Wellbutrin.. Important Question, Please Help!! Posted: 01-16-06 17:16pm
Today is my fourth day taking wellbutrinxl
(150mg) and I havent really felt much yet.
I havent had the urge to smoke and i've
been crying a lot more the last couple of
days (not depressed crying, I tear up
watching movies or at the dumbest things),
but I havent had any real side effects,
except I do sleep like a baby... I was
just wondering how long it takes for this
stuff to kick in? Is it gradual or does
it just happen?
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s_gagnon
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Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 1
Posted: 01-16-06 22:38pm
I have been taking wellbtrin xl for 4
weeks to quit smoking. After 2 weeks I
finally wanted to quit and now smoking
makes me feel sick. I was very agitated
for the first week and that has gone away.
The only annoying side effect I am
feeling now is my ears ring.
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jellyfishattack
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Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 15 Location: Toronto, Ontario
Wellbutrin Posted: 01-18-06 18:06pm
The dose for depression is 300 - 450
mg/day, and it might take up to 8 weeks to
notice any improvement. Wellbutrin
doesn't work at all for 35-40% of people
taking it for depression. I'm guessing
that it might take just as long for
wellbutrin to help you stop smoking, and
that's assuming that it will help you at
all. Don't give up on it after 4 days.
If the wellbutrin doesn't work, your
doctor might switch you to propanolol, aka
inderal, a beta-blocker.
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bucky_05
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Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 6
Wellbutrin Posted: 01-21-06 20:26pm
Well welbutrin is gradual I think-it's
suppost to take like around 2 weeks at
least or someting that's what I was told.
I have been on it for a couple months and
it seemed to work after the first week or
so but than it went crazy and stuff. So
after going on it for almost two months
they switched me unto a new
anti-depressent.
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