[NeuroD]

Yeah, I figure as much, and it’s something I should know by now, what with my experience with Wellbutrin, but…

Out of curiosity, do you drink alcohol at all or no? No reason. At all.

Anyhow, thanks! I’ll poke at them tomorrow then (it’s rather late where I am right now, and I should be trying to sleep). I might even take them instead of just jabbing them with my finger like they might bite.

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As far as I can tell, I’ve been like that since forever — which makes sense, given that it’s apparently an ADHD thing. 😉

What really gets me about it is when I’ve tried to spend the entire day dedicated to a project, such as a paper, and have been putting off all of the other distractions, or dodging social events, only to not get anything done until 2am anyway. It’s like: well, for that, maybe I could have gone to dinner with xyz. Maybe caught a movie. Anything other than repeatedly running into a wall.

I’m still trying to figure out how to sort it all out. Sometimes I bite off way more than I can chew, and the next thing I know, my sleep schedule is inverted after one too many papers/projects finished as dawn approaches. And, unfortunately it seems that, at least until I work some things out, my surroundings are less than accommodating in that regard.

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@laurenshankman: Yeah, in specific, Teva/Impax’s generic bupropion XL was not properly tested by the FDA. A lower dose (150mgs) was tested, and they assumed that it would also work for higher dosages (300mgs). They then brushed off complaints by consumers until enough years of public outcry forced them to test it for real. As it turns out, no, it wasn’t as effective, in a very real sense — the generics didn’t actually deliver the full dose of the drug to the patient. It was a huge mess, and there’s a decent rundown of events on Forbes of all places.

Unfortunately, for example, in NY State Medicaid will not cover brands of anything if generics are available.

As for Bupoprion, while it may have had some effect — I can’t tell, as I was in a major depressive episode at the time that I began using it, so that’s kind of a numb blur in which I had to actually want to do anything before I could really look at how much trouble I was having with it — but if so, it’s not really eliminated it. It definitely appears to be worse because as the depression has lifted, I’m now trying to achieve goals, and aware enough to notice all the walls I’m hitting.

That would be why I’m theoretically supposed to be starting on Ritalin. But I’m now scared. More here.

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