Posted by islandangel on February 17, 2005, at 22:20:58
Hi: I've been on Wellbutrin XL for a few months now. I take a very low dose of Elavil at night for longtime sleeping problems and fibromyalgia. Due to a lack of energy and tiredness in the daytime and depression I tried Prozac. It made me a zombie and super tired no matter how much I lowered my Elavil,I gained weight too. So, I stopped Prozac. I then switched to Wellbutrin XL, it gave me incredible energy the first month. I went through the jittery period and even a little skin rash reaction but now thats all subsided. HOWEVER, NOW I'm so tired in the daytime a few hours after taking Wellbutrin XL at breakfast. And, I have a hard time waking up again. I then lowered the dose of Elavil down to 10mg at bedtime again. No help. Now I am trying something different and I'm taking the Wellbutrin XL at night with the Elavil. It puts me right to sleep. I am sleeping like a baby and waking up refreshed. However by late afternoon I'm tired and really exhausted. What to do? Maybe try switching to Wellbutrin SR? Am I one of the people who metabolizes Wellbutrin a little differently? I wish I had the energy that I had when I first started it. I felt it was a miracle, now I'm just tired again.
Thanks for the help!
poster:islandangel
thread:459643
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