Posted by jedi on May 22, 2006, at 3:03:33
In reply to was on Paxil now on Wellbutrin seeing same anger, posted by lost_and_delerious on May 21, 2006, at 0:51:22
Hi,
I've tried bupropion multiple times and it has always caused an aggressive or angry attitude when first titrating up. The new XL version of Wellbutrin seemed to cause less of this problem but it is not available in a generic and is thus more expensive. I'm not sure if it is even available in Canada. For someone with anger and aggression issues I believe that using bupropion would be asking for trouble. I am normally pretty mild mannered and it almost got me in a jam. I would look for something less likely to cause these problems, which is probably most anything else other that the stimulants. Amitriptyline and it's major metabolite nortriptyline have a narrow therapeautic window. A low doseage that gives you a blood level outside this window probably won't do much good. I would probably look for some help from someone that is more of an expert in the use of these medications.
Good Luck,
Jedi...
> The thing is a almost a year later I've started taking wellbutrin (staying on all the other prescribed medications as before) and 3 weeks into the treatment I'm starting to notice the same withdrawl and apathy and just general hatred for some things and I'm worried that this will bring me to where i was and if it does I will go to jail for what in canada is a year less a day... pluss 45 days for violating probation. I have told my family doctor all of this and he doesn't seem to care. He has now put me on a low dose of amitryptaline and I don't see a difference.
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