet. Her thought was to increase the estrogen, which would help to decrease the anxiety.

Well, I've done my research and the presented a "plan B" to her: reduce the Estrotest to half strength (too much estrogen and the added testosterone frightened me!), add the Prometrium and continue with the Femring .05.

Well, after many e-mails back & forth today and one phone conversation, we came up with plan "c": NOT use the Estratest; boost the Femring to 0.1 dosage and use the Prometrium 200mg. This plan basically doubles the estrogen I am currently taking. The first plan would've tripled it right away (almost too much at once).

What a confusing jungle!! Talk about information overload!
The good news......I'm weaned off of the Wellbutrin and managed to have nothing more than a headache! I'm hoping that when I finally achieve hormonal balance, I won't be needing to take any anti-depressants. One can only hope!

Tomorrow, I have my appointment with the Global Nutritionist. She is very excited about helping me on my quest for better health!
You can find one in your area by doing a yahoo search for: Holistic Network.
There is a place where you can enter your state/zip and see if there is one in your area.
I'll let you know how I make out tomorrow!

Hey Kinsey, I wondered if you would venture back here. Well - I went back up to the full dose of WB today. I had felt like screaming and crying this week (on just one) so I said to heck with that and took the second one today and feel MUCH better. The gals on the menopause board asked me why I was trying to wean off of it and I asked myself that question, and i really didn't know the answer. I guess I just wanted to see if I could do without it, but I know that at this time, I really need it. How are you doing on the WB withdrawal?

Hubby is trying to quit smoking and I get mad at him when I see him smoking, that just lights my fuse. I know it's hard to quit, but I quit a year ago and haven't really wanted one since then and they taste nasty to me now. Of course, I didn't smoke nearly as much as he did either!

Roz, the whole hormone thing sounds way to complicated to me. That's the reason I refused to take hormones. I am in menopause now, so other than hot flashes, I am pretty much ok now. I just reached my one year mark last month. :bouncing: I have a good friend at work that is always messing with her hormones and I think that's what turned me against them. I believe she is on Estratest and Prometrium.

Well - thats my 2 cents for the night!