Posted by MissThang on December 27, 2010, at 13:37:30
In reply to Hi, need some help and Residential Treatment sugge, posted by uncouth on December 19, 2010, at 14:48:24
Uncouth -- I'm curious about your dr. letting you go up to 600-900mg of wellbutrin xl. My understanding is that doses of over 450mg bring about too high of a seizure risk, though I understand most of the seizure studies were done on immediate and sustained release wellbutrin and therefore the safety of the xl formulation should be, in theory, greater.
Has your dr. put other patients on 600mg+ of wellbutrin xl without seizure events? I ask because I'm coming off my failed parnate trial and I plan to return to wellbutrin xl, but I really wanted to try boosting my dose from 450mg to 600mg if my dr. and I can be convinced that it's safe. It's the only AD that's ever worked for me, but it pooped out at 450mg a couple of years ago and I think I'd have to have a higher dose if I want its prior effectiveness to return.
Anyway -- thanks in advance for your help with this matter. I suspect 600mg xl is much safer than 600mg immediate release or sr, but I'd like to hear what your dr. has to say about it. Thanks!
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