Posted by JohnX2 on March 3, 2002, at 23:36:19
In reply to Wellbutrin increases or decreases dopamine?, posted by Jill K. on March 3, 2002, at 2:41:40
Hi Jill,This thread is going down hill really fast.
I think what's really the issue here is trust
between you and your psychiatrist.Your psychiatrist has probably treated thousands
of patiets and has studied extensively biology,
chemisty, etc. Spent zillions of years in schooling.Pschobabble is a good place to exchage experieces
and information.Everyone here means well.
I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm a psychiatric patient.
I'm 29, and I have a degree in electrical engineering
specialing in microchip design.I have been on 20+ different medications, and have
spent a lot of time reading information on the internet
and have tried all the fads, etc. Jason is
a bright fellow too and has had some good luck and
back luck with the medications he's been on just like
the rest of us and I know he'll be really
successful given his intelligence and will get
into a fine college and have a great
career.So I think if you don't trust your psychiatrist's
advice, this is something you need to evaluate
seriously. Maybe you want to shop around and get
advice from other psychiatrists. They aren't all
perfect, they are human just like the rest of us,
I have been through 4 and liked 2. Sometimes you
click and sometimes you don't.Please take care and best of luck with your medicines.
-John
> My pdoc has also recommended wellbutrin for my social phobia/apathy. I am also on neurontin for mild anxiety. He thinks I need more dopamine. He says that is why I smoke cigarettes. I read wellbutrin actually decreases the dopamine and that is why it has a low incidence of inducing mania.
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> Does anyone know whether wellbutrin helped with dopamine or not?
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> Jill
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