# @maddyforberg on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXll01LORt - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13375292-maddyforberg-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/5e536da1e0.jpg - **Posted:** 2022-02-24T17:32:43.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Maddy Forberg (@maddyforberg) — https://gondola.cc/maddyforberg ## Caption 4 months back on antidepressants!🤩💊 TW: suicide 7 years ago I attempted suicide and turned my life around for the better. After recovering I foolishly told myself I would never need medication again. I was struggling with my depression again in the fall, and I felt like a failure. My coping skills weren’t working, and it felt like I had lost all of my growth. Even though I talk about it a lot, reaching that dark place again for myself made me feel like I was a liar, that I couldn’t talk about mental health if only from a healed placed, as if everyone was let down. I was scared. I didn’t want to be there again. I love my life, and I knew what this path could be like. I finally had the courage to tell my psychiatrist that I think I need antidepressants again. When bringing it up, I was concerned or: losing/gaining weight, loss of sex drive, feeling worse. I had tried a number of meds in the past and didn’t want any of those. So my doctor put my on Wellbutrin. I’ve been on WellyBooBoo (Wellbutrin lol) for 4 months now, and it has changed so much for me. I’m waking up happier, my baseline waking up is higher, my productivity is better. I recognize that meds cannot do it all, that one med can work for some time and then need to be switched, I understand that this is a life long journey with major depression that I’ve committed to. I can’t out read/self care/podcast/out lift my depression. Like any illness, you need multiple tools in your arsenal. Like any illness, mental health deserves no stigma for its treatment. Medication isn’t a weakness. I’m grateful for being brave enough to speak up ♥️ #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #depressionawareness #medication #wellbutrin #antidepressant ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 23,596 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 356 ## Tags mentalhealthawareness, medication, wellbutrin, antidepressant, depressionawareness, mentalhealth --- Copyright (c) Gondola