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stopping wellbutrin
by umya, Feb 17, 2008 12:07AM
my good friend suspects her recent hair thinning is due to wellbutrin and has decided to stop cold turkey. i advised her that stopping cold turkey can be problematic. any advice or experience would be much appreciated.
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by george73, Feb 17, 2008 01:21AM
To: umya
I am on Wellbutrin. ( and Prozac) I have not noticed any hair loss from it. Is it a side affect? Stopping cold turkey is really bad. Tell her not to. She should contact her doc. so he prescribe something else if she thinks it isn't doing it's job. My Phsycyatrist changed my meds. till we got it right and she ALWAYS takes you off one slowly and adds another slowly. Much less mental stress!
by anotherfinemess1, Feb 17, 2008 12:41PM
welbutrin is one of the easier ones to stop, since it has a long half-life. Also, it is a weak dopamine and epinephrine inhibitor, unlike the SSRIs (prozac, etc) Still, it should be tapered off. There may be a little discontinuation syndrome- the symptoms of this are a little anxiety, maybe some crying jags for a few days.
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