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Posted by tad on May 12, 2001, at 12:04:38
I started WB 10 days ago - 1/day for 3 days then 2/day. Saturday was my first day to take 2 pills. Sunday afternoon, I ended up in the emergency room for what they determined were side effects of WB. Extreme dizziness, nausea, black outs, tingling in arms and scalp. Visited my regular doc on Monday and was told to try WB again only take 1/day for 7 days then go to 2. Since then I'm still experienceing the dizziness and tingling in back of head. Scared this is more than a reaction to WB. Anybody had similar reaction and when will it stop.
Posted by SalArmy4me on May 12, 2001, at 14:09:53
In reply to Wellbutrin Side Effects, posted by tad on May 12, 2001, at 12:04:38
That sucks...have you tried any dramamine for the dizziness?
> I started WB 10 days ago - 1/day for 3 days then 2/day. Saturday was my first day to take 2 pills. Sunday afternoon, I ended up in the emergency room for what they determined were side effects of WB. Extreme dizziness, nausea, black outs, tingling in arms and scalp. Visited my regular doc on Monday and was told to try WB again only take 1/day for 7 days then go to 2. Since then I'm still experienceing the dizziness and tingling in back of head. Scared this is more than a reaction to WB. Anybody had similar reaction and when will it stop.
Posted by Sunie on May 12, 2001, at 16:40:29
In reply to Wellbutrin Side Effects, posted by tad on May 12, 2001, at 12:04:38
Don't Panic!
I have had some very trippy side effects feeling like hypertension, major jitters, muscle tension and twitches...I think putting anyone on this for three days and then DOUBLING the dose is irresponsible. This drug needs to be walked up slowly. Even then, on the day I went from 200 to 250 I had some weird weird tooth pain/ache/soreness thing going on, but
Don't Worry!
It went away, too.
If I pay attention to my stress build-up, I can catch myself before I get to the hyperventilation stage, calm down, and relax. Every day is better than the last one. Avoid caffeine, too, it practically doubles the side effects for me.
FWIW, Sunie
Posted by terra miller on May 12, 2001, at 17:37:02
In reply to Wellbutrin Side Effects, posted by tad on May 12, 2001, at 12:04:38
i think you have to take wellbutrin slowly. it is hard to adjust to. i had the bad jitters etc. at first and had to back down for a week and then increase more slowly. once you get past the "feeling like you're loaded on caffeine" stage and the "irritable, shortfuse, major temper" phase, it smooths out. i ended up switching from the sustained release version to the immediate release version because, of all things, taking the s.r. version made me dive into hypothermia. (brrrrrr!) all that is to say, you should take it slow and when you hit between the 4-6 week level it's worth it. take care, terra
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