Posted by Greg on May 19, 2000, at 9:11:25
In reply to Any Wellbutrin veterans?, posted by BrendaF on May 19, 2000, at 8:26:47
Brenda,
I've been taking Wellbutrin for a little over 3 months and it has worked well for me to a point, I haven't had any major depressive episodes since I've started taking it. I've gone from 150mgs a day to my current 300mgs. Lately it has been leaving me feeling a little irritated, and I think (don't know for sure) may be triggering some increased anxiety. I see my doc today and plan to talk to him about this and possibly discuss changing to a different med or maybe add another med to it to help with the irritation. When I first started taking it I would experience days where I would get very angry for no apparent reason. I was told that this is a normal side-effect for some people. That passed after about 3 or 4 weeks. The wired feeling you are getting is very normal for a lot people, I experienced that for a while as well. Wellbutrin is known to be an activator. But for most people that passes after a while as your system becomes acclamated to the drug. It can also add to your sleeping problems, I have insomnia and the Well certainly didn't do anything to improve that.You may not experience any of the side-effects I have, but this is just what's happened with me. There are a lot of people here that take Wellbutrin and have for a long time, I'm sure that you'll get a lot of input on the subject. Remember YMMV (your mileage may vary).
I hope this helps.
Best of luck with it and take care. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Peace,
Greg> Hi. First of all, would like to say -- thank God for this site,
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> Just started Wellbutrin 3 days ago and seem to be doing pretty good on it so far. No major side effects, just feeling a little wired today---which is a good thing cause I'm usually dragging. Having any energy at all is definitely a rare occurence. Have taken Prozac (7yrs) with Ritalin, and then Effexor with Ritalin for approx 1 yr (gained 12 lbs). These did ok with the depression, but nothing for lack of motivation. I don't want to be a neat freak or triathelete, but it would be nice to have enough motivation to do some things I enjoy--otherwise, what's the point of living. So, my doctor's changed me to the Wellbutrin to see if it would help with that aspect of the depression. (If you're wondering why it took so long to change, it's cause I always figured I was just lazy---pretty common, eh?)I took a few months off the antidepressants and Ritalin after I found out I had a sleep disorder--UARS, similar to sleep apnea--and started sleeping with a cpap. I was sooooo sure that would solve all my problems with depression.....not! So, here I am, giving medication a chance again. It seems like I haven't seen as many success stories with Wellbutrin as the others. Of course, that could just be because it's not as widely used. I've also seen several posts saying it worked at first, but pooped-out.................Has anyone been on this med for a significant amount of time and had success with it? What dosage did you wind up with? Does the effectivenss taper off with time? Any input would be appreciated.
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