Wellbutrin did evil things to my mind; severe anxiety attacks and a feeling of impending doom within a couple of hours of taking the first pill. I’ve never felt anything so mentally and emotionally terrifying. And although I only took it for a couple of days before I called the doctor’s office and told them that I was taking myself off it, I have never fully recovered from the effects. I can’t believe they actually prescribe that stuff as an anti-depressant. I wouldn’t wish the feelings it gave me on anyone.

The first and most definitive “decline” after my VBG was hair loss. Before the surgery, I had a mane of blonde hair which others actually envied. Now, I have near baldness on the top of my head.

When I had radiation for my little benign brain tumor, I suffered through a year of multiple areas of baldness… and gained an absolute hatred of hats. (Mainly because I never looked good in hats anyway.)

Another point of observance of vastly declining mental ability occurred when I was prescribed wellbutrin to stop smoking. OMG – immediately almost I was not able to concentrate, to the point I dropped out of several classes I was taking at the time.

Slowly, a lesser ability to concentrate led to my learning some programming abilities. That ability has dropped to the point that I can’t quite “get” the ability to italicize something in comments with html.

The surgery, the tumor, the radiation, aging, etc… who knows what causes what — but I’m not the person I was 10 years ago.

There’s really nothing I can do, except that the digestive problems are getting so bad now that I am thinking about a reversal, if possible.

It really sucks to not be able to eat much of anything without throwing up or feeling nauseous and still gain weight. A steak? Raw veggies? Forget it… they’re not going down.