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Poohbah
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May 29, 2017 at 05:25 PM
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Does anyone have any thoughts on the combination in the title?
I start Wellbutrin tomorrow. Geez i think that makes 12 psyche meds now! |
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May 29, 2017 at 06:47 PM
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You don't mention your other meds, but I've been stable on Wellbutrin and Abilify for almost 6 years now.
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Poohbah
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May 29, 2017 at 07:11 PM
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How often does Wellbutrin cause hypo/mania if you are BP1 but mainly depressed?
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May 29, 2017 at 07:27 PM
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I found it activating in the beginning but it wore off after a couple of weeks and it didn't get out of control bc I was also on an AP. it helped my depression for awhile but like everything else stopped working.
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Poohbah
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May 29, 2017 at 07:47 PM
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I'm on an AP too so maybe I won't get any mania at all, but I hope it works as an antidepressant I am tired of living in this pit of despair.
Hopefully it also helps to cut down (or stop) my smoking before my hip replacement in July. Smoking really slows down the healing process, I smoke 2.5 packs a day now. |
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May 29, 2017 at 07:59 PM
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Wellbutrin did increase my libido since the AD I am on killed it. It also was very activating and helped my depression at the time. But no hypomania.
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Poohbah
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May 29, 2017 at 08:03 PM
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I could hope for that Gina_re.
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May 29, 2017 at 08:15 PM
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Both my husband and son are on welbutrin, abilify, and lamictal for bp1. My husband hasn't lost his libido.
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May 30, 2017 at 01:41 AM
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May 30, 2017 at 02:09 AM
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It be amazing if it worked for all 4. No mania, not depressed, stop smoking, and increased libido, all from one med. Well I can only hope.
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May 30, 2017 at 02:30 AM
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Sorry to rain on the parade, but Hellbutrin made me manic AF and full of rage. It might have been because I didn't know that I was bipolar then and thus wasn't taking any mood stabilizers to counteract the bad effects. Hopefully it'll work well for you; I've heard it's a really good med for many people. Just not me.
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May 30, 2017 at 02:48 AM
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Sorry to hear that, I feel for you. I am taking Lamictal so maybe that will keep things toned down.
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May 30, 2017 at 08:56 AM
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They call it he "happy, horny, skinny" pill. I take it with lamictal. I have never been on it alone. Other ADs alone caused manias, but I do not know if Wellbutrin would do this as well.
I would say that it made my libido normal, but hyper-sexuality is a mania symptom for me, it does not do that to me, I do not think. It is sometimes difficult for me to identify symptoms while I am experiencing them. It definitely suppresses my appetite, hopefully it will help you quit smoking. |
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May 30, 2017 at 08:57 AM
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Also, you are on TWELVE psych meds????
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May 30, 2017 at 09:18 AM
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Buspar Wellbutrin Zopiclone Tegretol Inerdal Klonopin Lamictal I recently quit Cymabalta, Ativan, so I guess it's not 12 it's only 8 Plus I use 3 COPD inhalers, vitamin D3 and Calcium which interact with my psyche meds. Talk about polypharmacy! |
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May 30, 2017 at 09:29 AM
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Too much Ibuprofen as well because of hip and back pain.
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May 30, 2017 at 09:39 AM
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Wellbutrin recently made me manic/mixed AF. I became suicidally depressed, hypersexual, and insomniac.
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May 30, 2017 at 10:04 AM
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Thanks for the input BioChe.
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May 30, 2017 at 05:25 PM
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I was on Wellbuterin for a long time along with Prozac for me it really helped I had to be taken off of it because I went in a mixed episode with high anxiety and my pdoc took me off of it. I've been depressed quite a bit since then. It didn't help me quit smoking but I hope it helps you. It didn't help my libido but that is not saying much cause my libido has been gone for so long now. I hope you get what you want from it.
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May 30, 2017 at 05:29 PM
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my pdoc told me that Wellbutrin wouldn't decrease your sex drive.
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