Posted by debsidoo on January 11, 2006, at 8:34:23
In reply to Re: Lexapro Wellbutrin » Phillipa, posted by Racer on January 10, 2006, at 20:36:31
The reason my doc added the WB was because I needed better results & he was leary to up my Lexapro because of the weight gain side effects unless it was absoluty necessary. (All the different meds had already put quite a bit on me) He wanted me to try this for a couple of weeks to see if I felt better. The problem is, I only have problems if the weather gets violent (I live in Houston)so I may not know if its working for a while. Who knows? But last time there was a tornado watch, I was not doing well.
Last nite I took my 2nd dose of WB (I take Lex in the morning)& I could really feel it, I did sleep, but woke up briefly every couple of hours. Today its not nearly as bad as yesterday. It's also hard to tell cuz I'm on a diet plan that has me on herbs that kinda feel the same way sometimes. LOL. I'm a mess, huh? - debsidoo
> > Racer how come it's combined so often with effexor and a lot of other SSRI's. As monotheraphy it made me appear hypomanic to my pdoc at the time. Put me in the hospital for a week. Fondly, Phillipa
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> Wellbutrin is often added to serotonergic drugs in hopes that it counters some of their side effects. I am not sure that it does, but that's because pretty much all the people here who have tried it have had poor results.
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> The biggest issue that it's prescribed for, as an adjunct to SRIs, is sexual dysfunction. I'd be very interested to hear from someone for whom it had worked for that purpose.
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