Posted by MissThang on December 23, 2010, at 20:54:35
In reply to Re: Going Off Parnate...Wellbutrin Poop Out Remedy? » MissThang, posted by Phillipa on December 23, 2010, at 20:18:30
I'm not quite sure, Phillipa. I mean, I'd hate to have a seizure (quite obviously), but 2% seems like a pretty low incidence to contend with (with no family history of seizures). Then again, if I find the lithium does anything for me over the coming week, I wouldn't mind augmenting the 450mg wellbutrin with lithium to see how that works, as long as I had the option of increasing to 600mg of wellbutrin if that wasn't quite enough.
I'm also very curious about wellbutrin with a noradrenergic TCA like nortriptyline...it seems like it hits the same 2 main trainsmitters wellbutrin does but probably from a different angle, so that might be a good combo, but I can't seem to find any evidence of people taking wellbutrin and nortriptyline together. Also, I'm not really sure what the side of effects of nortrip are, other than dry mouth. I definitely don't want anymore weight gain or sexual disfunction as I'm single and have never been married and that's one of the main things I want out of life. (I gained almost 10 lbs during my 2-week washout after wellbutrin before parnate and so far, because of my bp issues with parnate, I can't really exercise or do much to get the weight off.) Anyway, I know if I were able to go back on the wellbutrin, I'd be able to resume my old eating habits, which kept me at the same size for years, so that's another reason I'm leaning towards trying harder to make wellbutrin work again than trying harder to get the parnate to work. I've also grown tired of monitoring my blood pressure 24/7 -- it's just way too high maintenance of a med for me, especially considering I'm getting NO benefit from it.
Anyone out there have any thoughts of combining wellbutrin with nortriptyline?
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