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Re: HELP! hand tremors + hallucinations on Wellbutrin » fairnymph

Posted by fachad on July 22, 2002, at 14:56:23

In reply to HELP! hand tremors + hallucinations on Wellbutrin, posted by fairnymph on July 22, 2002, at 13:09:37

I know this is a sensitive question, but have you ever used LSD or any psychedelic drugs in the past?

For some people with a history of psychedelic drug use, certain psych meds, especially ones that work on dopamine, can trigger episodes like the one you described.

I don't think there is much you can do except wait for it to pass and then don't take that med again.

I think this is called something like "Persistent Hallucinogen Perception Disturbance", and it is known that it can be brought on, after years of being symptom free, by some medications.

> I started taking WB SR on the 12th. that first day I took 100 mg, then as I was toleratinb it wel I moved up to 200 mg the following day. I stayed at that for a whlie, again, tolerating it well, and then moved up to 300 mg. Two days after starting at 300 mg, I stayed up all night...and throughout the following day.
>
> I had taken 1,25 mg ativan + 1 mg xanax a few hours before to help me try and sleep. At the end of the aforementioned day, I was lying on my bf's bed and looked up at the ceiling. I was not feeling the effects of the benzos at this point, however I saw swarms of ants crawling across it. While this did not scarew me, I thought it was a little weird, so I had my bf come take a look. He told me that there were no ants (so while we were both looking I saw them while he did not). I then got up to take a closer look and indeed saw that my bf was right. But when I lay back down, I could see the ants again swarming.
>
> Then I looked over at my bf, who looked very worried, and he appeared to have a toothpick or wooden skewer in his mouth. Quickly these objects morphed into a rainbow-metallic steel cagelike muzzle (yes, on my bf's face!). I told my bf this, and he became even more worried, and as he came closer the muzzle thing disappeared.
>
> Following this, I looked over at the stucco wall a foot from the bed and see spirarily and squirming patterns, moving quite rapidly. Reminds me a bit of previous psychedelic experiences. As I looked at the stucco longer, the textured peices of the stucco began moving. Soon I saw the forms of humans appearing within the stucco. They were moving around and I began to hear faint music playing (sounded like a string quartet or something of the like). There were maybe 15-20 adults (mixed company) and there seemed to be a dinner table. People are laughing and gesturing. As I keep looking at the (white)stucco, I began to see colors, first pastels then darker...almost as if the scene is being coloured in.
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> I felt very alert and wired (despite the benzos and sleep deprivation). No anxiety or fear in response to hte hallucinatios.
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> I know that psychosis/hallucinations can occur with wellbutrin OD, but I did not take too much WB...and although psychosis/hallucinations can occur even at clinical doses, it is very rare and I have not experienced anything like this in the days prior.
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> I am NOT prone to visual disutrubances or hallucinations (never hadthe latter until now).
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> I went back down to 250 mg yesterday, but even today I am feeling weird and having mild visual disturbances. I'm not sure I would even feel safe driving. And I had a good 9 hours of heavy sleep last night.
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> Are these effects going to subside? Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Suggestions?
>
> I am taking the WB for depression, however I also suffer from OCD. I have no history of schizophrenia in my family.


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