Posted by Simcha on July 24, 2003, at 1:18:22
In reply to Average time for Wellbrutin to kick in, posted by Lainy on July 23, 2003, at 16:27:39
> Anyone on or been on Wellbutrin that can give an estimate of how long it may take to work? I know everyone is different, but just an average would be nice to know.
Wow, for me the effect started in just a couple of days. I transitioned off of EffexorXR and the pdoc thought that WellbutrinSR was going to be the next best med for me. It made me very agitated, high, and just nuts. I had extreme difficulty removing certain thoughts from my head.
This let him know that I had some OCD issues and that I needed an SSRI. He added Celexa to the WellbutrinSR. I titrated up to 200mg of WellbutrinSR in the am and I take it with my 40mg of Celexa.
I was not done yet. The depression and the OCD were much improved in about four weeks. The trouble was that the Celexa was stopping dopamine from reaching my joints making my teeth grinding and restless legs very severe. The pdoc added Klonopin 1mg at night to take care of that. The Klonopin gave me a nice mellow high and instantly worked on the teeth grinding and rls immediately. In about two weeks, everything balanced out and the Klonopin was still effective in controlling teeth grinding and rls but it no longer gave me a high.
This combo was great for a year until this brilliant (note sarcasm) pdoc decided to remove the Klonopin in favor of Neurontin. I'm currently using 600mg of Neurontin at night. It works for the teeth grinding and the rls. Unfortunately the genious (note sarcasm) forgot about my history of insomnia.
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I'm going to go off into my encounter with insomnia. If you do not want to read it look for the asterix(*) all in a line at the bottom of this message for a short answer to your question. I can ramble sometimes.
********************************************I'm still experimenting with supplements to help with sleep. I have found a source (that I cannot mention on this board) for valium. It works but I can only use it on Friday and Saturday night because it leaves me too groggy in the am to drive to work.
Valerian works too but it also leaves me entirely too groggy in the am so I have to be careful with it too. Only 400mg of the Nature's Source brand will make me sleep soundly yet, unfortunately, it can leave me groggy in the am.
I use this supplement every evening and it seems to calm me somewhat. It's called "Sleep Tight Factors" and it's by Country Life. They are hypoallergenic and vegetarian and they are certified kosher. All of this is important to me. Well the formula is as follows. I take two tabs and this is what 2 tabs gives you:
Niacin (as niacinamide) 100mg
Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCL) 10mg
Calcium (as citrate, carbonate, glycinate & taurinate) 100mg
Magnesium (as citrate, oxide, glycinate & taurinate) 200mg
Potassium (as citrate, glycinate & taurinate) 99mgInositol 500mg
Glycine 400mg
Taurine (tree form) 300mg
Hops Extract 4:1 (fruit) 25mg
Passion Flower Extract 4:1 (leaf/stem) 25mg
Scullcap Extract 4:1 (aerial) 25mg
Valerian Extract 4:1 (root) 25mgSometimes I've tryed Benedryl. This is a double edged-sword for me. It can help me sleep at 25mg only sometimes. If I cannot sleep with 25mg and I use 50mg then I will sleepwalk, turn off my alarm (when it goes off), and return to bed without realizing that I had turned off othe alarm. This is not good for work, for obvious reasons.
I called my gp who has said that he will give me ambien if the benedryl does not work. I'm scared of ambien for some reason so I'm trying all the alternatives before I go to get the ambien. I suspect that I will end up with an ambien prescription in the next couple of months if the combination of alternatives that I been trying do not work.
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Oh, and back to your question after a long tangent... Give Wellbutrin at least six weeks to get the full benefits. That's how long it took for me to really get all the benefits and it has been a wonder-drug for me in combination with the Celexa.
Nemaste,
Simcha
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