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Re: Wellbutrin and. . . » calico cat

Posted by Simus on August 1, 2004, at 10:45:15

In reply to Re: Wellbutrin and. . ., posted by calico cat on August 1, 2004, at 8:54:40

> I was on wellbutrin after being on effexor.

Can I ask how long you were on effexor, how it worked for you, and why you stopped taking it? I was on Effexor for a few years, and it worked better than the SSRIs for me.

> The wellbutrin did nothing and I couldn't sleep. Then I was on the lex and the wellbutrin.

How did you feel on Lex and Wellbutrin combination at that time?

> Now I am just on the lexapro. Yesterday I was such a zombie all day. I could not move very quickly. The mornings are the best for me. I'll probably take a nap again. Taking naps just makes me feel so lazy and unproductive.
>
> The reason I was wanting to go back to wellbutrin is the burst of energy it gave me. It was probably just nervous energy

Forgive me if you already know this, but the Lexapro, an SSRI, targets serotonin in the brain. Wellbutrin targets different brain chemicals, such as norephineprin and dopamine. Effexor is an SNRI, which targets serotonin and norephineprin. (I believe this is accurate - it's been a while since I read up on it). So if you did better on Effexor than Lexapro, you might actually feel better on the Lexapro with a low dose of Wellbutrin. But you have only been ont he Lex 11 days now, so it is a little early to judge the effectiveness of Lexapro.

> but it got me moving even if the wellbutrin didn't make me feel better emotionally - I think the lack of sleep did not help either.

> no one I know seems to understand

That's the nice thing about this board. Between all of us, you are likely to find someone who has been through exactly what you have a question on. Not even doctors can really tell us what to expect because they haven't lived through it themselves. Sometimes I wish they would live a month or so on these drugs just to get a little more compassion for us who are suffering through the med thing.

God bless,

Simus

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