Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Wellbutrin insomniac (4) » paxvox

Posted by Tony P on September 13, 2001, at 0:56:38

In reply to Re: Wellbutrin insomniac (4) » Tony P, posted by paxvox on September 11, 2001, at 8:10:51

Thanks, Pax.

That night I posted all night was the worst night ... don't know exactly what was going on physiologically, but sometimes I found in the past that Serzone would do much the same thing to me, all by itself, if I took it late at night when I was already a bit hyper. Partly my individual body chemistry no doubt, but I've seen a couple of posts some time ago on similar paradoxical experiences - critical timing of night-time doses, esp. the ones like Serzone and Remeron that are normally sleep-encouraging.

Anyhow, I'm not mixing any Serzone in for now - I want to get a good sense of where Wellbutrin is taking me by itself, plus I was overdue for a holiday from the Serzone.

Since then I've experimented with taking my 2nd 150 mg at bedtime, which works OK as far as getting to sleep goes, but I tend to wake up at 4 AM. Today I went back to breakfast time and suppertime, and so of course now at 11PM I'm feeling super energetic. I will try your suggestion - it sounds like it might be the best schedule for me too.

I was just looking at the Klonopin I have left, with no repeats, and hoping my Dr. will agree to keep me on it at least a bit longer - many people here seem to be taking it long-term, after all, it is an anti-seizure med., which is for the long haul for most people. Mostly I feel OK now with the speediness and jitters during the day, in fact one day I didn't feel the energy at all and missed it! But I'm worried about night time.

Thanks for posting.
Tony

> Tony, sounds like you are having normal adjustment period to Wellbutrin. Good thing your doc is giving you a benzo with it. It is not unusual to have hypothermia, especially in hands and feet, on WB. I don't know why. I highly recommend B.I.D dosing of 150 SR at the time you get up, and about 6-7 hours later. I have had real problems taking it anytime after 8 hours or so. This does not necessarily fall in line with medical recommendations of at least 8 hours between dosing, but I believe that is mostly "hangover" from the seizure risk school of teaching. Keep your benzo at all costs! I don't know about seratonin syndrome, but I don't think WB would affect that, as it is only a very weak inhibitor of seratonin reuptake, working more on dopamine.
>
> PAX


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:Tony P thread:78130
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010907/msgs/78697.html