Posted by Parisss on February 9, 2004, at 23:40:10
In reply to to krissy p. re: wellbutrin, effexor, lamictal??, posted by JaybeeTee on January 2, 2004, at 15:14:48
Hi, I am obviously joining a slow subject! I am on Lamictal and Welbutrin (along with Xanax XR, and Trileptal) I just had my Welbutrin and Lamictal doubled all at the same time I thought it would be good to stop smoking and started wearing the transdermal "patch". Vertigo set in on me one day in an instant and I was totally unable to stand, walk or see any less than three of everything. That feeling of when we were kids and would spin around for fun and then see how well we could walk for fun? Well this was not FUN. It lasted most of the day and I slept it off. Next day was pretty normal. Day 3 I walked into a grocery store and it hit me in a instant again and I had to have assitance. I grabbed sweets (was cutting down on sugar too that week), grabbed cigarettes (as I had taken the patch off of me for about 3 days at this time), grabbed caffeine (which was less because of the sugar taper) and made it to my car and just smoked, ate sweets and still no results. Day 4, all day headaches and the vertigo and went for blood testing for med levels and glucose (maybe hypoglycemia) and those checked out. Day 5, same thing.
Doctor called me telling me he done some research and found that Lamictal and Wellbutrin together can cause these problems (strong vertigo) and told me to stop the Lamictal for a week and see. The episodes have stopped.
I have done some research and found that the "patch" with wellbutrin can also cause the same problem as can hypertension (and my blood pressure at odd times runs to 160/170, but most of the time stays around 120)
I don't know what to advise you, but check out some of these combinations if you are experiencing any of these symptoms and if anyone is new reading this post, be alert.If anyone has any new info on what I am experiencing, please post. I now don't know whether to try the lamictal w/o the patch, then the patch w/o the lamictal and see if I can pinpoint the villian. I really don't have the time to waste a week nor the inclination to live that over!
Also, I have been very irritable lately and it is getting worse. I notice that was a common complaint in some of the previous posts.
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