Posted by Mitch on August 12, 2001, at 14:51:17
In reply to Re: Buspirone (BUSPAR) cause fatigue? » Mitch, posted by Cindylou on August 12, 2001, at 12:23:11
> Thanks for the info, Mitch. Yes, I am VERY med sensitive -- had to start at 2.5 mg. Prozac because of my reactions.
I could only tolerate 5mg/day max. and only during my seasonal depressions otherwise 2.5mg/day was what I took most of the year.
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> Do you think Buspar would help me -- currently, on my Wellbutrin + Prozac combo, I am either very agitated or very exhausted -- OR agitated and exhausted at the same time (if you can imagine that.) I wonder if Buspar + Prozac would make a difference? (eliminating the Wellbutrin).
>The agitation I would suspect is the Wellbutrin. It sounds like these periods of agitation happen during the course of the day? Wellbutrin has a very short half-life compared to Prozac's very long half-life. The blood levels could be varying a lot causing that. Was the WB added because you were very tired?
> I am going to start a new thread about adding Adrafinil to that mix as well. Do you know much about Adrafinil?I wouldn't mess with adding yet another med if the ones you currently are taking may be causing the problem. You will have to try everything one step at a time and try to be patient (I know it is hard!).
My suggestion (first thing) is see if you can take a lower dose of Wellbutrin more frequently during the day to see if that levels it out. I know the smallest SR formulation is 100mg, but maybe you are on 150mg SR twice a day. So try 100mg SR 3x daily and see what happens. If you are taking a lower dose of WB, then you would have end up chopping pills and there is a lot of controversy about doing that-but if you are taking Prozac 2.5mg/day then you are either on the "liquid" or making your own liquid! (which is what I did).
Mitch
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