Posted by MoBe on September 2, 2002, at 15:24:59
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin vs. SSRI, posted by BLPBart on February 14, 2002, at 0:01:29
> > Why would doctors prescribe Wellbutrin instead of an SSRI? Why would doctors prescribe an SSRI instead of Wellbutrin? Is either medicine better for a particular kind of depression? For those of you who have tried both, why did you switch? Why do you prefer what you prefer?
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> There are three neurotransmitters in our brains that these ADs work on. The SSRIs only work on serotonin. Wellbutrin works on norepinephrine and dopamine so it works very differently. In my case I started on celexa and then prozac and had side effects from both. The prozac made me extremely lethargic, no libido, muscle aches, etc. My doc added wb and then we decided to drop the prozac altogether and use just the wellbutrin and that is working well for me. An interesting thing I found on the web is a site called mindfixers.com. They talk alot about ADD (which I just found out I have) but there's an interesting survey you can take which will tell you in the end what you may be suffering from. It will also tell you if you're suffering from low serotonin, low norepinephrine, low norepinephrine, etc. Interestingly my test told me that I'm low in norepinephrine and dopamine which I found interesting since that is what wb works on.
Dear BLPBartGlad to hear someone else took that very long survey at "mindfixers" I took it as well, although it said I was serotonin low and epinephrine too high, with some mild limbic ADD. Because I am on wellbutrin which increases norepinephrine as well as dopamine and remeron which affects serotonin and norepinephrine - I'm wondering if this is the wrong mix. I don't seem to feel the norepinephrine from the remeron alone when I take it that way. But---when I take the dosage up to 30-45 mg. I get night myoclonus. I'm wondering if this is a worrysome thing (ie. part of serotonin syndrome). I can take a valerian to get rid of the myoclonus but then I wonder if this is harmfull or counterproductive. Can you help??? As well, does rititlin only raise dopamine or does it also affect norepinephrine.
Thanks
MoBe
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