I was really depressed after my TBI a year ago. I was already on Wellbutrin because I was bipolar. They took me off of it and I looked for another antidepressant but none clicked with me so I just stepped back from them to do some research and try to find one I would like. I wasn't a fan of SSRIs but that seemed to be all that they would prescribe me because I was seizure prone.

After I stopped taking all of the antidepressants I realized that I actually wasn't feeling depressed at all. In fact, since my head injury I have actually been able to stop taking the majority of my medications. The skull fracture and TBI seems to have fixed my chronic lower back pain for which I took a lot of different meds and also my bipolar seems to be gone. I went from 12+ meds to 2 meds. Tapazole for Graves disease and Topamax for seizures...that is pretty much it!