2 years and it is still amazing.. 150 SR is perfect for me... The ER was way too much... I have a great diet and stay on schedule... I work out daily.. This is a must... I'm going on 55 and wellbutrin saved my life.
I just started Wellbutrin last week and looking forward to this journey. My energy levels have been great and I’m already getting less brain fog. But at same time, I started prepping myself to make changes other than the meds. I disconnected from social media which I will do for awhile, no dating, more gym time and I’m hitting the vitamin supplements and eating better. I just turned 40 and was extremely resistant to medication and just tried therapy hoping I could do all this on my own and “fix it” but finally realized I’ve had years and years of issues that require medication to get to a better place. Thank you for these videos. They are really helping me educate myself.
Probably 300 or even 450mg? I just started 150mg XL, but my doc reduced my Vyvanse dose from 70mg to only 30mg, to not get "overhyped"... I'm on day 5 and so far only have negative effects, tired/no energy/can't concentrate. Wellbutrin feels nothing like a stimulant to me, I could sleep on this drug without problems!
Wellbutrin was amaze-balls for me in the first month. It shot me out of depression and blew out the shadows from my brain like a hurricane. Didn't make me euphoric or happy - my life circumstances didn't change, but now I could handle them. My mental energy turned around from 20% of the day to 100%. Sleep was a deep restful 7-8 hours, and that has been that way since I started. Experienced 0 side effects like tinnitus, sensitivity to light or a shorter fuse (anger). Wellbutrin's effects started to taper off in the 3rd month. Now in month 8, I have a new baseline of mood and mental acuity. Not as crazy-high as month 1, but still much much better than pre-Wellbutrin. Complementing Wellbutrin with exercise, nutrition and TMG/Curcumin/Vitamin B/magnesium/Omega 3 supplements. No caffeine after 1 pm.
Your examples were excellent. Symptoms do happen unfortunately for most people and usually subside. I had vivid dreams for a week. Agitation for two weeks. Chest pain for two weeks. It helped my sleep tremendously! With my depression, i was waking at 9/10 am. Now I'm waking at 5/6am. I lost 10 lbs in my first month then it tapered. I believe the weight loss was due to being more active. And yes, Wellbutrin made me want it in the bed EVERY NIGHT
@@judeherbert6878yeah, I’m pretty sure she’s referring to an increased sex-drive. I am usually a person who is not very sexual, I have even questioned if I’m asexual at times…I’ve been on Wellbutrin for almost 3 weeks and all of a sudden I have a crazy sex drive. You’re just way more h0rny hahahah
After 4 years in Wellbutrin the doctor switched me to another drug and I got sick of the side effects ,I told him I’d rather put up with Wellbutrin side effects .Wish you the best,you’re a beautiful person ,I have a lot to share as well ,I wish I could help other people
I’m a 60 year old male with depression and ADHD. Wellbutrin (300XL) has been a game changer for me. I have more energy, focus, sex drive and, thank goodness, happiness. Eight weeks of Zoloft was hell for me, so now I’m on a taper dose but I may choose to stay at 25mg, nonetheless. Each person responds differently to different meds.
@@Tendomcgoobin it's definitely helped thanks. Considering going higher. I'm using it in conjunction with Vyvanse for ADHD so might adjust that one too. Overall a definite improvement. The past couple weeks I've felt a bit of a backslide mood wise, but still far better than without it.
@@ryanofottawa How has it been with increasing executive function? I'm about to start this medication and I'm curious if it's helped anyone else not be as lazy.
@@RustyPancake53 It's definitely improved, but it's not perfect. I'm wondering whether I should move up to 300 at some point, but I'm titrating up my Vyvanse first. It might depend a lot on what is making you lazy. For me it's helped me take care of things a little bit better for sure. I'm still low energy at times and I still struggle with controlling my focus.
Thanks for your video, Keita. I was prescribed effexor after a significant stress-induced nervous breakdown. Had been on it for almost a decade but generally felt "mentally nauseous". Added WELLBUTRIN last year, and for the first 3 days I felt wonderfully NORMAL again... enthusiastic and motivated, and not in a manic way. It was glorious. On day 4, it was gone, and I returned to feeling tired and unmotivated. Doubled the dose after a few months, and so far all I can report is that I generally now feel "whimsically indifferent" or "politely apathetic". I don't feel the dark cloud anymore, but I really have to push myself to get anything done. No anger or edgieness or irritability. I do feel the dry mouth, and I hadn't made the connection, but it might explain why my childhood facial tic is back.
