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Posted by gradstudent on April 6, 2004, at 11:23:39
I apologize if this may be deja vu all over again to some but I could sure use your help.
I am taking 300 mg of Wellbutrin SR -- have been for a week now for my compulsive overeating. The rationale was that it would curb my appetite. So far, the opposite has been true and it is horrible.
If any of yo are being helped by WB, is it at a highre dose??
Experience? Advice?? Thanks !
Posted by jaby on April 6, 2004, at 16:44:11
In reply to Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by gradstudent on April 6, 2004, at 11:23:39
I found that when I used the immediate release it curbed my appetite. The sr doesn't seem to do much for that
Posted by PsychoSage on April 7, 2004, at 0:59:21
In reply to Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by gradstudent on April 6, 2004, at 11:23:39
> I apologize if this may be deja vu all over again to some but I could sure use your help.
> I am taking 300 mg of Wellbutrin SR -- have been for a week now for my compulsive overeating. The rationale was that it would curb my appetite. So far, the opposite has been true and it is horrible.
> If any of yo are being helped by WB, is it at a highre dose??
> Experience? Advice?? Thanks !I thought you weren't supposed to take wellbutrin if you have an eating disorder.
300 is usually the max dose. I think 400SR is the utmost max.
That's just too weird. what else are you on?
It could be making you hypomanic which may fuel your food addiction. By no means does this drug make people any hungrier. That's just not the normal pattern of events, but like I said, you could be over activated in a pleasure seeking type way.
Topamax is helpful, but it makes people stupid I heard.
Otherwise, the standard drugs are well-known to all. I found provigil curbed my appetite at first. wellbutrin did too, but that went away.
I take wellbutrin 300 now.
Posted by gradstudent on April 7, 2004, at 10:50:02
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by PsychoSage on April 7, 2004, at 0:59:21
Hi,
non purging binge eating disorder does not interfere with wellbutrin. in fact, wb is supposed to help with appetite! the seizure risk is for people who either don;t eat (anorexia) or throw up (bulimia), due to electrolyte imbalance. I specify this b/c eating disorder is a phrase that encompasses way diferent behaviors, and need for different meds.
No mania on WB at all, just as slow and depressed as ever. Don;t even want to gte out of bed. Thanks for the XR advice. I will ask the doc next week!
Posted by gradstudent on April 7, 2004, at 10:52:28
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by gradstudent on April 7, 2004, at 10:50:02
Oh, and I take Ambien to sleep. that's it. Mostly I am an overeater who is depressed from gainiing 30 lbs in 2 months(was size 6 before) from non stop eating.
Posted by KathrynLex on April 7, 2004, at 15:04:26
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited to PsychoSage, posted by gradstudent on April 7, 2004, at 10:52:28
Hi,
I've been on 150 mgs of Wellbutrin for about a week now and have been having extreme light sensitivity. Most kinds of light hurt my eyes to one degree or another, has anyone else experienced this? Please tell me it goes away. Thanks.
K.
Posted by PsychoSage on April 7, 2004, at 16:47:16
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited to PsychoSage, posted by gradstudent on April 7, 2004, at 10:52:28
> Oh, and I take Ambien to sleep. that's it. Mostly I am an overeater who is depressed from gainiing 30 lbs in 2 months(was size 6 before) from non stop eating.
ambien is not a proper benzo like ativan, and i do not know what else it affects as far as neurotransmitters, but it is in the general class of sedatives right next to valium, xanax and ativan. That group of benzos made me eat voraciously in the middle of the night, but not quite like Zyprexa.Zyprexa which is a thienobenzodiazipine {chem name is olanzipine}, and that made me gain 35 pounds in 6 weeks,
Zyprexa affects histamine receptors which affects appetite. At least that is what I recall {correctly i hope}
Posted by madi on April 8, 2004, at 13:34:42
In reply to Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by gradstudent on April 6, 2004, at 11:23:39
> I apologize if this may be deja vu all over again to some but I could sure use your help.
> I am taking 300 mg of Wellbutrin SR -- have been for a week now for my compulsive overeating. The rationale was that it would curb my appetite. So far, the opposite has been true and it is horrible.
> If any of yo are being helped by WB, is it at a highre dose??
> Experience? Advice?? Thanks !
OK I just signed up to ask somewhat of the same question.I know wellbutrin (buproprion) is supposed to be activating, but it makes be unbearably tired and if am not sleeping, I am eating. I went from 100 mg in the morning to 150 and begged my doc to lower the dose back to 100. Well it isn't helping either.
The weird thing is that the first week I was on the 100 mg I felt great - I had energy. (I was still hungrier than normal for me though.)
Help. Am I nuts? Anyone else had a similar experience?
Posted by Scott in Vermont on April 8, 2004, at 15:38:45
In reply to Q for Wellbutrin Users, posted by KathrynLex on April 7, 2004, at 15:04:26
I used Wellbutrin in 2001 for a couple of months and I had extreme light sensitivity. It got to the point where I could not drive at night because of it (oncoming headlights).
It did not get better. I stopped taking Wellbutrin. I was fine again inside a week.
Posted by sarahsundae on April 8, 2004, at 18:47:08
In reply to Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by gradstudent on April 6, 2004, at 11:23:39
I am only on 200mg of Wellbutrin but I have not gained weight with it. I have actually lost nearly 20 pounds (of which I gained on Effexor) but that also includes watching what I eat and exercise as well.
Posted by vjw on April 8, 2004, at 20:22:06
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by sarahsundae on April 8, 2004, at 18:47:08
My doc told me that 400 mg is the dosage recommended to break the cycle of binge eating. i'm on 150 now, and my motivation is greatly improved.
Good luck
Posted by PsychoSage on April 8, 2004, at 23:11:27
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by vjw on April 8, 2004, at 20:22:06
> My doc told me that 400 mg is the dosage recommended to break the cycle of binge eating. i'm on 150 now, and my motivation is greatly improved.
>
>
> Good luckthere really should be no reason for wellbutrin to make anyone eat more.
as far as getting tired from wellbutrin, I have read that some people who get dead tired from Strattera {a norepineprhine reuptake inhibitor- welllbutrin is a NDRI - norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor} because there is not enough norepinephrine around, and so the drug does other stuff somewhere else.
I read that tyrosine converts to norepinephrine, so that may help.
I read about this on crazymeds.org under strattera.
Posted by madi on April 9, 2004, at 20:05:31
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin -- revisited, posted by PsychoSage on April 8, 2004, at 23:11:27
> > My doc told me that 400 mg is the dosage recommended to break the cycle of binge eating. i'm on 150 now, and my motivation is greatly improved.
> >
> >
> > Good luck
>
> there really should be no reason for wellbutrin to make anyone eat more.
>
> as far as getting tired from wellbutrin, I have read that some people who get dead tired from Strattera {a norepineprhine reuptake inhibitor- welllbutrin is a NDRI - norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor} because there is not enough norepinephrine around, and so the drug does other stuff somewhere else.
>
> I read that tyrosine converts to norepinephrine, so that may help.
>
> I read about this on crazymeds.org under strattera.
Thanks for your support. At least the tiredness thing is somewhat not unheard of.I will look at that site.
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