Wellbutrin Xl Dosage Increase
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I started taking 150 mg of Wellbutrin xl for anxiety. My first two days were tough with increased symptoms, which the pharmacist had already warned me of. The horrible side effects got less and less as the days progressed. By day 8 I was feeling great, anxiety was still lingering, not as bad. On day 13, I started the 300 mg, that was 7 days ago. I take it every morning at 8am. I am feeling good in the morning and every day around 1pm I start feeling horrible. Suddenly I am feeling drugged, dizzy, nauseous and disoriented. I continued to take it hoping these side effects would taper off like they did with the 150 mg, but it doesn't seem to be getting any better. I am still feeling as horrible now as I did when I first started the dosage increase. Do I just need to give it some more time? Any advice would be appreciated.

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I am doing well with the increase in dosage. Sine I last posted, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Had a mastectomy end of April, I got through it all but did have some not so good days. Clonazepam really helped. So far, I am feeling pretty good, with only minor anxiety.
Hope everyone is doing well. It all does get better.

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The posts I am reading have old dates so my post will probably just drift in cyber space, but I have never had such a hard time trying to figure out my meds. I have been on wellbutrin 300 for a long time along with celexa. I have felt I needed a change. I heard of Buspar and wanted to try it so that is where I am now. I immediately lost weight once I got off Celexa. I was trying to reduce my wellbutrin from 300 to 150, then came the big problem; in trying to adjust my wellbutrin I accidentally totally went off it after taking the 150 for just one week. I have never had so many problems... very, very dark thoughts. extreme anger. nausea, sweats, dizziness and terrible feelings that life was no good at all. I got back on the 150 wellbutrin and am taking 10mg of burpar in the AM and 10mg at night. I am better so I'm totally afraid to try and adjust any of the meds now. I don't know which was making me so bad and don't know what to increase or stay the same on. Which direction?

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Did you go directly from taking Pristiq to taking Wellbutrin? It could be that your side effects were more from coming off the Pristiq rather than the Wellbutrin. I took Pristiq for several years and had to wean myself off of it to quit and the withdrawals were terrible.

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I am on 150 generic buproon hcl. I been on this dosage for a few years and I have anxiety the first thing in the morning. I am wondering if I need to increase my dosage.

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I am going through the Exact same thing- dr says it's not working with the increased dose and I should go back down to 150mh

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I took 150 mg generic wellbutrin for 2 weeks and then they put me on 300 1x day for 5 or 6 days. I do not feel dizzy or lightheaded, but I have the sensation that I'm falling to my left and today it was so bad I could hardly walk. I'm sure I looked like I was drunk! Also, my ears are ringing and buzzing very loudly. I have tinnitus any way, it's so much worse. But I'm worried about the falling sensation. Any one else had this side effect? Thanks.

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I have been feeling really good lately. My body has adjusted to the increase of Buproprion. Klonopin helped me to get through the bad days. I rarely, if ever need the Klonopin now. I can't say that I never have any anxiety, but by far, it is very much improved. Is therapy recommended? Don't know what kind of therapist I would see. Anyone have an opinion on therapy? Yes or no?

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I have been taking Wellbutrin XL 150 for 1 month and want to know if I should increase to 300 XL i had very harsh adjustment but now I have adjusted . I have anxiety so don't want to exasperate it .

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I was on Buproprion 150 xl for years and doing fine. A few weeks ago the panic and anxiety got bad. My doctor increased my dosage to 300 mg. In a few days I was having terrible anxiety, even went to the er, couldn't breathe, nausea, dizziness, and sweating. All tests they did showed nothing wrong. Called my doctor and she prescribed Klonopin 0.5 mg. It helped me tremendously and I feel great. I am taking 2 150 mg.now until I finish those pills and will start the 300 mg pill. I shouldn't have any issues with that should I.


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I have taken Buproprion 150 for over 10 years. Last week started having panic attacks, my doctor increased my dosage to 300 mg. Have only been on new dosage for 1 week. Started having anxiety, nausea, the funny feeling in the pit of my stomach, and what really scares me is the feeling of almost forcing myself to breathe. Has anyone else experienced these effects and will they go away with time?

