Posted by JohnDoenut on March 2, 2002, at 23:22:51
Hi. Havent posted in a while. I had been taking Wellbutrin in addition to Neurontin and Ritalin and Adderal for ADD and mood problems. I titrated down and stopped taking the Wellbutrin for some tests that I took. Mental concentration types of tests not physical. For the ADD and learning etc. My pdoc said to stop taking the Wellbutrin about 5 days before the tests to get a baseline without the drugs. I also stopped taking Adderal and Ritalin at the same time. I still took the Neurontin however because that was necessary for my sanity so to speak.
Anyway I dont know if it was because I was getting over a cold or not but for two days after my last dose of Wellbutrin I was very very tired. Then after that I felt more "normal" so to speak. I decided that after the tests I would not start Wellbutrin again but instead use Adderal or Ritalin (in the small doses that I take) and see how that went. I decided to stop it for a number of reasons. One was that I think the Wellbutrin made me more tired (after activating like it does) around 5 or 6pm moreso than I normally would be. Another is that I think taking it in the am and then either Adderal or Ritalin in the afternoon was too many drugs for me. Another was that after I stopped taking it and got over that two day hump, I felt fine. (I had been taking it for about 3 months.) I think that the Wellbutrin made me feel not myself in a subtle kind of way, kind of removed me from myself, placed me in some sort of bubble so to speak. And when I stopped taking it, I noticed this when I felt more like myself. I dont know if anyone else has noticed this. So for the time being Im not going to take it anymore. Unless I get into a really down state and need to take it for a short period to get back up and then stop again.
JohnD
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