I take Wellbutrin for ADHD and it has helped me with focus and detachment from emotions, so I’m not as impulsive. I do have sensitivity to light and muscle spasms and jerks. I also sometimes have pressure in my left eye. I have found taking a multivitamin and extra potassium to counteract some of those issues to be helpful. It has helped me to feel more rested and it’s has heightened my sexual desire and reaction. For me the side affects don’t outweigh the benefits. Oh also, it decrease my appetite a little and has helped stop my desire to smoke and drink alcohol so yeah it works for me.
It has helped me with the emotional side of things, but not the ability to focus/control my attention. I also feel more rested/less sluggish in the morning on it. But i feel more gross at night, which is a bit annoying because im usually a nighttime person so I am used to delaying most of my cognitively demanding activities until the afternoon/evening, at which point I feel the least capable being mentally active now. I am also generally sensitive to anything that induces spasm. Things like diphenhydramine (benedryl) i have to take very cautiously because even slightly more than my theraputic dosage triggers rls type symptoms and completely overtakes the calming effects i use it for to get to sleep. And of course i cannot even take that at all now on welbutrin. Maybe i could take an extremely low dose, but it already persists in my system well beyond the nominal duration of effect, and I think welbutrin also interferes with the enzymatic breakdown of it so the effects are even stronger and persist even longer while on welbutrin. I wasn't aware that it interacted with diphenhydramine until i experienced it first hand. I could feel the diphenhydramine lingering for 2 or 3 days after just 1 25mg dose. Not fun.
I definitely felt the Wellbutrin honeymoon. I've never had so much energy and focus. I couldn't believe how focused I was. I could sit and read without scanning. Sadly, it didn't last more than two weeks. I'm still better than I was, but my ADHD is back. But, my impulsiveness aggitation have gone away. That's a great thing. I don't spend money impulsively like I used to and have become a saver instead of being a spender.
Thank you for this video! I don't really have anyone to talk to at the moment and your video really helped me to keep going and gave me hope that the current side effects will get better
I'm also on Wellbutrin. I appreciate her candid video but really everyone is going to experience the antidepressant side effects differently. Mine was severe fatigue!!
I completely agree and even have mentioned it that everyone will have their own unique situation with side effects. I think we should all still share our experiences so that people don’t feel alone and are at least somewhat informed what to pay attention to when they are going through this.
Your comment about anger and rage is very interesting. I have never taken an antidepressant, but I have done other modalities for mental health issues, including talk therapy, meditation, deep conscious breathing, neurofeedback, etc. All of those things have always led to feelings of rage afterwards. I did a neurofeedback session once and came home and took a baseball bat and destroyed my matress and bed. Then I quit neurofeedback lol. Sometimes when I meditate for more than 20 minutes I sometimes make loud angry noises and my face becomes really stiff and angry/mean looking. It just happens--I don't force it. I think one of the root causes of mental health issues (and somatic physical pain) is repressed unresolved anger/rage. I think we all need to face our own unconscious rage at some point. For me the rage eventually has reduced the more I was able to face it. Running from your rage does not help, but also joining your rage and becoming angrier doesn't help. Spiritual teachers say you need to tend to your rage like it is an angry baby. You do it with love and compassion, completely nonjudgmentally. Anyway, I believe you are totally correct that you have to accept your anger, not think it is a problem with the medication. Your mind is opening up. Bottled up emotions are coming to the surface for integration. It sounds like the medication is helping you work through all of that.
You are spot on. The more I looked into what I was so angry about, the more everything about my mental states made sense, and eventually my anger disappeared.
There is an evil spirit latched onto you. Or your have some pastlife aggression that will require you to be hypnotized. I suggest going to your nearest crystal shop and find some grounding crystals. etsy would be a great alternative if you can find a store near you. smokey quartz, auralite-23, moldavite, golden lemurian seed quartz, black tourmaline
Thank u for sharing your story! I truly believe you will help many people who are struggling with depression. I admire your courage and willingness to share your struggles. I pray you find healing and peace 🫶🏻
Thank you so much for this video ❤ You can't even imagine how it can help someone in the same situation as I am now. Wish you all the best and hope that everyone will find his own way to better life without depression.
