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Old Jun 14, 2017, 06:56 PM
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hi. i was on 400mgs wellbutrin (200mgs sr, 2x daily). It was ok. good at first, then ok, then i started feeling somehow both over-medicated (I take other stuff, too...) and jittery, so I dropped it, rather quickly. I was slowed down and kinda pensive for a couple days, but I bounced back quickly. I feel a lot better now.

I will say that the wellbutrin was easier to stop, for me, than anything else. I didn't quite realize how jittery-making it was until I'd been off of it for a little while. Then...well, I kind of wonder why I was on it for so long, and also...why my dose was doubled, from 200 to 400, so quickly. I dunno.

Some people take an additional antidepressant with wellbutrin. I'm not recommending it, at all, but it seems to be somewhat common. an ssri, remeron, now and then effexor or cymbalta. I guess the additional drug would depend on the problems you're dealing with, doctor's preferences, etc.

I hope you can find a way out of this situation. The psych drugs clearly only do so much, many of them only help for a while...I kind of wonder how and why psychiatry exists as a separate specialty, honestly.
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