Posted by James on July 22, 2002, at 20:39:51
In reply to Re: HELP! hand tremors + hallucinations on Wellbutrin, posted by fairnymph on July 22, 2002, at 18:11:06
I had a somewhat similar experience on the Wellbutrin also. I don't remember what the dosage was, but it happened at a time when I was going on a pstim holiday to try and alleviate some of the poop-out/tolerance from Adderall. So my pdoc gave me Welbutrin in an attempt to keep me afloat during that time. Wedid the drug holiday over a two week vacation I had from school. Well, damn did it keep me afloat. And it was not fun at all. I have never tried LSD or other hallucinogins, but I have smoked some bud with some pretty tripped out stuff sprayed on it. And anything I felt from that isn't even a shadow of what the Welbutrin trip felt like.
Don't get me wrong, by the way, I am in no way promoting the use of any of the former illegal substances, nor am I an abuser myself. But the Welbutrin was definitely a mistake. Not only did it send me into a vicious manic state, it prompted some of those hallucinations that you spoke about. Its actually kind of funny, because I also thought I saw stuff on the ceiling, in my case it was mice/rats coming out of cracks. The subsequent mania that the Welbutrin induced was the first time I had ever had any psychotyic-like symptoms while manic-and it looks like it opened the floodgates for me. Meaning that now I can get that kind of stuff when I get very manic-and I have. I don’t have any recommendations for you—cause hey I’m not your doctor. But, I can tell you that my mother ran into a Wellbutrin drug rep at a different doctor’s office and managed to pester him about the incident. (She herself was pretty concerned, I had been at home at the time I got psychotic). He told her that “yes, stuff like that has been reported but those side effects are relatively rare”. My mom told him “rare? Isn’t once a little much you evil idiot.” Poor evil guy. Anyways, so ask your pdoc to talk to the Welbutrin people (I don’t remember which cruel money-hungry profit craving vicious sadistic drug manifactuer makes it, but you pdoc will know. Hope that was helpful.
--James
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