Posted by josiejo on May 1, 2002, at 2:54:41
In reply to Re: Depakote/Topamax/Wellbutrin..something seems wrong » pand0ra, posted by Ritch on April 29, 2002, at 23:30:34
> > > Your feelings sound a lot like what I experienced on Wellbutrin. The first day I would take it I would have a stressed-out mean angry almost pacing period at its peak a couple hours later, as I continued to take it each day those feelings lasted more and more of the day until it lasted all day. My doc called it 'agitation' and had me stop the Wellbutrin. I wanted Wellbutrin to work bad enough that I did a second trial of it years later while on Neurontin, and the same thing happened. After about 5 days I was at the end of my rope and was seriously considering suicide.
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> > > Have you been on both depakote and topamax for one week? Seems odd to start two mood stabilizers at once. Have you been on either before? --kate
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> > These are the first medicines I've ever been on. The Topamax was mainly given to me because I'm a heavy set girl and she didn't want me to gain weight with Depakote. Why is it that Wellbutrin causes these feelings of anger/rage/suicide? Why do doctors keep prescribing them? I'm generally scared that my doctor will ignore my request to quit taking it.
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> That is interesting. When I read the meds you were taking (the combo all at once), the impression I got was a pdoc that was thinking you were bipolar, wanted to prescribe a "1st line" med for bipolar (Depakote), but didn't want you to gain weight, so added on some Topamax (to offset the weight gain of the Depakote), and added on an antidepresant which is "supposed" to cause the least amount of cycling problems for bipolars (Wellbutrin). They dumped too many meds on you at once, IMO. The main thing is to get switched off the Wellbutrin as soon as you can. Tell your pdoc about an SSRI instead. They need to know about your hostility.
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> Mitch
Interesting how different meds affect different people. My doc put me on Depakote about 2 years ago but only for a short time. I was also on Wellbutron to try and quit smoking (maybe someday...) and the combination made me angry all the time. Driving was insane... I screamed at everyone who turned in the wrong lane or changed lanes without signaling. I flipped out at my boss and nearly lost my job.
Glad I got off that combination of drugs!!
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