Posted by JohnX2 on March 18, 2002, at 3:45:38
In reply to First AD experience bad with Wellbutrin SR, posted by dragginfly on March 18, 2002, at 2:55:15
Maybe you were allergic to a filler in the pill or the food coloring and not the medicine itself. You can switch to the IR version (immediate release pills) as an alternative. Just a thought. Although it seems odd that the allergic reaction occured so late?John
> I've found 'normality' through hormone regulation -- first birth control
> pills, then Depo-Provera, both of which alleviate what I can only describe as
> 24/7 PMS -- and a few years of counseling. I still had low-level depression, though.
> I finally decided to try an anti-depressant medication.
> My GP put me on Wellbutrin SR 150. Five days of no effects, one week
> of extreme exhaustion, then finally I began to feel 'myself' on Day 13
> ... and on Day 16 had an allergic reaction (hives, itching,
> my whole face blew up like a balloon). What now?
>
> The best effect of the WB, once it kicked in, was to keep me from being angry.
> Now that I'm off it again, I realize that's my normal operative mode:
> just-below-the-surface anger more than despair or sadness. Should I try another AD?
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