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Re: How long does Wellbutrin take? Â

Posted by wcfrench on July 5, 2002, at 13:44:14

In reply to Re: How long does Wellbutrin take? » wcfrench, posted by MomO3 on July 3, 2002, at 22:52:12

cybercafe...
I took first 40 mg of Geodon nightly. After about a week, it seemed like it was definitely the drug for me. It made me feel calm, safe, and at peace with the world. It was the first time I had actually experienced peace from all of my symptoms. Then, as expected, symptoms popped up here and there so we increased it to 60, then 80 nightly. Once I was on the 80 nightly, it started wearing off a few hours before the 24 hour mark (it's a twice a day medicine) and I got seriously psychotic feelings around 6, 7, 8 PM (usually took it around 9 o'clock). I just felt plain crazy and that I should have been in a mental hospital under close supervision. That's when we tried going twice a day, and my energy level went to nothing and I was stuck in a painful lull, where I had this indescribable pain all over my body. I even went to the emergency room. We had to stop taking it because of these seriously deathly-feeling side effects. Now, I'm on a brother of Geodon, called Zyprexa (it's a once-a-day)... But I've not experienced the same good effects that I did in the Geodon. Never have felt the same, and that's a place I'm still trying to get back to now. I just don't think the Zyprexa will get me there. All I can say about the Geodon is it put me into a painful awake-sleep mode where it hurt to sit down and wait for something. It's this painful tired feeling that is just indescribable. It worked, however, and was an amazing medicine for me until we got to that point.

Mom...
My doc wasn't positive, but he diagnosed me with a "bipolar-type" disorder, where in treating one thing another will pop up. I'm not the traditional up-and-down bipolar. (I think maybe this is Bipolar II?).. I think that soon I'll be going to lithium+antidepressant, and will most likely not be taking the Zyprexa and Effexor, but be taking Prozac + Lithium, which is the path I would like to go. We started with Effexor, then eventually added Neurontin, which seemed to help a little. Then, once symptoms were still not disappearing, we started experimenting with anti-psychotics. These medicines were very obviously stronger, but for once, started curing my symptoms. I started with Seroquel and kept bumping up the dosage until I was sleeping way too much and having trouble waking up, so I stopped it. It did, however, get rid of the treatment-resistant symptoms, such as lots of different anxieties (social, performance, etc) and seemed to make me feel better. Once I stopped it, I began to get unhealthy again, and that's where we started the even stronger anti-psychotic called Geodon. Well, my bout with the Geodon you can read from my previous response, but I can definitely say that I've not experienced a cure since the Geodon. I can tell you that if you haven't gotten rid of many symptoms on SSRIs then your doc might want to try some of these stronger medicines. It's just a different ball of wax, because the sedation is much more of a problem. Honestly, I can't see how they describe Geodon as a twice a day medicine, because it made me a complete zombie when I took it during the day. But the once-a-day just wasn't cutting it.. the wearing off at the end of the day was wholly fearful. As far as the Wellbutrin goes, I don't know if it's going to work for me. I've been on it about 10 days and haven't noticed any positive effects. My doc thinks that the dopamine action, which I told him I felt in the Geodon, will benefit me, but I haven't noticed anything yet. I'm trying to urge him to get me on Lithium, which he previously suggested, because the typical anti-depressants weren't working. On the Wellbutrin SR, I haven't noticed anything yet, but some people say they have felt the effects after 5 days or so. As far as me, I have my doubts that I'll even feel anything, since the other A.D.s weren't strong enough. I'm just biding my time, and hopefully things will start to work themselves out. Give yourself a little time, you'll probably start to feel a little help. And if it isn't working out for you, maybe you should ask for something stronger. Just keep in contact with your doc and tell him if you're feeling bad. They have a right to make you feel better, it's their job. In fact, I just wrote a pretty candid e-mail to my doc telling him that I don't think the Wellbutrin's going to get rid of my depression and that I need something stronger. If you have been battling unsuccessfully for 13 years, it seems like you might need something stronger. Well, I hope this answered your question. Good luck to you, my heart goes out to you.
-Charlie


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