Posted by Ritch on May 17, 2003, at 10:10:53
In reply to Re: HELP ME I FEEL LIKE IM DYING!!!!!!!, posted by jturner795 on May 16, 2003, at 23:52:46
> Yeah I was diagnosed ADD when I was a child, my father who is a preacher thought I was getting high off of the ritalin or whatever and took me off. I was rediagnosed this past fall after years of "self medicating". The second part of your question, At first with the welbutrin(400mg) and the Adderall(20mg) I had lots of energy to say the least...lol. I would find myself working on my house and suddenly realize how quite it was and wondering if my wife and kids had already gone to bed and the notice it was 3:00 am! Anyway, after a couple of months, I was almost unable to get out of bed in the morning from exhaustion. And I began to have some serious paranoia episodes and some mania. I feel now that I am almost back to square one. As I said before I feel a small spark for maby an hour after I take my meds, It is extremely short lived. I have been on this roller-coaster for months now, and Im starting to feel like Im losing it. I see my Psydoc on tues. Should I ask her to increase my dose? Let me know what you think. Thank you so much for your concern!
Just an opinion, but it sounds like the Wellbutrin was triggering some mild psychosis. It can do that in folks *without* an underlying disorder. Also, you may have "crashed" from the Adderall as well (after you are on it awhile and become a little tolerant + the WB). Just an opinion here, but it sounded like the Effexor was doing something "good", and the high-dose WB sounds destabilizing--what about asking your pdoc about reducing the Wellbutrin from 400 > 200mg and adding back a little Effexor (say 37.5mg XR)?
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