Switched to Wellbutrin

After a while I actually fell asleep easier.

When do you take it? It is advised to take it in the morning because it you take it at night you could have difficulties with sleeping.

Not at all. I didnt have any side effects.

I do take it first thing in the am.

I felt spacey when I first started to take it and any time I change dosages but it goes away once it is in your system at a level dose; if it persists however, it may be an indication that it is too high a dose and may need to go back down.

I take 150 mg most of the year. There are times I need to go up to 300 mg. However, I have been on higher doses before and it know with that feeling that it is just too much medication. I also sleep way too little on the higher doses too so it is a matter of finding the right balance.

I saw that someone posted that they take their 300 mg as a divided dose, in the am and afternoon; this can be helpful. However, I also have found I cannot do this or I will not get any sleep at all. The doc recommended taking it all the morning; I don't crash in the afternoons, only until late evening. Perhaps this might help too if you find you are not sleeping.

Hope it is still going well to relieve your symptoms.

It's not all the time, and it's not bad, and I'm guessing it'll go away since I just started the full dose of 300mg a week ago so my body hasn't had time to adjust.

That depends on the person. If you're prone to anxiety, it will more likely make you anxious.

Taking Welbutrin WITH an SSRI worked for me, but taking it alone made me really angry and tense.

I called my pdoc about my insane anxiety and he pretty much said there's nothing he can do for me except switch my benzo to another one to which I said no.

I asked about adding an SSRI and he goes "people with bipolar can't take those" which is stupid since he's the one who upped my Zoloft (an SSRI) to 200mg back in May. Idiot.

Anyway, I got him to agree to buspar and he said he'll phone in the script tomorrow...so hopefully that'll do the trick.

I can't wait til I move back home and can see my real pdoc again. She actually cares about me and listens to me and talks to me instead of just being like, hey, maybe this med will work.

I saw my pdoc today and he upped my dose. So from tomorrow I'm taking 450mg. And if there's no improvement then I think I have to try another antidepressant.

Good luck!! Let us know how it goes!

Really? My pdoc didnt wanna up to more than 300. More would be off label she said. Hope it will work for you

Yes, he wanted to try a higher dose. 150mg did lessen my SI thoughts and with 300mg my sleeping improved. So he thougth a higher dose was worth a try. See if my mood can improve some more.
But from what I've read online, 450mg is the maximum dose. So if there isn't improvement, then I don't know what to do.

Yeah, 450mg is the max dosage. More than that would be off label.