Posted by sl on May 14, 2001, at 21:46:50
In reply to Any one with good/bad exp. w/ Wellbutrin?, posted by hf on May 12, 2001, at 11:24:53
> Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with Wellbutrin? I am now off of EXR for 3 weeks and am sort of getting over the withdrawls however, I am noticing that I am also having some of the depression coming back. I was on 375 mg of EXR plus 175 mg Wellbutrin 2x/day. I stopped both but now am wondering if I should stay on the Wellbutrin for a while by itself.
I'd suggest. If nothing else, it'd probably be easier to go gradually instead of cold turkey. (gradually to "drug-free", I mean)
>After the AWFUL withdrawls from EXR, I don't want to get back into something that will do the same thing to me.
Not a chance. I took it for a long time, Occasionally I'd run out and have to go on half-doses or even NONE for a day or two or four, I never noticed the difference other than being down. I was never worse than I'd been before I'd started Wellbutrin.
>Does anyone have any experience as to what WB's side effects are and any problem with withdrawl from it? And how it has helped them? Or not?
It was wonderful. I took it for upwards of 5 years. I felt normal, I woke up in the morning and was able to get out of bed and do things I wanted to do, it was like a dream. My family all noticed the difference, they could tell when I'd missed a dose or two...it was night and day difference. I started keeping my apartment clean, cooking, going places...doing all the things I always looked out the window at and said "if only...".
And now....I switched to Wellbutriin-SR, and then after 6 months or a year, it wasn't affecting me like it was in the beginning. So I started the search for something that'd work. And here I am, still looking. :( I'm starting to think that even at reduced effectiveness Wellbutrin was better than anything else.
sl
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