Its so interesting how different everyone is when it comes to medication. I've recently started Welbutrin and it has sapped all of my energy and focus. I feel like i could fall asleep at any time, or zone out on the couch for hours without any thoughts in my head. I'm hopeful that these feelings will go away, because Im normally a pretty energetic person
Thank you for sharing your experience so far with Wellbutrin. I started almost two weeks ago because Zoloft after a couple of months made me feel almost neutral about everything, even good things which I wasn't a fan of. I'm also taking Adderall for ADHD so being sexual was almost non-existent with Zoloft and Adderall. So I'm hoping that Wellbutrin will counter those negative effects of Adderall where Zoloft only added to them.
Does Adderall negatively affect your sex life? It just might be the Zoloft. Adderall helped me with sex in the sense that my mind isn’t wandering during it lol.
Thank you for sharing. For me it is planed to change my current medication to bupropion in February. Your videos help me a lot to get over my fear. my father was already depressed and i adapted very much as a child. I suppressed all my emotions so that I wouldn't cause trouble when my father sat at the dinner table and covered his face. I just feel fury and anger deep inside me, which is still there. that's why I was always the good boy who helped everyone. if this pent-up decades-old rage is released in a short time through bupropion, that is certainly very healing for me, but probably hell on earth for those close to me. With your video I can better prepare myself and my loved ones for it. Thanks very much! How did you express your anger? Kind regards from Germany
I hope medication is going to work out for you, and surely let me know how it goes if you want to because maybe smth will be different, you never know. As for anger - I spoke my mind when things irritated me (even raising my voice), I did not apologize to people or about situations if it wasn’t my fault. My anger gave me more strength to respect myself and be unapologetic about who I am. Sometimes I threw things around but those were usually things that could not break, like clothes or pillows. I didn’t hold the anger in. My friend who studies psychology suggested that screaming in a pillow is a very effective way and I tried that too when I was really really angry. It helps a lot but also makes you cry uncontrollably for a while. I think singing in full voice if you can could help release the energy. Also when I had mild irritations I just wrote everything down, every single detail on a paper to let it out and then forgot about it. It also helps a lot if you have someone with you who knows what you are going through, and they are not frustrated with your emotions but listen to your angry ramblings instead. That makes you feel like your anger is validated. Also you really gotta think and pinpoint what is the exact reason for your anger and who or what you are angry at. Helps to deal with resolving it internally. And then the last is I guess you gotta work on forgiving - first of all yourself - that this happened to you, that you couldn’t protect yourself, that you let this happen, or that you didn’t know any better at the time, or that you were forced to sacrifice and supress and nobody noticed, you know, everything that applies to you. And then you can move on to forgiving others. I hope this helps and I guess I have to make separate video about the anger issue :) I will let you know here if I do
@@Keita_thecyankat Thank you for your answer and your great advices. I will see how bupropion works with me. Hopefully good as I am quite low in energy and very unmotivated, especially at work. I will try out all your advices and share my experiences. You should study psychology as well :-)
@@Keita_thecyankat Currently on Wellbutrin for my ADHD and depression and this comment of yours... Reading it alone made me release a ton of childhood difficulties. I know it is probably the medicine making me feel that but I never thought I'd ever feel at peace with this trauma
Took this for 3 years and quit about 9 months ago.. I found it was like riding a wave, I had days of extreme (unnatural) joy but then followed by days of equal depression... I also had twitchy muscles at times, like I would find myself flexing a muscle over and over almost like a nervous twitch or something.. all these symptoms went away about month after quitting
yeah i think i might be in a similar situation. I figured that it being extended release would limit this, but it doesn't feel like it does. It is possibly aggravating it i guess because things like impulse to contract muscles is so ever present that its wearing me down.
Bupropion is great for me! I can’t believe how energized I am. Yesterday was my first day, Bupropion worked immediately. I mean the first day right away. How my body responded to the meds was instantly more energy, my mood was better ( uplifted), no urge of wanting to eat, I never felt hungry at all. I made myself eat two meal. Which was fine until I went for a evening snack a vomit everything up. I was very nauseous, I couldn’t stop myself from vomiting. Also I slept like a baby. The last few weeks barely any sleep. My only concern is the loss of appetite. It seems I have to remember to eat. Also the dry mouth is real. I just drink plenty of water. I hope my body adjust this meds in due time because I’m loving it.
