Posted by Snoozy on May 13, 2003, at 2:01:27
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin » Snoozy, posted by leeran on May 13, 2003, at 1:25:24
I take it you can identify with this feeling :)
> "Like if listening to someone chew is making me hate them"
>I haven't had any weight gain on Wellbutrin, possibly a very small loss. There may be some appetite suppression, but what I liked was the activating effect. I actually felt like moving around. Am I understanding correctly that the first pdoc wanted you to take a total of 600 mg of Wellbutrin a day? I would have been really blown away by that a few weeks ago, but there was an interesting thread about this just the other week. I'll try and copy the link here:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030429/msgs/223750.html
Maybe it wouldn't be too bad if you could harness that tenseness to, say, power the house. But I don't think the technology is quite there for that!
I have been thinking of increasing my Wellbutrin dose (currently 400). If I do, I'll let you know how it goes. How are you doing with Adderall? Did you try any other stimulants?
> LOL! Snoozy, this (above) made my night! It sure makes sense to me (sorry to b*tt in on your thread).
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> Adderall and Wellbutrin (without a full-fledged SSRI) had a similar effect on me as well (i.e. irritated beyond belief).
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> I call it my "scooped out melon head" feeling (weird, but the irritable sensation, for me, is like someone has taken a sharp spoon and scraped out my brains to the point that the skin is almost showing through).
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> What a disgusting analogy! I've tried explaining it to my husband many times and it sounds a lot better verbally.
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> Have you found that Wellbutrin curtails appetite and/or doesn't produce weight gain? The first psychiatrist I visited suggested 300 mg. SR in the a.m. and 300 mg. SR about 2:00 in the afternoon (I currently take 150 mg. SR first thing in the a.m. with 20 mg. of Adderall). I didn't ever try that dosage and can only imagine how tense I might have been.
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> Thanks again for the chuckle.
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