Bereavement and Grief

I'm 41 year old man who lost his wife of 21 years suddenly in February this year. Having problems with depression I've been taking wellbutrin for 2 months but it doesn't seem to be helping to much. I get about 2 weeks of what seems normal during this time I'm happy and can reason threw the tough times. Then out of nowhere I get paranoid and numb can't really feel the love of my friends and family. I'm going to see a psychologist every 2 weeks to see if that helps usually talking helps but doesn't last very long. I was wondering if Prozac or that type of drug would help better than the wellbutrin. I seem to have anxiety at the start of my bad weeks. Just trying to get well.

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