Posted by Meltingpot on January 20, 2010, at 13:42:06
Hi,
I'm back on Seroxat and have been for about 4 weeks. I feel better than I did when completely off medication but I feel like it's working about as well as it did when it stopped working (if you know what I mean). I found that when I take 30mg which is what she prescribed I feel very flat and still have some anxiety but if I take 40mg I feel a bit better although I still feel tired.
I decided to add 300mg of Wellbutrin (I haven't told my psychiatrist about this) to the Seroxat about 3 weeks ago and I have been feeling incredibly drowsy, almost like I did when I started taking 200mg of Lamictal. I'm sure it's the Wellbutrin (not the Paxil) I don't understand, I thought it was supposed to energise people and offset SSRIs but it is not doing that at all. I have more energy after taking Zyprexa (and that's supposed to be sedating) so I'm confused.
I've done a search on Wellbutrin and drowsiness and have found a few people who have complained of this affect but then they don't go on to say whether it went away or not.
I'm not sure whether to stop the Wellbutrin or to give it more time. Also I'm worried as I'm supposed to be seeing the Psychiatrist on 30th January and if I carry on taking the Wellbutrin I'm not going to be able to give her an accurate assessment of how I'm doing on the Paxil. I could just make something up and say it is working as well as it used to I suppose but then I can't be 100% sure of that.
Can somebody please advise.
Denise
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