Meezers Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Hello, I tried the Wellbutrin XL 150 BRAND and upon taking it..it flooded my system w/ the med so bad my heart hurt...IR was nothing like this for me. XL lasted 6 hours for me then BAM hardcore crash where I fell asleep then became even more severely depressed before taking this med. Why? XL is supp. to be 24 hours.. Anyone,.. Anyone know why this happened? Six hours..wtf?? Thank You, Meezers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Did you check the markings on the pill to make sure you actually got XL and not immediate release or sustained release by mistake? Did you split the pill or otherwise mess with the coating before you took it? Those are two things I can think of off the top of my head that might cause such a response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Also, there was something a while back about Teva generic brand wellbutrin not being equivalent due to something or another that I think was due to the coating on the tablet... maybe?? Maybe someone who remembers better can chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CirclesOfConfusion Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 This is the one that VE pinned right at the very top of the antidepressant forum page: CB thread "FDA Update: Budeprion XL 300 mg Not Therapeutically Equilvalent to Wellbutrin XL 300 mg", October 2012 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/59789-fda-update-budeprion-xl-300-mg-not-therapeutically-equivalent-to-wellbutrin-xl-300-mg/ These are some older threads: CB thread "Budeprion XL vs Wellbutrin XL: difference in amount released", February 2009 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/28004-budeprion-xl-vs-wellbutrin-xl-difference-in-amount-released/?hl=teva+bupropion#entry321530 CB thread "Any word on the new Wellbutrin xl 150 generic?", July 2008 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/24405-any-word-on-the-new-wellbutrin-xl-150-generic/?hl=teva+bupropion#entry294203 Cb thread "Budeprion XL", January 2007 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/15878-budeprionxl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 thanks circles... the "motivated to cite my sources" part of my brain is shut off for the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CirclesOfConfusion Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 No prob, I'm the opposite right now. The "do research and do technical tasks" part of my brain is necessary to distract from the from the "I can't deal with overwhelming feelings right now" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 How long have you been on it? When you first start it you'll get a rush after you first take the pill, but it goes away after a while but may come back in a much milder form a month or so later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Along the lines of what VE said, Wellbutrin is one of those meds that has a rocky start-up period. If you were on the IR and switched to XL and were having this problem then that would be really strange. Otherwise if you are just initiating then after you've been on it a while, things should settle down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezers Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Great responses and thoughts as to why. The XL was brand name..even came in a sealed bottle with the brand name on the bottle. It was actually my first dose of the 150mg XL in which I expereinced this tremendously overbearing feeling, to the point of my heart hurting and feeling as if it was being pinched if you will. Def. makes sense that my body may initially expereince a rush then get used to it...BUT I don't understand why it flooded me for Only 6 Hours..?? And the 6 hours after being flooded I became hungry and fell asleep. Then was severley depressed, even more so than prior to taking it. The depessed feeling was accompanied by irritability as well. Perhaps I should give it another try?...More time...Although the picnching feeling I experienced with my heart is dettering me as well as the crash after 6 Hours. Would go back to the IR but as my other post stated severe/incompetent Dr. error caused me to go off of it, and restarting proved to be useless. It did nothing, ddin't affect me in nay way..whereas previously got immediate response I was so depressed. I'm grateful for your knoweldge, kindness, and support here. Thank You Very Much. Thank You, Mezzers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equivilency Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 You might be a fast metabolizer. Either way my depression got worse before it got better after starting wellbutrin. It took a good 4 weeks for me to notice a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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