Posted by challenged on April 13, 2006, at 13:14:10
In reply to Re: Bye Bye, Topamax (Wellbutrin) » SLS, posted by SandyWeb on April 13, 2006, at 12:16:49
> Wellbutrin is the devil's spawn! LOL! Just kidding.
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> No, I tried it two (or maybe it was three) different times.
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> Never had an anti-anxiety with it, but don't want to touch that stuff AGAIN.
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> First time, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. All I did was vacuum and clean the kitchen floor. Then I had to sit down for 45 minutes, trying to catch my breath (for 45 minutes, mind you!!) with my heart rate going crazy. Later got a drive from my sister to the doctor, and even after sitting quietly in the waiting room for 20 minutes or so, HR was still OVER 110. So she freaked and threw the Ativan at me. I mean, I really thought I was going to code on my livingroom couch. Never felt anything like that before!
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> Stupid me, tried it again many months later from my leftovers. Did NOTHING physical. The anxiety just kept getting worse and worse and worse, but I kept at it....knowing it was probably start-up anxiety and digging my fingernails into my thighs. Plus, I was getting very irritable. Well, I'm not an irritable gal. I just don't get upset with people very often. What's the point? But after a week of increasing anxiety, I just couldn't handle it anymore. I thought I was going to jump out of my skin. I was scared to even walk past my front door.
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> And the third time....which happened each time....was that my eyes couldn't focus when I tried to read. I LOVE to read. Some people watch tv. Some people watch movies. Some people build models. Some people play video games. I read fictions (murder and meyham, I call them. Lol. Mystery). It diverts myself from my own thoughts and helps me to relax. But my eyes wouldn't focus. And during this time, too, I was still in University. I had to purchase one of those drugstore reading glasses just so I could write an exam because I couldn't accommodate my eyes to the written word. And I just HAD to quit for that reason. I didn't want to do any permanent damage. I even experiemented. Stopped the pills for a couple days. Hey, I could read again. Back on the pills. What the heck are all those letters??? I just couldn't do that to myself. My sight is too important.
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> So, for a number of reasons, Wellbutrin simply is NOT the drug for me. And when you can hardly catch your breath for 45 minutes (after doing minimal housework) and your heart is pounding out of your chest and you're scared to even move your finger in case that's enough to cause enough effort to crash you.....and when you finally are pretty calm so you can get to the doctor (I have NO idea what my numbers were and I don't WANT to know)and you scare your doctor.....big-eyed scared.....and she said that I wasn't even close to the therapeutic level yet. It was the first day on it!!!!!
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> And it was the DUMB gene that made me try it two more times. DUH. But with NO physical activity. What, did I expect my place would magically vacuum itself if I stayed on Wellbutrin.
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> Oh, and I never got that energy boost that so many people talk about. Nada. Just almost a coronary arrest. Does that count? Lol.
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> Drugs are fun! Lol.
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> Hugs,
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> Sandy
>Sandy,Scott, Kat, and anyone else with information:
I just recently stopped using wellbutrin XL 300 mill daily myself, I couldn't sleep and was afraid of weight gain as well as diabetes which is prevelent in my family history as well...... Of course as some of you know that have been reading along this board, I now am back on my topamax after being off for a month cold turkey and going back on my 200 mil daily and am very tired as a result. Does anyone want to offer any information on how they feel about the two meds interacting together however realizing that for each person they may be different but knowing at the same time a standard may exist? !!!
Thank you for any information. All will be greatly appreciated!!!.......Nettie
Take Care Sandy
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