Posted by stargazer on January 1, 2006, at 16:19:23
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin ?, posted by Sebastian on December 27, 2005, at 13:03:08
I just lost my lengthy posting on this subject, but rather than rewrite it again...in summary, my experience with Wellbutrin alone, even with increasing the dose, did not really help my depression. The addition of Adderall to Wellbutrin (and Celexa which I was on at the time) finally gave me a bit of motivation to start my day and also to stay awake/focused most of the day. I still don't want to get up but at least I do most days. I used to either stay in bed on days off or spent the day wishing I was in bed, not necessarily from depression but from lack of energy. When I forget to take the Adderall, I am keenly aware of it, because I feel a major slump in energy and I feel unable to face any task, no matter how simple. Increasing Adderall started to make me slightly aggressive and I was saying things that were out of character with me (i.e. antagonizing strangers for no reason)
I recently started taking Lamictal, although I'm not really sure why. My pdoc always says he doesn't know why it works but I don't even care sometimes since I trust him alot. I've been going to him for at least 15 years.
In the past two weeks I stopped the Celexa because I didn't think it was doing anything. I don't even notice it's gone. Hopefully I won't cause any major upset in my chemistry and trigger anything serious, like the dreaded 'D' word.
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