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Posted by manduh on December 6, 2010, at 18:23:29
It's my 4th day on klonopin and my 4th day after stopping wellbutrin. Feeling really sad and down today. Not sure if it's from the klonopin, the prednisone or from suddenly stopping the wellbutrin.
Not sure where to go from here. Feeling like I did before I started taking any medication.
Any advice?
Posted by bleauberry on December 6, 2010, at 18:37:00
In reply to not so good today., posted by manduh on December 6, 2010, at 18:23:29
> It's my 4th day on klonopin and my 4th day after stopping wellbutrin. Feeling really sad and down today. Not sure if it's from the klonopin, the prednisone or from suddenly stopping the wellbutrin.
> Not sure where to go from here. Feeling like I did before I started taking any medication.
> Any advice?All could be involved. Stopping wellbutrin quickly is sure to stir up a hornet's nest. Klonopin commonly causes depression or worsens. Not always, but often. Prednisone on the other hand, for people who need it, usually helps them feel rapidly better. But it can be depressing too. So who knows.
One thing for sure. When we change too many things at once, there is no way to tell what is doing what. Is it the wellbutrin or is it the klonopin? We don't know because they were both changed at about the same time frame. A separation of a couple weeks or so would have made the picture more clear.
Keep in mind too that often times when we stop an antidepressant....even when it was making us feel worse or wasn't doing anything at all....a period of worsened depression can follow for a few days. It is the brain readjusting, not quite caught up to what is going on, lots of havoc going on until it finds its place. Then as things settle you can see what your true baseline is and then go from there.
I think a couple things all of us psych patients learn in our journeys are patience and perseverance. We have no choice.
If it were me, I would probably be restarting the wellbutrin at half the dose I was on, and cut the klonopin back to half or even stop it completely, and then with a lot more caution slowly make the changes over a longer period of time and in smaller steps.
Posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2010, at 23:03:43
In reply to not so good today., posted by manduh on December 6, 2010, at 18:23:29
Mandu were you taking one of the packs of prednisone that wean you off if so don't think it's that as prednisone can make you feel horrible. Klonopin is depressing for me. Wellbutrin I was reved up on it?. Phillipa
Posted by manduh on December 7, 2010, at 1:55:49
In reply to Re: not so good today. » manduh, posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2010, at 23:03:43
The klonopin has been helping me....keep it together somewhat, with everything that's going on. But ugh, the feeling of hopelessness creeps up on me a bit.
I definitely wish I could get back on the wellbutrin. But I can't go through another week of the hives, constant itching, and the sleep deprivation.> Mandu were you taking one of the packs of prednisone that wean you off if so don't think it's that as prednisone can make you feel horrible. Klonopin is depressing for me. Wellbutrin I was reved up on it?. Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on December 7, 2010, at 19:42:55
In reply to Re: not so good today., posted by manduh on December 7, 2010, at 1:55:49
Sounds like an allergy? Phillipa
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