In a nutshell...

I was diagnosed with this, that and the other thing depending on what point and what healthcare professional I was speaking with.

So as far as meds go, I've had SEVERAL over time and each time I saw no improvement. Side effects ranged from feeling actually worse to sleep problems to feeling very blunted/numb. I was on Wellbutrin at one point and I didn't get the veins thing that you described but I got some other weird side effects.

Going back to my original point of being first told one thing than another, I decided that I couldn't possible have every problem in the DSM, so finally after dealing with all that nonsense for years I decided to seek alternative methods of dealing with this and also strongly committed to therapy. I've never felt better than I do now.

I'm a believer that a lot of meds are Bandaids for the real problems. Too many people just have the whole "Oh--don't-want-to-have-to-look-at-myself-or-change-just-give-me-a-pill" attitude and then wonder why things don't work out and instead of dealing with themselves they scapegoat the meds as "they're not working; give me something else". I wholeheartedly agree with Axantha on his points about going to a therapist. It does work if you are willing to do the work.