I just stepped up from 150 mg XL to 300. I read that Wellbutrin can increase energy in the first week or two but typically takes longer to increase mood.

Like some other people at pc, I've been stuck in a low energy state for a long time and haven't seen a way out of it. If this medication can give me an energy boost without shooting anxiety through the roof then it will be worth it to me.

I've always been an avid coffee drinker. But in my normal (depressive) low energy state, made significantly worse by after effects of chemotherapy, well it seems coffee doesn't start my brain going in the morning. I just seem to never wake up. But I still drink it. However I can only have two cups before lunch. The third cup will ramp up my anxiety and then I have to take a small dose of olanzapine to settle back down.

I think it is entirely possible that the effects of wellbutrin might also depend on what other medications you are taking so it can effect a person differently if the other meds change.

Anyway this morning I have incrementally more energy and don't feel quite so stiff. It's depressing to feel exhausted, unable to wake up and stiff 24/7 for months if not years and not see a way out.

Well my way out has been psychosis and the risky behavior that is typically associated with bipolar mania. At least then I feel that my brain is firing on more than 1 cylinder.

I think my depression is primarily metabolic.