Thanks for sharing. I’m just starting on bupropion today and it sounds like your issues were similar to mine. My main problem is lack of energy which makes me sleep too much, struggle to wake up and have no motivation during the day. My sexual interest is also quite low normally so would be great if this helps with that. This video made me hopeful! I really hope that it will work for me as well!
Thank you for saying that because I experience taking Wellbutrin and filming something right away to any other psych meds that I ever been on that was the first medication that I started to feel different things on until I got to a place where I was okay
Omg the anger. I’m 4 months in and I lose my temper a lot. Like, everyday something sets me off. I’m such a non-confrontational person, it is bizarre, but I do think it’s all repressed.
After watching your video, i started wellbutrin from today with zoloft which i am taking for almost 7 years.I am really hopeful for the best result of these tow antidepressants combination.
2 weeks on it and I'm dizzy, have headaches, have ringing in the ears. I am less depressed but still have lows. If these side effects don't stop I won't be able to continue
Hi Keita, thanks for the video. I have had alot of sleeping problems in the past. Namely problems with getting to sleep on time ( instead of very very late) and waking up in the morning (its called DSPD or DSPS). I had it for 15 years and solved it recently while supplementing with NAC or N-Acytel-Cysteine, which is just a simple amino acid, it can be bought in any health store or pharmacy without prescription. This has honestly changed my life, had to take it for a few weeks before all settled and i slept as normal. Maybe it helps... take care and be well.
@@Keita_thecyankat I hope it will help you! And cure you of this. And I hope Wellbutin will work for me. Thanks for sharing. Be well Greetz from Holland
I ended up with Parkinson-like symptoms. Stuttering, unable to walk, finally I developed hydrocephalus. Very small percentage of users develop severe symptoms. Best of luck to you. ❤
@@lizzierrussell No, not completely. It comes and goes, and resulted in a swelling of my ventricles. Hydrocephalus. I am struggling with a bad bout at the present time. I’ve been posting shorts of where I am at present. I wish you well. 💞
@@TinthiaClemant That news makes me unsure about continuing my treatment on Wellbutrin. It does make my ADHD manageable but if it can cause these issues would I not be better not taking it?
The stuff sucks. It's a horrible feeling. More agitated, no patience at all , more depressed than ever. I threw them out. They even ruined my taste buds. I couldn't taste my food. And the everyday feeling was horrible.
I started watching your video playlist from the bottom up. So far you are right on about everything . This is only one week of my meds and hoping I'll get my energy back one day soon. Thanks again. 😊
I had a horrible time when my docteor put me on Wellbutrin for bipolar 1. My experience involved not only me being put on Wellbutrin, but also valium, trileptal, and another one I can't remember. I gained 50 lbs and was a nervous wreck who was afraid to leave my house. I have permanant damage from it. Now I am on Latuda and nothing else. I get through the day OK now. I rmember the muscle jerks. On Wellbutrin, there was a total lack of self care or self awareness in general that affected my social life in a negative way.
The sleep cycle thing is such a huge part of depression and anxiety that when keeping my own sleep hours, I didn't need antidepressants for the first time in my adult life. Then I needed money again and work being on early schedule put me back into never sleeping much mode and made things awful again.
Unfortunately, wellbutrin didn't help my depression or anxiety at all. I felt worse, more anxious. I was only able to sleep every other day at the point of exhaustion.
I'm been taking it for 9 days now. On the 3rd night, I had insomnia and lots more energy. Now I have a bit more energy, and very vivid dreams. It's definitely working on my mood. I feel better. I'm curious as to how I'll feel a month from now.
Well, how are you feeling now? I have insomnia and I have this medicine in the drawer, but not taking it now. But I’m feeling that I should start taking it again, but can I sleep? 😮 I’m sleeping all day every day and I am sick of it…
@@melliecara well the insomnia went away after the third night, so i only had insomnia for 1 day. My energy levels actually arent much higher; theyre just normal. However, wellbutrin helped my depression significantly. Im no longer suicidal, i can enjoy things and i can go to school again (my depression was so bad that i could not go to school. Just felt severely suicidal all the time). So thats been good. But i have been getting headaches for the last 2 and a half weeks (they fking suck), and just when they seemed to go away, my psychiatrist increased my dose (now 300mg) and today i have and had an annoying headache. On the plus side, the headaches have gotten milder.
