Posted by Joe Schmoe on August 2, 2001, at 23:28:43
In reply to Re: Mixing Wellbutrin and SSRIs: Seizure risk?, posted by djmmm on August 2, 2001, at 18:53:18
> The truth is, Wellbutrin has a seizure risk no greater than that of any other antidepressant...I have read that, and yet....if you go from 300 to 450 mg a day of Wellbutrin, your seizure risk quadruples. I don't think that is true of a 50% dosage increase of SSRIs. And if you go above 450 mg, say to 900, of Wellbutrin I think your seizure risk goes up again by a factor of 5. Again, I have not seen references to this kind of dosage-related seizure risk increase with moderate SSRI overdosage. Wellbutrin does seem different in that respect. It has the same seizure risk as SSRIs, but only at low dosages, and I am still left wondering if, say, someone taking Prozac is at the same seizure risk as someone taking 450 mg Wellbutrin if they each have four or five alcoholic drinks.
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