Posted by Margaret on August 15, 2000, at 19:28:18
I have been experimenting with mixing Paxil and Wellbutrin. I had been taking 20mg of paxil but decreased it to 10 mg and started taking 150 mg of wellbutrin 2X daily. I started to feel kind of anxious and began obsessing a little . I went up to 20 mg of paxil and still felt crappy. I then went up to 40 mg of paxil and still was on 150mg twice daily for the wellbutrin. My doctor did not feel comfortable with this mixture and wanted me to go down to 20 mg of paxil and 150 mg of wellbutrin, although he would rather I was off the wellbutrin all together. He is concerned about the chance of serotonin syndrome although I have told him that the wellbutrin mostly affects dopamine. Needless to say after two weeks or messing around I have kind of taken a nose dive and would like to get back to the even keel I was feeling befor. After this long speach I was wondering how long it will take to get back to me pre experiment feelings. I am afraid that I have caused myself recurrent depression, although I don't feel awful just kind of low grade. But the fear is there. I get so tired of the weight gain I tend to look for ways to beat it. I would probably feel better if I would have just stayed on the 20mg of paxil and not fooled around with it. Should I stay on the mix and am I just being impatient? I guess I just need to alleviate my fears. I also wonder if I am sabotaging myself by using the weight thing to change medications. Thanks for listening and any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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