Posted by nemo kitty on October 25, 2003, at 14:02:38
In reply to Re: SWITCHING TO WB XL...ANY ADVICE? » nemo kitty, posted by Cybele on October 25, 2003, at 13:40:22
> It has been my experience with Wellbutrin that the side-effects can be tolerated if you build up slowly, like 2 x 100mg SR a day for two weeks, then 2 x 150mg a day. Whenever my (old) doctor started me on 2 x 150mg SR I had awful insomnia and snapped at people all the time. It was so weird: my kids would be doing something annoying that I'd usually be patient about for a while, but when I started WB with a highest dose from the get-go my irritability would ramp up in seconds and I'd snap at them. This would be so bad I'd stop taking WB. But I digress...
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> So, sure in my opinion, 150mg XL for a couple weeks, then 300mg XL should be tolerable.THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE/OPINION!!
I too get snappy at times on it. I guess I never really linked the two together. I just thought I was a highly irritable person. But I have a 2 & 3 year old...they need me all the time, every minute. I am pretty "normal" on the wellbutrin other than the irritablility factor. It really helps my depression and anxiety, even though some people can't take it for anxiety. I chose to tkae it because zoloft, paxil, etc. made me really fat and too mellow! DO YOU TAKE ANYTHING NOW??? *NK
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