mrsloony Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Anyone get different side effects at different doses? At 150 SR I'm so wiped out I can bearely function (or spell), and at 300 XL I can function and stay awake but with high anxiety and lots of nausea ( which I wonder if is related to anxiety) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangergirl Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I did really poorly with Wellbutrin - I don't remember how long I stayed on it, at least 3 weeks, maybe longer, but it made me hypomanic to manic and had to quit it (at the advice of both pdoc and tdoc). My dosage was 150 mg of the generic. I know there's lots of folks here who would say that I didn't stay on it long enough, but I don't know why you would continue with a med that whacked you out from the get go like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null0trooper Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I don't know why you would continue with a med that whacked you out from the get go like that. Because being sleepy is a piddling concern compared to clinical depression. And no matter how many people jump up and down over how over-stimulating Wellbutrin is, NRIs (CrazyMeds, scroll down to #s 8 and 9) can in fact make a person more sleepy, tired, or "wiped out" than before. When WB is effective for a patient's depression, some doctors prescribe a benzo to take the edge off of severe anxiety. Mine had to add a stimulant to keep me awake. Some folks can benefit from d,l-phenylalanine or tyrosine supplementation to cut down on noradrenaline depletion, if that's what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangergirl Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I don't know why you would continue with a med that whacked you out from the get go like that. Because being sleepy is a piddling concern compared to clinical depression. Let me clarify (why do I feel like I'm doing a lot of that lately? ergh) - I meant, for *me* and my symptoms. Sometimes I read people's SE's and they sound so god awful I wonder why they'd stick with it, but yeah - being a little sleepy compared to being suicidal, I'd agree, sign me up too...I, fortunately or unfortunately, I can't really say, rarely go into the pit, but swing to the direction of ragey and homicidal. I haven't made up my mind if it's better to feel like hurting myself or other people...I'm just glad that I don't act on either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null0trooper Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I, fortunately or unfortunately, I can't really say, rarely go into the pit, but swing to the direction of ragey and homicidal. I haven't made up my mind if it's better to feel like hurting myself or other people...I'm just glad that I don't act on either. Fortune or misfortune likely depends on the target. There are some people whose obituaries I would prefer to read sooner than later, even if it isn't worth the effort to personally oversee the process. As far as gaging others' symptoms and side effects ... you KNOW a person's dealing with a real illness when impotence, panic attacks, difficulty stringing words together, and/or akathisia are preferable to the untreated alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanlover Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 wellbutrin, took it for almost 2 yrs, up to 450 last 6 months. In beginning it was stimulating at each increase for around 2-3 weeks, did few 'ragey things with each increase. Blamed my being tired to past lamictal use.... Stopped wellbutrin around month ago to see if cycles would slow down....[[[extreme depression]]]... Was more like my 'old self' waking up every hour etc.........more energy, never associated it with making me tired but it was. Also fell into deeper depression....[[ didn't get physically ill like I do with cycles, but a 'wish I would die depression]].... after stopping it, didn't really think it was helping me anymore when I stopped it. So back on 300 and feeling somewhat better than without but won't do 450 this time. Long story short, yea it can be sedating after initial stimulation. Only been on it again for around 2 weeks. Little b&&&&y but could be holidays and DH is not on my good list this month. Sorry can't seem to ever make things clear.... Give it a try little longer perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysergia Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 my experience with WB was mostly the same as other meds - i got the weird uncomfortable stuff before i got the benefits. at first, i felt wound up and angry. then i felt good for a few days. then i wanted to sleep all the time. i was mad because i though this was supposed to wake up. my hands shook. by the time i got to 300 XL, i noticed i actually had less anxiety (which is not normal, bit i'll take it!). getting out of bed wasn't a big deal anymore. i still felt like shit when i woke up, but something in me wanted to start the day anyway. boy that was new! i felt like getting things done more often. i hated every minute of it, but something in me really wanted a clean house again. so i actually did the work instead of getting overwhelmed by it (also new for me, yay!). i'm still on it and have no plans to ditch it, like ever lol. it's not enough to alleviate my depression on it's own, but it's a really big help. hope you have good luck with this. -lysergia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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