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I was started (after slowly tapering up from a single 150mg dose to get me started) on 300mg - but a 150 pill in the morning and 150 again in the afternoon, early enough to not interfere with sleep. It was stressed to me that timing did in fact make a HUGE difference, and since it is more expensive to use the smaller pills, I wonder if there would be absorption side effects to just using a pill cutter and splitting your 300mg dose through the day? Or sometimes dr's can write the prescription a bit differently so that you're getting the same amount of meds, but the insurance companies will see that your supply has to be twice as many of the smaller pills...though you've probably already looked into all of that! I have to set a daily timer on my phone for the 2x daily dose - because I was told it really is important to take it at the same time every day (as a mom of six, stopping everything you're doing at 4:00 every day to find your pill is no picnic, lol, but better than the depression and anxiety!).

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Dr upped my well but rin from 300 xl to 450 I feel terrible physically mentally ifeel great b heaviness in head and body stomach pains and weird headache

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I've been on Wellbutrin XL 150 for a few months now. I noticed my anxiety was not getting better and was very uncomfortable. My doctor put me on Buspar (generic version) a week ago but it takes about a month to start working. I'm using Klonopin just to get through until the Buspar starts working. Anyone have any experience using Buspar with Wellbutrin XL? I know it's all physical and can't wait for this feeling to subside.

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I have increased my dose twice now. Once from 100mg to 200mg, and most recently 200mg in the am and 100mg at noon. Each time I have increased my dose I have been irritable and depressed for at least a few days after while my body adjusted to the change, its like you have to go through the side effects phase all over again. :/ If I wasn't also taking Buspar for my anxiety things may have been worse than the occasional outbursts. I recommend sticking it out for at least the first 2 weeks, give your body a little bit of time to adjust to the new dose. Unless of course things get extremely bad... but I am doing great now that I have adjusted.

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I've been on the generic wellbutrin 150mg XL for a month now. 2 days ago my doctor and I decided I could go up a dose and start taking 2 of the 150 XLs in the morning. Day one on the 300mg my depression started sneaking back in. I was irritable and just kind of moody. Today (day 2 of the 300mg) I lost it. I had a huge rage attack and I was crying uncontrollably and then I took a xanax and felt ok for the afternoon. Then it started to wear off and I got irritable again. It seems like the smallest things are making me so annoyed and angry. I felt ok on the 150s but I kept reading how GREAT you can feel on the 300mg. I called my Dr and she says just go back to taking 150mg again but here's the thing... If the 300 really is THAT much better then I wanna sick it out for a week or whatever and feel awesome but if I'm just gonna keep feeling so angry obviously I wanna go back to the 150 an stick with that. Has anyone felt this way? Does it get better? Should I stick it out or go back to 150. I keep feeling like I need the 300 cause I'll just feel so fantastic but that could be all in my head. Plus I don't wanna quit and go back to 150s and then again in 4 weeks try the 300mgs again and have to start all over with the side effects, especially if they're gonna start getting better... Does anyone have any advice? I wanna give the 300a fair shot but I can't afford to have a melt down everyday. Bleh, please help.

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I know how you feel since my pharmacy stopped special ordering the Watson brand for me I've have difficulties. Because I am sensitive to dyes I take 3- 150mg when I get up so I haven't tried the 300mg pill. I think it was over a year ago they pulled them for which I was glad as I'm sure that contributed to some if my issues.

Wish manufacturers would all take responsibility on these issues to help keep side effects to a minimum.

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I'm relieved to hear that I'm not the only person who has experienced anger and irrability with family and pets. I started taking wellbutrin sr 100mg/a day a couple months ago and recently increased my dose to 200mg/a day each morning. I was actually Debating splitting my dose to one in the am and one in the early afternoon. Has anybody else been weary about taking a dose in the afternoon?

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Turns out I had an inner ear infection, so much of the nausea can be attributed to that. Finally went away. I am doing well on the brand Wellbutrin XL 150 mg. Can't say now whether it is better than the generic I was taking, but psychologically I feel that the time release on the brand is more consistent.

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Not helpful because I don't have extra $50 bucks a month to spend (Medicaid) !

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I have been on Wellbutrin XL 150 mg generic (Par) for about 2 months now. After a week of feeling great, I was supposed to increase to 300mg. I did that for about 4 days and thought I was going to die. I was so nauseous, felt like I was going to pass out, got extremely hot, etc. Went to the doctor and he said to go back to the 150mg. I'm still nauseous all the time. I just called Direct Success to get the brand name to see if that makes a difference. Is anyone on the brand who can tell me if they were nauseous on the brand? I read that this will go away, but so far it hasn't and I find it quite debilitating. Thanks in advance.

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