experiences with buproprion/wellbutrin?

[decadance]

i just started on 150mg about a week ago, too soon and too low of a dose to notice any changes yet

if you're on it, is it working well for you or no? what dose are you on?

 

[LastNite]

I remember trying it. I dont recall the dose, but I had a terrible experience. The brain zaps hurt a lot. I dont know why but the second day that I was on it I woke up with intense brain zaps and it lasted for ~8 minutes. I never really gave it the chance to show any positives. I stopped taking right after that happened to me. I hope your experience turns out better.

 

[missedmybus]

My experience with Wellbutrin:

No real side effects, maybe a bit of a rushed anxiety feeling/dizziness the first few weeks.

Nothing crazy like SSRI/SNRIs though.

Positive effects:
A bit easier to get up in the morning.
Mood a bit more stable (less peaks and lows)

If you are able to use it to build a stable/sustainable routine while taking it, I think it can be a real useful tool.

I remember trying it. I dont recall the dose, but I had a terrible experience. The brain zaps hurt a lot. I dont know why but the second day that I was on it I woke up with intense brain zaps and it lasted for ~8 minutes. I never really gave it the chance to show any positives. I stopped taking right after that happened to me. I hope your experience turns out better.

Are you certain you are talking about Wellbutrin? The side effects you are describing sound specifically like the SSRI ones. The reason I got switched to Wellbutrin was the brain zaps.

 

[FoxSauce]

Hmm it did helped but I had really bad migraines regurlarly. 2 in one week and theyll only go away if I fell asleep. I stopped taking it. So its just was a no for me.

 

[N@te]

i just started on 150mg about a week ago, too soon and too low of a dose to notice any changes yet

if you're on it, is it working well for you or no? what dose are you on?

I took it for a bit and it made me feel worse for some reason (or at least I think it did, it's hard to tell what is causing what). So I stopped it.

 

[NZkiwi]

i just started on 150mg about a week ago, too soon and too low of a dose to notice any changes yet

if you're on it, is it working well for you or no? what dose are you on?

it was helpfil for me when i was on it

 

[Insufficent]

I had tried it two times with 150mg. Both times it took almost a month to notice anything.
One day I just decided to clean my whose apartment, balcony and carpets. Both times.
Then back to normal numb procrastination with videogames.
Withdrawal symptoms were anger and small brain zapps.

Give it time. Antidepressants take time to work.

 

[infinitanocte]

I tried it before a few years back for some months. Hard to tell if it really helped me or not, though. I got pretty anxious around that time, maybe partially from the medication (but I was already a kind of anxious person + caffeine does that to me) so I had to take buspar with it. It gave me dry mouth when I was on it, so I had to drink a lot of water. I also tend to take meds irregularly, so I often got brain zaps. And for the first month or so, it would make me a bit nauseous basically all day, too. I think it maybe did make me a bit more stable mood-wise for a bit? Aside from the anxiety? But hard to tell if it was a placebo effect or not. Whatever effect it had, it was hard to tell (and I even upped the dose a few times, too).

It probably depends on what the cause of your problems/things you're trying to change are. I feel like my procrastination and stuff weren't really something medication ended up being able to help me with. I still have problems with that off meds too though, lol. After being on meds for a while and then stopping, I realized I had kind of become a bit numb to my emotions or lost them. So I'm not going to be taking any more SSRIs or other meds for mental health for the time being.

 

[homunculi]

i have taken wellbutrin twice now at different times in my life. the first time was 300mg w/ mood stabilizer and buspar. i took all of this for about 4 months before giving up on it. at that point in my life things were so fucked that i couldn't tell if any of the meds were working and didn't want to keep trying them and so quit cold turkey.

the second time was also 300mg w/ mood stabilizer and 50mg of an SNRI. that combination really seemed to help me. however, i lost access to meds after losing my health insurance. i feel like i was more quick to anger on wellbutrin than any other med (apparently this is happens to other people as well) and got hotter quicker.

 

[N@te]

i have taken wellbutrin twice now at different times in my life. the first time was 300mg w/ mood stabilizer and buspar. i took all of this for about 4 months before giving up on it. at that point in my life things were so fucked that i couldn't tell if any of the meds were working and didn't want to keep trying them and so quit cold turkey.

the second time was also 300mg w/ mood stabilizer and 50mg of an SNRI. that combination really seemed to help me. however, i lost access to meds after losing my health insurance. i feel like i was more quick to anger on wellbutrin than any other med (apparently this is happens to other people as well) and got hotter quicker.

why? did they become too expensive? If so you may be able to find cheaper meds from india

 

[homunculi]

why? did they become too expensive? If so you may be able to find cheaper meds from india

without insurance i couldn't afford the meds and i'd run out of refills and had no doctor to refill. i havent had them for over a year now so i don't think i'll source them from anywhere else, especially now that my financial situation is worse.

 

[N@te]

without insurance i couldn't afford the meds and i'd run out of refills and had no doctor to refill. i havent had them for over a year now so i don't think i'll source them from anywhere else, especially now that my financial situation is worse.

alright, if you don't want to buy them then don't. But if you do you should know that don't need prescriptions to buy from indiamart, and the pharmacuticals tend to be cheaper.

 

[orpheus_]

150 mg did almost nothing to me but on 300 mg I definitely got more energy and stopped spending entire days in bed. I have more of this kind of "mechanical motivation", like I can do things I don't really feel like doing a bit easier than before. It's also a lot easier to "just start" doing things, what is still hard is *continuing* them.
My psychiatrist mentioned that many people do not react to 150mg anyway, and most of the time 300 is the minimum for it to work.
No side effects besides maybe more irritability on the higher dose? Hard to say since there were some life events in the meantime that might have influenced that.
Generally seems helpful I guess. I noticed the effects after like a month, though.

 

[decadance]

150 mg did almost nothing to me but on 300 mg I definitely got more energy and stopped spending entire days in bed. I have more of this kind of "mechanical motivation", like I can do things I don't really feel like doing a bit easier than before. It's also a lot easier to "just start" doing things, what is still hard is *continuing* them.
My psychiatrist mentioned that many people do not react to 150mg anyway, and most of the time 300 is the minimum for it to work.
No side effects besides maybe more irritability on the higher dose? Hard to say since there were some life events in the meantime that might have influenced that.
Generally seems helpful I guess. I noticed the effects after like a month, though.

i seem to be reacting to the med exactly like you described. i don't seem to be feeling less sad but it is easier to get up and do things. i'm gonna be upped to 300mg in a few days so i hope it starts helping a little more.

 

[trying ungracefully]

How did it go for you? I don't remember the dose I was on but I started it and it made me really anxious with a lot of uncomfortable energy. I had to stop it and it messed up my anxiety levels for a bit.

 

[ginadu]

When I was out sick from work it was lovely at the start. Felt like I came out of a coma and had lots of energy for the gym. When I went back to work and started skipping the gym I was just on edge all the time. I became really distraught and very, very suicidal and that's when I joined this website. Just sitting on the couch home alone I was so distressed. Body felt like I would have a heart attack or stroke. Even started hitting myself to relieve some stress. Kinda torn because for a while it was lovely . The energy was great but then on 300mg every day felt like I was going through a traumatic event. To be fair I was on other meds such as Quetiapine so it may have been the interaction or too hight of a dose or my illness just declined and it was a coincidence.

 

[divineprana]

This medication made me sooo horny and cum sooo easily. I had a therapist who said it made her nauseous. It's all dependent on your neurochemistry