Posted by franco neuro on April 6, 2005, at 13:06:21
In reply to Re: Anyone TIRED on Wellbutrin XL?, posted by Steen on April 5, 2005, at 22:05:53
Hi, and thanks for the well wishes,
> Did you have the side effects of being nervous, anxious and agitated?
The fancy doctor in NYC that I'm seeing gives all of his new patients psych tests. My main psychological issues (which are secondary but no doubt related to my physical problems of chronic pain and fatigue) came up as anxiety and dysthymia (chronic low grade depression). So I was concerned about this very issue. But, I have had zero increase in nervousness or anxiety. Whatever tiny bit of agitation I've had I think is mostly due to my trying to fight through the fatigue and stay awake.
> I'm worried because of other posts that I have read (I am not even sure it was on this website) about people having such long-lasting horrible effects. I wondered if they had significant problems prior to taking Wellbutrin and that's why the stories were so bad.
Take everything you read on these psych websites with a large grain of salt. I hope my previous post/tirade about my experience with Elavil didn't scare you. Our problems and experiences are unique. My problem with Elavil was that I took it for too long and went to too high a dose and stopped it too quickly. On the other hand I had absolutely no problem stopping SSRI's. (Maybe because they weren't doing anything except killing my libido!) I think negative drug reactions tend to be over-represented on sites like this. After all, anyone who has found a medication/s that resolved their "issues" probably would be out living their life and not spending so much of their free time posting here. At least that's what I would be doing. :-)
> I'll start tomorrow and we'll see. I'll check in.
Good Luck!!! I may go to twice a day tomorrow...
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