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Posted by Jimmyboy on August 1, 2006, at 17:41:26
Has this been a good combination for anyone out there? If so please let me know. Thanks
JB
Posted by SLS on August 1, 2006, at 18:01:01
In reply to Is Wellbutrin + Lithium good for BP depression?, posted by Jimmyboy on August 1, 2006, at 17:41:26
> Has this been a good combination for anyone out there? If so please let me know. Thanks
If your doctor has had success with it, you might want to give him an opportunity to treat you with it. Recently, my doctor has had success using Wellbutrin in combination with Lamictal.Good luck.
- Scott
Posted by Tomatheus on August 2, 2006, at 15:48:45
In reply to Is Wellbutrin + Lithium good for BP depression?, posted by Jimmyboy on August 1, 2006, at 17:41:26
JB,
I'm going to include a paragraph from an e-mail that I wrote a few months back (when I was in remission and writing wasn't the strenuous chore that it tends to be now) describing my experience with lithium and Wellbutrin. I was first diagnosed with dysthymia, then rediagnosed with bipolar disorder after I began cycling between mild hypomania and severe depression on 60 mg of Paxil. More recently, though, I was rediagnosed again, this time with major depressive disorder - recurrent.
Here's the description of my experience on the lithium-Wellbutrin combo:
"I actually responded partially -- but largely inadequately -- to the Wellbutrin-lithium combo that I took for approximately a year and a half. The combo basically allowed me to 'get by' and to succeed as a university student and [as a student worker], but to be honest with you, getting through each day put me through a severe emotional struggle. And in order to 'get by,' I almost always turned to large quantities of legal mood-boosting and energizing substances -- energy drinks (sometimes more than four a day), large amounts of coffee, and all different kinds of herbal and nutritional supplements -- to get me through the day. So, even though the response that I received from the Wellbutrin-lithium combo was somewhat favorable, I was still a long way from being in a state of remission."
Hope this helps some. And remember, YMMV (your mileage may vary).
Tomatheus
> Has this been a good combination for anyone out there? If so please let me know. Thanks
>
> JB
Posted by Tomatheus on August 2, 2006, at 16:18:01
In reply to Re: Is Wellbutrin + Lithium good for BP depression » Jimmyboy, posted by Tomatheus on August 2, 2006, at 15:48:45
Actually, I just looked at the date of the e-mail that I referred to in my last post, and I now realize that I wasn't in remission when I wrote that e-mail. Still though, I was in much better shape than I've been in lately.
Tomatheus
> JB,
>
> I'm going to include a paragraph from an e-mail that I wrote a few months back (when I was in remission and writing wasn't the strenuous chore that it tends to be now) describing my experience with lithium and Wellbutrin. I was first diagnosed with dysthymia, then rediagnosed with bipolar disorder after I began cycling between mild hypomania and severe depression on 60 mg of Paxil. More recently, though, I was rediagnosed again, this time with major depressive disorder - recurrent.
>
> Here's the description of my experience on the lithium-Wellbutrin combo:
>
> "I actually responded partially -- but largely inadequately -- to the Wellbutrin-lithium combo that I took for approximately a year and a half. The combo basically allowed me to 'get by' and to succeed as a university student and [as a student worker], but to be honest with you, getting through each day put me through a severe emotional struggle. And in order to 'get by,' I almost always turned to large quantities of legal mood-boosting and energizing substances -- energy drinks (sometimes more than four a day), large amounts of coffee, and all different kinds of herbal and nutritional supplements -- to get me through the day. So, even though the response that I received from the Wellbutrin-lithium combo was somewhat favorable, I was still a long way from being in a state of remission."
>
> Hope this helps some. And remember, YMMV (your mileage may vary).
>
> Tomatheus
>
> > Has this been a good combination for anyone out there? If so please let me know. Thanks
> >
> > JB
>
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