Wow, I am just shocked at how many people are able to take Wellbutrin. I was told that same stuff too, oh, it’s a different type of AD, you’ll be fine on it. I tried to tell my providers I had taken it in the past, before I was diagnosed with bipolar, and I was concerned it would induce mania, like all the ADs did for me. The whole reason I was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Oh, but this is different they say. Whatever.

I was prescribed Wellbutrin during my second hospital stay and within about a month it triggered the worst manic episode I have ever had in my life. I assume it is NOT typical to experience severe mania after a hospital visit, for a mixed episode, when the whole point was to stabilize you.

I finally stopped it on my own, and slowly my mania began to subside, just not as quickly as I would have liked. I was on every type of AD known to man back when it was thought I had unipolar depression, not just SSRIs, and examining my past made me realize ALL of them had a role in hypomania. I have already told providers I will NEVER take ANY AD again, even if it’s prescribed, so don’t bother. I had no idea I was in the minority with Wellbutrin. Oh well.