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Posted by KARIN C. on October 24, 2000, at 21:20:19
I am on day five of wellbutrin, I had fun with withdraw from effexor last week! now i am like my "old self" and this is not good! i was hoping for some help from others about wellbutrin and I hope I can get out of this funk! I'm forgetful, dizzy & the worst is I am nasty!! I'm am regreting ever going on antidepresants!!
finding this web site has been a real help.
Posted by allisonm on October 24, 2000, at 21:59:05
In reply to DAY FIVE ON WELLBUTRIN AND I FEEL LIKE I'M WORSE!, posted by KARIN C. on October 24, 2000, at 21:20:19
You can expect irritability, racing mind, hand tremor, dry mouth, an all-around squirrely feeling for a couple of weeks, but it will subside. You also most likely will experience a sense of unusual energy, buoyancy. This too will pass as the drug begins to really work. Try to be patient. These feelings will not last forever. Also, it helped me to get off caffeine completely. Good luck.
Posted by JohnL on October 25, 2000, at 4:12:20
In reply to DAY FIVE ON WELLBUTRIN AND I FEEL LIKE I'M WORSE!, posted by KARIN C. on October 24, 2000, at 21:20:19
> I am on day five of wellbutrin, I had fun with withdraw from effexor last week! now i am like my "old self" and this is not good! i was hoping for some help from others about wellbutrin and I hope I can get out of this funk! I'm forgetful, dizzy & the worst is I am nasty!! I'm am regreting ever going on antidepresants!!
> finding this web site has been a real help.As Allison said, it should smooth out in a couple weeks. In the meantime, you could always temporarily lower the dose. Cut in half with a knife if you have to. Wellbutrin degrades quickly once the inside is exposed to air, but that shouldn't be a problem if you took for example one half of a cut pill one day and the other half the next day. Just don't let a cut pill sit around for a week or so. In any case, lowering your dose and then gradually increasing it is a good strategy with any medication.
If you show any signs of getting worse instead of better, don't be afraid to call the doctor and discontinue the medication. It's hard to tell at this point if you are feeling side effects or if instead you are getting worse. Could be either. Regardless, in either case, cutting the dose in half could be a very helpful strategy. You can always increase it later as you get used to it. Besides, if it is the right medicine for you, you should feel some good from it within two weeks (at least a 20% improvement) at whatever dose. If you're not 20% better in 2 weeks, that's not a good sign.
I remember clearly someone here months ago who said something like, "What's this six week wait stuff? I feel wonderful my first day on Wellbutrin!" Obviously it was a good match for her. One has to wonder if it's a good match for you. Time will tell. In that same vein, one has to wonder if antidepressants in general are right for a lot of us with depression. All too often (about 50% of the time) we discover usually by accident that some other kind of medication worked much better, even when there was no clinical justification to think it would.
John
Posted by Terra on October 25, 2000, at 8:47:55
In reply to DAY FIVE ON WELLBUTRIN AND I FEEL LIKE I'M WORSE!, posted by KARIN C. on October 24, 2000, at 21:20:19
>I started Wellbutrin about 2 1/2 weeks ago and am just now starting to feel some positive effects. This past week was definitely the worst: I fought with my husband all weekend and then woke up crying for several nights. I was ready to quit and go back to Prozac (which I quit because of the weight gain) when all of a sudden, I woke up feeling good! I hope this lasts; all I can say is to start very slowly (I started on 100 mg/day) and give it some time. Good luck.
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