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Originally Posted by Tucson
For the most part, I think it is stress. For instance, forgetfulness is not listed as a side effect of Buproprion. Before anyone says that they are having an unlisted side effect, during clinical trials, all someone needs to do is fart, it is then listed as a possible side effect. Actually I think there is allot of truth to my previous statement. So as far as forgetfulness goes, I would look elsewhere. BTW a very good source of this information is Drugs.com | Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side Effects
You need an AD, correct? So IMO you need to stay on it unless something substantive comes along that points to your AD. Also I would not reduce it until you pdoc validates what you want to do. Besides, he would be the best person to understand the possible side effects. For that matter, I have seen people on PC that have problems with forgetfulness despite the med changes they have went through.
There was one time where my body started shaking terribly. I thought that it must be the last medication changed. It turned out to be a medication that I have been on for some time. I am giad I did not start to manipulate my meds. I would have taken away meds that I really needed.
I am not saying that you are doing anything wrong. Please take care. Whatever ypu do, try not to start panicing. I am not saying you are panicing.
FWIW YMMV |
Yes, I need an AD. I did take Wellbutrin when I was in grad school but it was in combo with Effexor. I had some difficulty with remembering words, but I blamed the Effexor. Shortly after grad school, I was able to get off most meds, but I know I stayed on some, don’t remember what though.
This problem is recent and started after I got on a lot of different meds because Trazodone and hydroxyzine weren’t getting me to sleep any more, and my panic was horrible. I may have started Wellbutrin as early as May or June. But I am fairly sure the forgetfulness has increased a lot lately, which yes, I have had a lot of stress, but the pdoc also upped the Wellbutrin to 300 mg just recently, when this problem got really bad. I called him yesterday on his voicemail for emergencies; he called back and said to cut the Wellbutrin back down to 150 mg; I had pills that were 150 mg from him prescribing the 150 mg first, and he moved the prescription to 300 mg before the last 150 mg bottle ran out. I am seeing him again on Tuesday. Confusion can happen pretty much with a lot of my diagnoses and is one of those rare side effects of Wellbutrin. And since I seem not to have issues with meds many people do (Seroquel, Effexor), maybe it is just my metabolism. I think they even were able to show differences in brain imaging of people with EDs when processing food, and who knows if that is permanent or not or has always been there? I haven’t read enough articles to really be up to date on that either. Or maybe the quick jump from 150 mg to 300 mg was too much since the pdoc didn’t have any hesitation on the phone yesterday as to what he wanted me to do with the meds. So I think he suspected the Wellbutrin right off.
But I still don’t get why some days it is super bad, others not so much so much.
But it is hard; I had pretty extreme surgery in February, and I started seeing this pdoc around 6 weeks later. So we are talking major surgery recovery combined with new psych meds, a new stomach med, surgical stuff done to my stomach, and more and more stress, also a lot of weight loss, 20, 25 lb. or so, that is a lot when you are not overweight to start.