I’m almost on two weeks of this medicine 150mg & I feel wide awake from it. It keeps me awake at night, I can’t fall asleep naturally. When I wake up I’m wide awake ready to go but I’m also tired.
I loved Wellbutrin (Brand only) I only took 100mg a day. When I got off of it after a few years my brain had been reset and I never went back to that "stay in bed" depression I used to get. Also, I was allowed to skip a day if I felt too hyper. It was fine. I got off it very easily too.
About sleeping routine, here in Poland you have dr Jóźwiak. He is a specialist in AHDH and he says the problems with sleeping routine is caused by the lack of melatonin’s in our brains, it kicks out later in adhds brains, and that’s why people with ADHD might have a problem with regularity in sleeping routine, also due to it a lot of people don’t feel hungry on the morning, usually eats their first meal at noon time. He suggests taking melatonin 2 hours before planning going to bed, and it really helps to set the new sleeping routine, and believe me- I had a problem with regularity wit sleeping since like 10 years old. And now - when taking 3mg on the evening (usually at 9pm) I sleep better, wake up with no alarm clock, and feeling fresh and full of energy. Also have more dreams during the night. It really is worth trying. 3mg is a medium dosage available in pharmacies here in Poland. There is 1,3 and 5mg available. You do have also ADHD have you?😁
I have not been diagnosed with ADHD and I have taken melatonin for a long time, different dosages and it didn’t help much. But I will try taking melatonin 2h before bed, that would be something new for me, thanks !
I went back on it earlier this week. On day 5 and I’m already waking up earlier with more energy. First few days I have some side effects like frequent bowel movements and headaches. Now the only things I’m noticing are that I’m waking up earlier and not being able to go back to sleep, which is fine by me since I was waiting until the last minute to get out of bed for work. I also did have vivid dreams last night and I think I’ve noticed some tiny muscle spasms here and there. Overall though I’m feeling better than before and want to continue taking it while also looking into some kind of counseling/therapy or just focusing on maintaining healthy habits.
I started my medication with wellbutrin 150mg today, and thank you for sharing your experience! I actually wasn't aware of some of the other side effects when I got the prescription, so not gonna lie, i am a little worried about how my side effect experience is going to be. Especially with irritability and seizure (I don't have a history of it, but still worries me). The doctor gave prescribed this for my ADHD and depression.
@@RamonaMcKean it’s been a rollercoaster for me. My anxiety has been worse and I have had some panic attacks. Too early to tell about the depression but I might feel less down. I am gonna follow up next week and see how we proceed.
For anyone struggling with sleep I have cleared up most of my brain fog with 1000 mg of L-Tryptophan before bed. That by itself helped so much but I look forward to trying wellbutrin.
@@FamilyGuyClips651 Is Tryphtophan safe to take with WB? If that is the question I have asked my doctor as well as my husband who is familiar with medical terminology; both sources said it is safe.
I’ve tried it 3 or more times since i was in my early twenties. I’m in my thirties. This is day 3. I don’t remember being lethargic when I begin taking it, but we will see what happens.
Thanks so much for this review. I'm relatively new to wellbutrin and I've noticed a much clearer mind. Im somewhat concerned that im in the "honeymoon" phase you described. I dont feel euphoria per ce, but i definitely have a spike in motivation and a tiiiny bit of that energetic feeling. Like maybe one tenth of the feeling i had on adderall or vyvanse. The irritation is FOR REAL. Im not an angry person but man, i really feel that irritation. This crossed over to my dreams aswell. I havent noticed any change in frequency of dreams or anything, but they do tend to be irritated dreams now, which isnt the best really and definitely not the kind of dream i like to wake up from, lol.
@@stewartlittle4623 a bit more nervous, running thoughts, libido came back, motivation in general.. it was actually pretty free from negative side effects
I have been taking Wellbutrin for 1 week and nothing. I’m actually very tired, really sucks. I hope somethings changes cause I felt better off of this med so far.
I couldn't do more then one month. All I did was cry and felt so much more depressed then before that it was scary and I had to stop. It's interesting how differently people react.
