Posted by mellow on April 23, 2010, at 18:22:16
In reply to Adding Wellbutrin to mix/nervous, posted by Isabeau77 on April 23, 2010, at 11:37:34
If you haven't responded to antidepressants over the years and treatment for unipolar depression has failed you may fall into more of the bipolar spectrum of disorders. I say that because you said antidepressants made you more hyper and anxious.
That could be a reason your doc tried you on Lamictal. (I take 100 mg of Lamictal too and it saved my life!) If everything is working "pretty darn well" i would challenge your doc about adding the Wellbutrin. ssri's can make someone in that spectrum (which you may or may not be) rapidly cycle from depressed to hyper/anxious and impair your ability to function. If you feel better that's great, but i would journal a lot over the next 3-6 months and chart your moods. If you feel you are all over the place mood wise i would get rid of that antidepressant quick!
For more on this check out Dr. Phelps page at psycheducation.org. He talks a lot about modern treatment of mood disorders in people who seemed to be more agitated when taking AD's. This page really opened my eyes about my poor history with AD's and why i was feeling so terrible.
Best of luck, keep us posted! I'd love to hear more b/c your situation sounds a lot like mine!
mellow
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