Posted by bonnie_ann on April 13, 2001, at 21:07:53
In reply to Re: flat mood on Celexa and Wellbutrin » bonnie_ann, posted by jacquie on April 13, 2001, at 19:32:49
> > I originally was on 30mg Celexa and having Sexual problems so I added Wellbutrin 75mg 2x day.
> > and decreased the Celexa to 20mg. Lately I have been feeling like I really want to cry. My mood seems to be not happy not angry just there- I'm not feeling positive anymore. It's also scaring me- Is this depression? I don't really know what it feels like. What should I do?
> > Increase the Celexa again and stop the Wellbutrin
> > or Increase the Wellbutrin?
> > Decrease the Celexa?
> > Thanks,
> > Bonnie
>
> Hi Bonnie,
> I saw your post and it made me think of when I was on
> Celexa and when I got off it. I started at 10mg
> and then to 20mg and then to 40. I had to get off it
> because I got rare side effects. So, slowly I got
> off it. Strangely I was feeling almost euphoric at
> 20mg, very strange, then when I was down to 10mg and
> then the final zip, 0 ...I crashed. Cried and cried.
> Just for no apparent reason. My therapist ( a newer
> one thought I was manic depressive, which I'm not, but
> he is not a med kinda guy-so he was a little stunned
> by the extreme up and then the extreme down-can't blame him) Okay, so
> anyway, I started reading and then I asked the
> pharmacist and she only said what I had read and
> thought all along, was that your body adjusted to
> all that serotonin and now you are weaning it off and that
> this was a classic side effect. I think your body may
> need to adjust to the lower dosage. I am a gardener
> and not a doctor, so my mere experience may not
> be the same you are going through, but it sure sounds like
> it. Eventually , I adjusted and was fine.
> I take Wellbutrin now actually and was thinking of
> asking the doc to augment with celexa, just a little
> like 10mg because Celexa had some great benefits
> for me. It was the first time I had taken anything really
> for my depression and although it did make me
> a bit flat (lowered activity in alpha and beta waves
> I think is what it does...not 100% sure, would
> explain flatness) I had little social anxiety,
> no obsessive thinking, and just felt a bit better,
> but at 40 mg it started to get weird for me. I am
> very sensitive to meds.
>
> Well, if this wasn't a bit of babble. Sorry about that.
> Maybe you can ask your doc to explain what
> happens when you lower a brain chemical like
> serotonin. The power of knowledge is sometimes
> unfair when it is not shared or neglected to be
> shared. Give a ask maybe? Good luck to you.
>
> JacquieI've decided that because I've already ordered a 90day supply of Celexa -I'm going to stick with it. I'm wondering if I increase the Wellbutrin will my mood improve? Or if I increase both Celexa and Wellbutrin will I still have sexual functioning? Just thinking of something I could ask the Dr. about. Weight gain is a bigger issue than the sexual thing right now.
My dose 20mg and 75mg Wellbutrin 2x a day.
I appreciate your advice,
Bonnie
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