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help with Wellbutrin dosage

Posted by evie418 on May 9, 2009, at 19:57:32

I took brand name Wellbutrin SR 300/day for about seven years and did well on it. Then my drug plan switched me to the generic. After that I became increasingly depressed.

So I decided to go back to the brand name. What a difference! I forgot how good I could feel. However, I'm now older and much more drug sensitive. The "real stuff" made me feel great; but I started twitching, something I had experienced years ago on a larger dose.

I went down to 150mg/day for about five days and the twitching stopped. When I told my health care provider the story she, told me to take the XL 150 (once a day) in the hopes that it would work for the depression without causing twitching. I started doing that. The twitching is gone. But I'm feeling increasingly depressed.

Does anyone have any thoughts about what I can do in terms of fiddling with the dosage? I asked my hp whether I could take the second SR every other day. i.e. one day 300 and then next day 150, and was told that was too dangerous. I'm wondering whether I can take brand name sr in the morning (150)and generic (150),since it seems to be so much less potent, for my afternoon dose.
Or... whether taking 150XL in the morning and 150XL at night would work without creating the side effects.

SRRIs do not work for me at all. I tried 1/2 of lowest dose of Cymbalta and by second day was yawning and then had panic attack. So I feel my choices are limited.

I do take 150 Lamictal along with the Wellbutrin.

Any thoughts or ideas would be so helpful.I don't want to sink into that inertia. Thanks so much in advance.


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