Posted by JohnX2 on December 10, 2001, at 4:03:03
In reply to Acute Wellbutrin Agitation/Nervousness, posted by pat c. on December 9, 2001, at 13:38:10
Wellbutrin actually makes me less anxious, but it
gives me so much damn energy and insomnia,
ergo I am reading this at 4:00 am. ;).I wonder what will happen with Wellbutrin
on this trial. Made me hypomanic my last two.
This time I have lamictal and topamax backing
it up. The topamax greatly releaves agitation.
topamax increases gaba conductance in a manner
similar to klonopin but is not addictive.good luck to all,
-john
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> I have ramped up on Wellbutrin from 100mg to 450mg over the last three weeks.
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> I had been feeling some agitation and nervousness during this period, but Klonopin and Neurontin had been doing a decent job offsetting the Wellbutrin side effects.
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> Buy yesterday and today, I feel like I'm strung out on heroin. The agitation and nervousness in my body is acute. Multiplied by 1000. I am wrapped up so tight I think I'm going to explode. I'm freaking out. I took an extra 1.5 mg of Klonopin and it is not helping.
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> Wellbutrin does a good job of relieving depression, but it is too much of a stimulant for me. I suffer from "atypical depression", which is very anxiety-sensitive. Recently, "major depression" has entered the picture, so I started taking Wellbutrin, in addition to Klonpoin and Neurontin.
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> However, the anxiety and nervousness caused by Wellbutrin is too overwhelming and intense. I'm going to have to stop taking it or reduce the dose significantly. This is too painful.
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> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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> Pat
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