I’ve experienced this before especially when I was a teenager. I’ve experienced this when I’ve had a cigarette and I think this time had something to do with that.

I’m 24, I’ve been on Wellbutrin for about 2 1/2 weeks now. I like this medicine a lot I’ve taken it before and compared to all the other meds I’ve tried i feel the effects almost instantly.

The last few days I have felt considerably emotional, feeling the urge to cry quite a bit. If I’m close to starting my period this is normal but I stopped my recent one about 1 week ago. The holidays are always stressful but this feels more. 

Now the thing I experienced was essentially my brain shutting down. It felt impossible to think anything or control my thoughts. I cut a lot when I was in school but haven’t done it for years, I haven’t felt this way in a long time which normally triggers the cutting. I felt the urge to rip my hair out of my skull and shred my skin into ribbons. Those are the interpretation of my thoughts which, again were difficult to think.

I’ve had panic attacks before, but I’ve never really talked to anyone about this and it only just occurred to me to look into it. I feel very overwhelmed whenever it happens and it’s just frustrating to try to think straight and every sound overloads my brain. 

I plan to talk to my psychiatrist about this, I don’t think it’s from the medicine but just in case. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced something like this and has a word for it, or things they’ve done that helps bring you back to reality. 

If anyone has any coping methods I’m all ears, since I turned 18 it rarely happens but when t does it’s very discouraging and makes it hard for me think or feel well that day