If you're still feeling that way on the medication and you had anger inside of you is still not really great to be on that medication because that is a side effect I realized with Wellbutrin did it sometimes was Target what you have felt or what your trauma has been and sometime it could stay there and it's not going anywhere and with that being said it's time to get off of it because you don't want to be in that place you want to be able to deal with that but not also have that as an issue suppressing up against you
I do get the light sensitivity sometines as well. I get the muscle jerks I also take it with amtripyline but too much, and i start seeing shadow people and feeling like im being watched.
It made my systolic blood pressure go up to 130-140….I felt like my breathing was noticeable, maybe a little short of breath. Since I have cardiovascular disease in my family,it wasn't worth it for me to remain on it. I think exercising is going to help me but hard to exercise when you're low mood/low energy
300 mg (150x 2) per day after years of sertraline.. 100 days in.. if I miss a morning or afternoon pill, my day is a right off! Sleepy and agitated. Maybe it's time to try another..
My endocrinologist prescribed this to me for weight loss. I’ve been on it a month and have noticed anger, hives and chest pains. I’ve learned this doesn’t mix well with caffeine. The waking up in the middle of the night and ear ringing has stopped. On some days I’m noticing reduced appetite but no weight loss as yet
Brain zaps and muscle jerks are definitely dangerous for people who have seizures. hope I never get them from wellbutrin as I have a history of seizures. I'm on a very low dose at the moment though. 100mg/day
I’ve been on Wellbutrin for 4 weeks and not only am I depressed by I get angry at the smallest thing. Last medication worked great for depression and I was kind of sensitive but I was wanting to eat all the time while dieting. I’m supposed to see my dr in a month but I don’t think I can do it. I’m more depressed now than in my entire life. 😢 I have mental fog so have a hard time getting into gear in the morning and am now having trouble sleeping with bad dreams.
Im still suffering emotional blunting from lexapro and lamictal I read both cause emotional blunting. I want to switch to wellbutrin because it has less likelyhood to cause emotional blunting like I cant feel anything and I dont respond or react to anything. I cant feel music anymore or sexual arrousal I cant get stimulation from anything its like my brain doesn’t work anymore emotionally I know the things I love but I cant feel it. Im just numb to everything I cant feel my personality anymore. The pleasure cent of my brain isn’t being triggered and I cant emotionally respond to things around me. Ive been off both med for 2 weeks and I still feel like that. Im afraid I wont get back to normal and that my emotional bluntness is permanent I want to feel all my emotions again please help.
In my experience I noticed that changes with starting and dropping meds can take more than two weeks. Maybe not enough time has passed for you. Also the more pressure you put on yourself to feel some way, the more difficult it is. Don’t be afraid. This process takes time, I think your emotions will come back eventually. Also have you told your doctor about this ?
Any issues with hair falling I read about it.. also can you talk about eventually stopping the drugs? I heard bad things about it. Or your thoughts on it? I just got the script but too scared to actually take it. I used to take lexapro but it made me lay in bed. I heard this does the opposite. I’m actually taking this (or should be) for anxiety and heart rate/palpitations. Said I need to reduce stress levels.
It is hard for me to objectively comment on hair loss because I have been losing hair slowly for the last 15 years (I presume because intense anxiety and critical vitamin D). So I have been actively trying to combat my hair loss with all kinds of treatments, and I can say that in the last year I have seen more hair growth than loss. I cannot say that I have noticed wellbutrin making my hair fall out. As for being scared - nothing will happen overnight (unless some sort of allergic reaction). It is a slow process. Allocate some free chill time for yourself like a week or two if possible just to see how you are feeling, what are your side effects and if there is any positive change. Then you will understand if you should continue or quit. And yes I can talk about my idea of how I am going to quit wellbutrin when it is time. Thanks for the video idea !
It's different for everyone. Taking for month now and good for me. Love it. May not be the same for others. I had chest pain for the first two weeks and then it went away. I had agitation for two weeks also. Like bad agitation. But symptoms usually subside. Talk to your doctor
Thank you for your video! This takes a lot of courage. Does the anger get better or go away? My family and friends say that when I switch medicine I get angry. I had a severe adverse reaction to Prozac and they want to start me on Wellbutrin but I’m afraid.
The anger went away for me after about 8 months. It was strong in the beginning and then gradually disappeared. But I also worked through a lot of repressed anger in therapy and I think that made a major difference.
