dr gave me welbutrin

**nikkimacawgirl** · 02-04-2010, 06:31 PM

ok i got a month of welbutrin to try and actually since i dont have insurance the price was really good. $20 for the month. though i dont think he even takes insurance its like a walk in clinic. i also got some zpak for this god awful bronchitis.

anyway, my main reason is for when i drop down from the high phen gives me it causes major depression. so im wondering how soon does it take for welbutrin to kick in??

tbrppp · 02-05-2010, 12:12 PM

what is welbutrin? and what does it do

**pigpen065** · 02-05-2010, 11:58 PM

Wellbutrin is a drug that helps with depression.

I hope that it helps, Nikki! Good luck!

**nikkimacawgirl** · 02-06-2010, 05:40 PM

me too!!! the drop is so awful, its like any recreational drug i guess in that aspect. you drop you feel awful and depressed. i have only taken well butrin a few days, so im not sure if its kicking in or not yet, ive been sick with bronchitis and spent alot of time sleeping lol! i havent really felt like crying much, i started taking it tues. so im not sure.

jennabug24 · 02-07-2010, 09:05 AM

I tried welbutrin a few years back to try to help with my depression, turns out it only made it worse! Then dr gave me celexa omg i wanted to die i was so depressed! so please nikki just know that it you get depressed or more its not u its the meds! not saying it will happento you and i hope it doesnt. but its something that can occur and it hit hard for me! To answer your other question it takes about 2weeks for your body to adjust i felt side effects as early as 1 week. They say after 30days you will be'settled' and that you should be well adjusted. Have you thought about taking your phen every other day? thats what im doing to ween off the phen too. I still am getting good results too. Good luck too you!

**susanpesek** · 02-07-2010, 02:47 PM

Hi, Sweetie; I can't speak from experience to that but can tell you my Prozac took 7 days and it wasn't gradual. I woke up not crying one day and realized I felt 'normal' again.

I had some pretty severe depression several years back and have been prescribed several years ago, just to try, but Prozac was THE one that worked for me.

**nikkimacawgirl** · 02-07-2010, 02:56 PM

i just realized i put this post in the wrong section oops. ya i normally dont battle extreme depression unless im taking phen. or after a breakup or something. welbutrin hasnt kicked in yet for me. but i notice after i come down for the day, since it has me at a high, thats when the spaceyness and lack of wanting to do anything and depression kicks in. whats making me happy is when i talk to my long distance boyfriend and know everything is ok. the drop with the phen isnt helping me handle the situation good at all and i cant think clear so when i drop like that my past kicks in worse about what men do and i expect the worst. im hoping that the welbutrin will help kick in and make me not feel like that.

i tried prozac in the past when my doc that i was having anxiety attacks and it was actually low blood sugar, it made me feel like a zombie, i went to work and didnt know my name it was so bad.

celexa gave me really bad sexual side affects, but man it made me not dream and i really liked not dreaming! i slept in peace for once. i have psychic dreams, and spirit dreams, like spirits talking to me or haunting my house. sometimes i even get names and stuff in them them. i have always had dreams like this since i have been a kid, or nightmares where people are trying to kill me and i wake running. so i cant blame this on the side affects of phen. i ordered some cymbalta over seas im waiting on that. that is for anxiety and people who over worry about everything, and have problems with relationships, im hoping that will help me. im tired of worrying about everything over anylizing everything, and expecting the worst with everything, which again comes from my past. this is the first relationship that i have been in that i think can work, and im scared to death, and not handling it well. its easier to be alone then feel like this, so maybe one of the two antidepressants can help me with this.

**missyb30** · 02-09-2010, 08:01 AM

This drug is highly addicted and I am suffering right now trying to get off it. It makes you have tons of FALSE ENERGY but once you come down you come down. I have been taking this since 1998 on and off. I have to admit at first it seems great but the damage it does long term is not worth it. Stop why you can or else you will be in the same situation I am in.