Posted by Lou Pilder on April 25, 2010, at 7:08:31
In reply to welbutrin not so well and seroquel not so sleepy, posted by Techno'n'PillBottles on April 25, 2010, at 5:23:51
> Howdy y'all this is my first post on here.
> I have never been compelled to do much research on my meds or other potential meds because I usually trust the doctors to do something that works for me but I'm starting to think differently about that and I intend to learn as much as I can to find some solutions.
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> I have been taking welbutrin and seroquel for a couple years now and I am having more and more problems with them. I am bipolar and have a tendency to be more depressed than manic. I also have delayed sleep phase disorder.
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> I started taking seroquel only at night to get to sleep and that has worked for a long time but since I have started my latest regiment (300mg at night and 25/50 during the day as needed for anxiety) I have noticed all the effects fading more and more everyday. I have been getting 4 hours of sleep on average a night and have nights when I don't sleep at all. the 25 or 50 during the day has never done wonders for me (it tends to make me antisocial and grumpy)but now i barely notice it.
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> I think the welbutrin (200mg bupropion sr) is making me agitated, anxious, and interfering greatly with my focus. I stopped taking it for two days and I have felt calmer, but I don't want to fall into any kind of deep depression.
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> I am looking for a different medication that will help these symptoms. A close friend of mine has been taking trazidone (hope i spelled that ok) and he says it helps him sleep and helps anxiety alot.
> he says its an AD too. so i was gonna ask my doc about that. any ideas would be great help.
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> Thanks for taking the time to read this and thank you for any response.TPB,
You wrote,[...research on...trust doctors..starting to think differently..intend to learn...taking wellbutrin...more problems...thank you for any response..]
Well, what you are taking is a psychoactive chemical. In the late 1800's a chemist used a plant from Asia that has psychoactive properties. Then a chemist synthesized the chemical. The chemical in Wellbutrin is in the amphetamine class.
Now there is a wide spectrum of potential psychoactive effects from that class of drug and a predictable result from continued use. So the more you use it, the more of these effects could be more evident. Now if we learn of the effects of amphetamine-like compunds, then we could use that knowlege to determine if one wants to continue taking a chemical of that nature or not.
Now if your doctor explained that to you before you took the drug, that could have given you more infomation so that you could have made a more informed decision as to take the drug or not. Now that you have already taken the drug for some time, and if your doctor never explained the aspects of what could happen to you by taking the drug for a period of time, if more education could be available to you about these drugs, could not you be helped to make a decision as to continue the drug or not? Continued...
Lou
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