Posted by rainbowbrite on June 27, 2005, at 16:37:39
In reply to Re: Ed and » rainbowbrite, posted by SLS on June 27, 2005, at 7:05:21
> I think it would be accurate to say that some people with moderate-severe depression respond well to 150mg. However, I think that this represents the minority. On the other hand, just about everyone who will go on to respond well to Wellbutrin end up at 300mg.
i ranged from 300mg to 400mg until I started trying to go off them.
>I know you want to feel as good as possible as soon as possible. I would raise the dosage up to 300mg at a rate that does not challenge your ability to tolerate the side effects. People do respond to 200mg. I guess that makes for a good place to start. If it were me, I would continue to raise it from there unless your response is robust and stable. Also, I think using the SR version twice a day is better than using the XL version once per day. If you do go with the once-a-day dosing with Wellbutrin, try to notice if your mood fluctuates throughout the day in a predictable fashion.
I take SR, Im thinking of getting some 150's from doc and then going gradually to 200mg. I think realisticly I should go to 300 but :-(. My mood lately has been fluctuating on a stange biweekly pattern LOL I think, but I notice weird moodiness lately.
> It is no crime to treat a medical condition with a medication. Furthermore, it is no crime to establish and utilize the dosage of that medication that provides optimal treatment of that condition. Using a lower dosage does not somehow make you less dependent on that medication or medical treatment globally.:-) I think you understand where im coming from LOL i just keep thinking that if I stay at this dose for awhile and then very very slowly...like alternating days wean myslef right off, kind of like tricking my body. I know thats silly but its what I keep thinking...sigh..Im so scared of dependence.
>I think your perfectionism causes you to believe that taking more medication defines you as being less perfect. It probably also drives you to find that perfect dosage that is the absolute minimum necessary to produce the desired effect. This is, of course, the objective. Unfortunately, your reluctance to explore higher dosages of Wellbutrin now is preventing you from establishing that dosage in a timely fashion.
Yes, exactly! I feel so imperfect on drugs! i feel like I failed myself and my family. I rarely even use motrin....I find it so hard, Im a closet medication taker...I hide it from almost everyone. One day maybe ill get over this, I just keep this little light of hope in the back of my head that says ...you can do it without! Its so hard to get off though! And to take sleeping meds and etc...I wait till Im so sleep deprived....sigh...I know Im ridiculous I just cant seem to break this habit. Some people keep all their drugs, when I find I no longer need them, I throw them away...till the next time.
Thanks Scott
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