Posted by MissThang on December 25, 2010, at 9:04:01
In reply to Re: Lithium Nortrip/Wellbutrin or 600mg Wellbutrin » MissThang, posted by Phillipa on December 24, 2010, at 23:50:40
I've decided to go off the parnte and for the time being, stay on th lithium and add back the wellbutrin after my washout. At that point, I'll either take the wellbutrin up to 600mg, augment with either nortriptyline or desipramine or both increase the dose and augment. I'll stay on the lithium for the time being and see how it works with the wellbutrin (and just pray that wellbutrin works for me again now that I've been off of it for two months), and if it does, I'll keep it -- if not, I'll drop the lithium and just try the desip/nortrip options along with the 600mg of wellbutrin option. I'm also pondering a dopamine agonist like mirapex or requip with the wellbutrin to see how that works.
I appreciate your feedback and intererest, Phillipa -- that's very sweet of you. It would really be nice, however, if some others who'd experienced wellbutrin poop-out would reply. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's experienced it and it sure would be helpful to know if anyone else had come up with a remedy for it.
I am very disappointed in the whole parnate thing...I was so worked up about trying it and was just sure it was going to be my saving grace, but my body just kept fighting it with hypertension and even after 6 weeks, it wasn't getting any better, so I think I just have to accept that parnate and I weren't meant to be:-(.
I have no desire to try nardil, given its reputation for causing sexual disfunction (and usually weight gain as well) and it doesn't seem like many people get relief from marplan, so I guess the maoi route isn't the one for me after all (already tried emasam).
So if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. My pdoc is pretty decent -- he's willing to try a variety of things, even if I'm the one who has to come up with most of the suggestions, although admittedly, he was the one who wanted me to try lithium with wellbutrin before I took the parnate plunge and who knows? Wellbutrin and lithium may very well do the trick. (Trying to stay positive here and just pray that SOMETHING works -- I've had enough of staying on my sofa watching tv and researching antidepressants).
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