Posted by Flipsactown on November 21, 2003, at 8:32:18
In reply to Wellbutrin?, posted by Lacey2001 on November 20, 2003, at 12:19:55
Hello Tanya,
I have taken wellbutrin on and off for over 5 years by itself and or with other anti-depressants. Wellbutrin by itself did not help in relieve my unipolar depression. Two good things about wellbutrin, at least in my experience are that it did not cause me to gain weight and secondly, did not effect my sex drive (libido). However, wellbutrin was ineffective in relieving my depression which was the whole point in taking it. I took it with prozac and desipramine but later discontinued wellbutrin since it did not seem to help my depression.
As far as the insomnia is concerned, I currently am taking remeron at bed time and that seems to give me a good night sleep. Remeron is an A/D. I am currently on prozac,remeron and lamictal. Like you, I just wanted to be on one med. However, the 3 meds I am taking now, by themselves would not help relieve my depression because of the poop out factor. Poop out factor is when the A/D has lost its effectiveness because of long term use, in my case 2 to 3 years. I had taken prozac so long that by itself it was ineffective. The same for remeron. Lamictal which is primarily used as an anti-seizure med was added about 2 months ago. Medical studies have shown it to be effective for the treatment resistant depression both bipolar and unipolar. These three meds combo has given me excellent relief of my depression.
I am with Kaiser so I don't know the price difference of wellbutrin and effexor. I took effexor and it made me sick so I had to discontinue taking it. That is my experience. Hope it helps you.
Flipsactown
> Has anyone tried this Wellbutrin alone without anything else? Did it help with your sex drive? And did it help with any of the symptoms of depression? What was the cost compared to Effexor XR?
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> I am still having sleeping problems even with trying some of the ideas posted on here. I will ask my Dr if I should take Trazadone.
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> I appreciate any input about Wellbutrin.
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> Tanya
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