Posted by chiaratara on July 5, 2001, at 17:25:12
In reply to is it the effexor or wellbutrin?, posted by Roxk on July 3, 2001, at 11:03:35
being on 150mg and going cold turkey sounds brutal. i ran out of one of my meds and couldn't get it for about three days, and my headaches were out of control. ween off of them. take them every other day for a week or two, then every three days. i would rather kick a heroin habit then go off my meds cold turkey... (not that i know what heroin detox feels like, but I am sure it sucks.)
that is a high dose of wellbutrin to start at. i started at 100 mg slow release, once a day, and i wanted to bite heads off. i found that wellbutrin did not work for me. it made me agressive and agitated, which my doctor said was a possible side effect. wellbutrin also has weight loss side effects, which is why you want to throw up. i could not eat when i took it either.i tried it for about a month, but my urge to cut people off in traffic and yell at them was not good for me. try something different.
> First let me say thanks for the help i've received so far I don't know where else to turn.
> I stopped effexor xr at 150mg about 6 days ago. I had three days of no meds and i was a wreck. That all too familar dizzy fuzzy, electric feeling but i also had the most horrible nightmares! I had strange dreams while on effexor but none like when i stopped. I started wellbutrin three days after being off effexor and i almost instantly felt sick and like i wanted to bite someone's head off. My doc didn't do any gradual dosing it was staight to 150mg 2xday. I've felt sick a couple hours after taking each dose to the point of throwing up. I haven't taken the wellbutrin this morning and i am not irritated but still feeling a little sick. Are these symptoms withdrawal from the effexor or are they from the wellbutrin. Honestly i think i feel better without any of this in my system.
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