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The first time I went on Wellbutrin, I had a really bad reaction ...

Posted at 6: 9 PM on Jul 26, 2008 by rose09, #32767
The first time I went on Wellbutrin, I had a really bad reaction to it. I had insomnia, horrible tremors, apathy, I felt like I was walking around in a cloud. I went on to try other medications. Now I'm taking a combination of Prozac and Wellbutrin and it seems to be working. My depression is under control. I don't have the apathy or zombie feeling anymore, but I do still have the tremors, though they aren't as bad. I get some mild insomnia, but taking it in the morning helped with that, and lately I've found that a little bit of coffee in the morning (not too much, don't need to be MORE shaky) helps with a lot of my side effects. I do have the confusion and concentration issues too. It hasn't caused any severe problems, it only seems to really happen in casual conversation, where I'll completely forget what I wanted to say. It's annoying, but way better than depression, and not severe enough for me to stop. To those people who are telling others to stay away from this drug, or any drug for that matter, don't forget that there is a reason there are so many different kinds of anti-depressants. Everybody's body chemistry is different, so their gonna react in different ways. Also, the people who don't have issues with side effects rarely go looking for sites like this.... Just something to think about.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Oct 06, 2008 by tery, #13167

Hi, I'm taking both Prozac (60mg) and Wellbutrin SR (150mg) each morning for about 6 months now. It took many trials of other drugs before I found this combination to work best. Whatever initial side-effects I had with either of these (esp. insomnia, trembling) passed, and I feel more ME than I have in the last 5-6 yrs.! And, ya, if I suddenly go blank while in conversation, it's usually not some important thing, and I get to laugh at myself ---MUCH better than depression, when I avoided socializing. I rediscovered my humor and love life again! My personality is back! .

...Over this weekend, however, I finally ended up in ER due to these "crashing nap attacks" with "head-in-vice-headaches" I've been having more frequently (from about 1-2/mo. last year to 4-5/WEEK. over the last 2 mos). I'm a happy productive optimistic person, then suddenly I'm disabled. I stayed in close observation over the weekend, the neurologist determining I have migraine disease. From initial googling, it seems very common for migraine with aura (warning signs) to relate to MDD with anxiety (my condition). ...Now, on top of Prozac and Wellbutrin, they want to give me Depakote or Topamax (which I think I prefer), but I can't get CLEAR information as to how these drugs would work together. The doctor said with a low dose of Depakote or Topamax, he doesn't see any interference problem.
- - - Does anyone else out there suffer Migraine PLUS Major Depression with Anxiety? I'm hoping that since these are commonly linked dis-ease/-orders, that there would be some common treatments?

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