Posted by Racer on April 28, 2008, at 8:52:48
In reply to Re: Budeprion XL, posted by undopaminergic on April 26, 2008, at 22:53:25
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> I strongly disagree with that. It is very common with many drugs to get the strongest response initially, with progressively declining effects in the following days or weeks.Can we say that this pattern is common *IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,* since it's far from common overall, and absolutely nothing like my own experience. I'm sorry if that's been happening to you with medications, and I'm very sorry if you're not getting much benefit from the medications you've tried -- but that is not a pattern I've read about very often around here, nor is it anything I've experienced myself.
> In my (somewhat unfortunate) experience, a couple of months is an extremely long time for a drug to work, and indeed, I've yet to experience it.
A couple of months is not a long time for a drug to work. There are many people -- probably *most* of the people who take antidepressants, although not necessarily those who post here -- who take the same antidepressant for years, with good results. It's tragic you haven't experienced that, yet, but your experience may not be as typical as you seem to believe.
> Of course, there are drugs that tend to work slowly (if at all), in which case efficacy may improve over the first weeks or months, and last for months or years. However, bupropion is not one of these.
It has been for me. I have taken buproprion for close to four years now, with good results. I like my Wellbutrin, it is my good and trusted friend, and has been very loyal to me. I can't say that it's ever been 100% effective -- but I can say that it's close enough, considering the benign side effect profile. That is, my experience of the side effect profile.
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