Posted by Ritch on February 3, 2002, at 23:44:30
In reply to What is your opinion of Wellbutrin? (nm) » Ritch, posted by Anyuser on February 3, 2002, at 14:22:32
Well,
I have to say something I say about a lot of different medications...It works, but...
WB doesn't help with my attention as well as a standard pstim. Even nortriptyline helped with ADHD a little better. I can't tolerate more than 75mg a day. I am extremely med sensitive and I go by the 1/4 rule generally with meds. That is what most folks take I divide by 1/4 and that is about what I can stand to tolerate. I must say it got me through my seasonal depression this winter, so that says quite a lot. The seasonal depression has lifted and now I am facing several weeks of mood cycling, so I don't need to take much of it now-in fact if I take more than a 1/4 tab of WB now I can't sleep right. That's what I like about standard pstims like Adderall, they work during the day when I need to be awake and then they get lost at bedtime so I can sleep. The reason I think that "certain" antidepressants are less likely to result in bipolar cycling than "other" antidepressants generally has to do with their half-lives. The shorter the half-life generally the less troublesome they are with cycling simply because they don't keep you up at nite when you need to sleep. (just a theory, now).
Mitch
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