Re: My experience (so far) with Wellbutrin / Buproprion

[Robbo]

I take wellbutrin and I’m pretty happy with only taking it for my depression and ADHD. It doesn’t work for everyone, but I know that it will take longer than a few days. For some it can take as much as 6 weeks to fully start to work. I’ve posted on a few other threads about this medication and also about how I used to take ritalin.

Maybe just stick with it and don’t rely on the medication to do all the work. The meat of what’s helping me here is the people. It’s also very true that without the wellbutrin I would be too depressed, or just unmotivated to participate here, for many of us medication is absolutely necessary, be willing to keep trying till you find the right key to open your mind. Before I started setting my phone to remind me to take the wellbutrin, it only took a couple days of not taking it (forgot) for me to get depressed. It really works well with me. Ritalin just kinda stopped making any difference after a about 4 or 5 months.

Acceptance is a big part of learning to live with the part of our ADHD that we’re stuck with. And being patient with ourselves and using the tools we have here will help with the stuff we can change. We do make a lot of real progress here. Heck I used to be a total maniac!, now I’m just kinda spun out sometimes.

I used to take prozac along with the wellbutrin, it was the wrong medication for me. I tried remeron (sp?) for a short time to help me sleep but it just made me a grump. It sucks being a grump when ya have ADHD and yer natural state of mind is to be a clown.

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