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I stopped taking wellbutrin xl 150 mg and lamictal 200 mg 3 days ...

Posted at 12:29 PM on Jul 14, 2008 by lesnpatty05, #32351
I stopped taking wellbutrin xl 150 mg and lamictal 200 mg 3 days ago cold turkey because there is no way to cut thewelbutrin tablet in half and take it safely. The first day wasn't bad at all. I felt better than I have felt in years and years. Then yesterday I felt okay, but not as good as I did on the first day. Today I woke up feeling like I have the flu. Every single bone, joint and muscle in my body aches. I feel fine one minute and the next minute the room feels like it's spinning and the body aches return. My psychiatrist started me on all of this poison,,, oops, I mean, medications 2 years ago. I had lost a child and had gone into a deep depression which led to severe anorrhexia. He started me out on Lamictal and Lexapro and after a year of awful side effects from the lexapro(especially sexual side effects=no desire at all) he finally switched me to the wellbutrin xl and told me that it would help better than the lexapro. At my last appointment, 1 week ago, I asked him when and if I would ever be able to go off of these meds. And he told me that I am probably a "lifer". He refused to hear anything about my stopping or weaning off of these meds. So, after my 3 minute office visit and prescription refills written out I left the office. I did not take the prescription to the pharmacy because I decided then and there that the only reason he and a lot of other psychs put people on these outrageously priced prescriptions(the lamictal is $140 a month and the wellbutrin xl is $170 and that is for the generic per moth) is because they get HUGE incentives from the pharmaceutical companies to keep us on them. I will not go back on the meds ever again. I am tired of living in a drugged up state. I want to feel alive again like I felt before I ever started taking this crap.
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Reply 2 months ago on Jul 14, 2008 by robin43, #10145

Maybe you should wean off so you don't go through withdrawl....I stopped taking Paxil at one time to start Serzone (as per the family doc) and had such bad withdrawl...migraine, dizziness that I ended up in th ER getting a morpheine shot! Maybe take one Wellbutrin every other day for a week, then every 3 dys, etc. And you can cut the lamictal...and do the same...every other day, etc. I take lamictal 25mg...just starting it...slowly and cutting it, taking 12.5 2xs a day...but it does break, so it is a pain taking pieces...lol I am going to wean off my Wellbutrin....my side effect is binge eating sweets and I'm trying to take off weight gained by meds for migraines. So I know how frustrated you must be. I'm tired of being a zombie from Abilify...I'm off that as soon as we're home from vacation in August (migraines will get worse). Good luck.....I'm with you!

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Reply 2 months ago on Jul 16, 2008 by chris2ferw1516, #10189

Patty:
I came across your post because I am new at this as well. It looks like we might be experiencing the same side effects, but I think they are 'normal'...
Please know that stopping the dosage is NOT a good idea. But it is YOUR body and you know it better than anyone. If you feel like comparing notes, visit my blog: http://wattsupwiththat.blogspot.com/ otherwise, hang in there kitty!

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