Posted by SLS on February 28, 2009, at 7:52:37
In reply to Wellbutrin XL question for SLS + others, posted by theo on February 27, 2009, at 20:45:42
> I was wondering, I was taking Wellbutrin XL 150mg for 2 months and went to 300mg 2 weeks ago. When you are on a med for a couple of months and increase the dose, do you still need to wait 4 weeks to give the dose increase a fair trial?
Yes.
Great question. It has been both my experience and those of the doctors I have seen that you really cannot judge the efficacy of a dosage adjustment for at least 3 weeks. Of course, it can happen sooner. I don't understand your being treated for so long at 150mg, even thought the sweet spot for most people is 300mg. I would not look at the lack of stimulating effects from Wellbutrin as a sign that it wouldn't work. It very well might be, but since there is no empirical evidence of this being presented to us, there is no way one can be absolutely certain of this, it makes sense to persist. You know, I almost always felt weird in some way when a drug was going to elicit a positive response.
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