I feel great. Not quite so agitated and on the verge of tears. I was in DBT, and it taught me how to act. I have never heard about headache problems and wellbutrin. I was on it for several months and if I remember correctly the headaches went away after a bit.Be careful with Wellbutrin. It is another SSRI with a long half life. I’m elated to step back and realize how stable my emotions and relationships have been for the past month or so. Day to day life is nowhere near as difficult as it was before Wellbutrin. I go to school, I go to work. Talk to them about the headaches and ask to start on a lower dosage. The thing that gives me the most relief is a bag of ice on my head.I suppose it's also possible that the headaches are related to withdrawal from the Cymbalta, as they DO seem to be worse on the days where I'm not taking it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. I would suggest starting the process to find a new physician. If a similar crash happens to you, give it the span of 4-6 weeks before giving up. Glad you’re feeling better!Thank you for posting this. I've been on 150mg twice a day for a little over a week. The headaches might be a big warning sign that getting in a high dose so fast may lead to seizures and/or other central nervous system problems that can be caused by Wellbutrin in some cases. I find myself taking less issue with more things than I did before. The morning started well but I got this horrible headache after writing for several hours (I’m writing a novel) and it wouldn’t go away. It’s insane that your provider didn’t ask you about your family history. I'm happy yours is doing good things for you as well!I’m glad you didn’t give up! Just upped my dose to 300 mg too, doesn't really have any side effects, neither any positive effects. For a while, they were daily, and tended to be in the afternoon-evening as well. I’m still not sleeping more than 5 or 6 hours at night. I hope someone finds this useful.Edit: 6 Months: It's now been over six months, and I'm still feeling great! I used to feel miserable virtually every single day. I’m extremely irritable and angry at myself and the world (cliché, I know). I experienced a pretty horrific adjustment period to mine, venlafaxine, but after a couple of months it really kicked in and I am so thankful for what it's done for me. I am genuinely so glad I stuck out the awful side effects, especially after feeling good for week three and crashing back into my depression during week four. I have been having terrible migraines and/or headaches for the past four months, which i was treated with 10mg of Amitrypyiline daily.
Both my pcp and neurologist never suggested that this medication could be the problem. Hoping for it to kick in soonI needed to read this so badly.
I can only hope that they go away soon.Also, last week I saw a neurologist for my migraines, and they prescribed me a medication that cannot be taken if the patient has a family history of Parkinson's disease, which is very common in my family. Keep working on your mental health!Very happy for you! Towards the end of this week, it seems like things are getting a little better. I still felt just as depressed.W1, Day 4: Another normal, just as depressed day of work, but that night I had a crazy, realistic, and horrifying vivid dream that hyped up my anxiety and made me afraid to sleep.W1, Day 5: Still just as depressed, and I didn’t sleep at all.W1, Day 6 & 7: no mood change, able to sleep three or four hours each night, but I’m somehow not tired during the day.Week 2 As a whole, far less turbulent than the first week.
It’s strange but luckily nowhere as unpleasant as the first one.W5, Days 5 & 6: I feel pretty stable. It is another SSRI with a long half life. It feels like someone is drilling straight down into my brain. Now I feel happy for at least some of every day.Week 9: I still feel great. But Wellbutrin has made it easy! I am used to headaches, but holy Hannah I have not experienced a headache like this. My psychiatrist didn't offer any solutions, so I just took the maximum dose of ibuprofen to get by.Just added bupropion to my prozak and am getting terrible headaches, feels like me head is going to burst, I also have bronchitis right now so it may be something with that, really hoping it goes away.I've been on generic Wellbutrin XL 350 mg (in the past, also in combination with lithium and prozac and zyprexa/abilify) and 150 mg (now, only combined with Latuda), and I've never had an issue with headaches. I tell my doctor, and she moves my dose up to 300 mg.Week 5 W5, Day 1: First day on 300 mg XL daily which I have been on ever since. Oh well, I am hoping to get that cleared up as well. I'm on my 10th day of wellbutrin and dealing with some really bad side effects.You’re welcome, I’m so glad this could give you some hope. I never thought that feeling like this on a day to day basis was possible for me. I’m thankful just for that.Week 6: I stop having the extreme lows, but realize this may just be situational. I'm just wrapping up week 4 of Wellbutrin (swapped from 150mg to 300mg at the end of week 2) and had a pretty bad breakdown today, I'm hoping I'll have an experience like yours and start feeling the mental effects soon.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPeer support for anyone struggling with depression, the mental illness.Press J to jump to the feed. My wife has been on it for years.
I'm still on 300 mg XL daily and have felt no need to up my dosage. It's working just as well as it was when I first made this post. One option is to decrease the dose vs discontinuation. Thank you for letting me know when this might stop as well as possible future side effects. I have a hard time falling asleep (I'm also on Depakote, which usually knocks me out), and and the seemingly never-ending dreams that I have for the 3 hours I do manage to sleep, are leaving me exhausted.
My mind is a little clearer, so I take it that the side effects from upping the dose have subsided.