Do you think I can ever get back on Wellbutrin?

[random_woman]

Earlier this year I did something really stupid. A week earlier my psychiatric doctor added Fluoxetine to the Wellbutrin that I had been on for some years. I went out and drank a lot (this is not normal for me) and the next morning I took Tramadol. This resulted in me having my first anxiety attack (with derealization) and ending up in the emergency room thinking I was going to die. The morning after that (and ever since) I had persistent derealization and decided I did not take any more Fluoxetine. 

A couple of months later I talked to my doctor about the derealization still being there 24/7 and she wanted me to stop Wellbutrin since it might be a side effect. I stopped Wellbutrin and now I was derealized and had a lack of energy and didn't feel like doing anything. My derealization didn't get better even after a couple of months without it.

Then I got another anxiety attack (possibly because of Primolut Nor) which made my derealization much worse and this time I also continued to be anxious.

Another doctor put me on Sertraline and I'm currently fighting through the initial side effects (so much worse than Wellbutrin or Fluoxetine). I still don't feel like doing anything and if I do, I just don't have the energy. I don't want to be around people either. It's to buzy and loud and I'm scared to panic.

Do you think that in the future I could get on Wellbutrin again, with or without Sertraline, or will it just trigger anxiety since it is so activating?
 

I loved being on Wellbutrin, having a healthy sex drive, getting things done and being able to keep my impulses back. When I was on wellbutrin I never had a depressed though. I wasn't very happy either, but I just DID things. I feel like I never do anything since I stopped them and if I do anything I really do not enjoy it as much anymore. It was much easier to control the appetite as well. 

Edited October 13, 2015 by random_woman

[melissaw72]

Wellbutrin is activating, you're right.  For me, it helps me with almost the same symptoms you describe. 

What my pdoc did was give me 100 mg IR at first, then eventually to my final dose of 300 mg/day.  So we titrated up slowly.  What I am trying to say is maybe when you were on the wellbutrin back then, you were just on too high of a dose?  Maybe you can ask your pdoc for just a small dose of it, to see if you can tolerate it? 

[random_woman]

Wellbutrin is activating, you're right.  For me, it helps me with almost the same symptoms you describe. 

What my pdoc did was give me 100 mg IR at first, then eventually to my final dose of 300 mg/day.  So we titrated up slowly.  What I am trying to say is maybe when you were on the wellbutrin back then, you were just on too high of a dose?  Maybe you can ask your pdoc for just a small dose of it, to see if you can tolerate it? 

In my country we only have Bupropion in modified release 150 mg or 300 mg. (I prefer brand name Voxra, sunds like a super heroine!)

I have been on 300 mg (felt great, but had sleep and sweat side effects) and on 150 mg (felt good, slept better, sweated less). I remember when I began to take them some years ago (switched from Fluoxetine, my previous favorite, because of sexual side effects and problems with motivation) that I felt kind of uncomfortable inside from time to time before they affected my mood positively. I didn't have anxiety back then but I think that's what it was, just a hint. Perhaps what felt uncomfortable then would make me panic now?

But I'm thinking... When my anxiety fades and this jittery feeling stops... I'll ask my pdoc to get it back. My body is definitely activated right now, cause I'm kind of shaking on the inside, but my motivation is "through the floor".