Posted by terra miller on July 12, 2001, at 21:25:45
In reply to Re: Just started Wellbutrin - what is going on!?!?!?, posted by Roxk on July 12, 2001, at 9:43:27
>I also started Wellbutrin from Effexor about 2 weeks ago. I was started at 300mg the first day. From reading this it's no wonder i was throwing up and dizzy beyond belief. I also started getting migraines about 5 days ago. They were so bad that i went down to 150mg. I am still feeling shaky and really weird. It's only been two days since dropping my dose but i'm still having headaches. What dose does your doc want you at? are you having headaches too?
OH, MY. Are you ok? I just wanted to send some support your way. In my experience this med is just plain tough at the first. Go slow and you'll notice the shaky and weird feelings aren't so tough, and same with the headaches. A big increase in dose brings on big headaches. But if you go slow, you still might notice things shaky and spacy for a couple days with each increase. But you shouldn't feel knocked off your feet. (If it helps I started at 100mg SR version twice a day I think for a week and then upped to 150mg SR version twice a day and it ended up being too fast for me. My pdoc dropped me back to the 100mg for another week so I could adjust. I've settled in at 300mg total a day, but that came after a significant ... about 2 months?.... settling in period.)
Someone suggested keeping yourself occupied and I think that was extremely useful advice. If you can go slow and ride it out at first, I found it to be worth it. I hope your head it feeling better.
Sincerely, Terra
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