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switch from effexor to wellbutrin
by cokette, Mar 23, 2008 10:04AM
I have been taking effexor 150mg twice a day for over 6 months now but but 3 days ago I wnt to my doctor complaining about heavy eating which brought on a weight gain. My urges to be intimate with my husband are down to -0 on a scale from 1-10. Before it would jeapordize my marriage I asked my doctor what I should do... He switched my effexor to wellbutrin 300mg once a day, cold turkey , he told me there wasn`t going to be any problems but there are problems; I am dizzy, moody, and I have a very low tolerance point I have two young children, they can see a difference there wondering why mommy is such in a bad mood all the time...
will it get better soon is it just a momentary side effect that will wear off soon?!?!?!
will it get better soon is it just a momentary side effect that will wear off soon?!?!?!
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My personal experience in coming off of effexor wasnt too bad bec I did it very
slowly but I did have dizzy spells for about three weeks. I have never heard of
anyone stopping effexor cold turkey bec of the withdrawal effects. I was on
effexor and wellbutrin together and they worked great for me. Maybe you can
ask your dr about tapering off the effexor more slowly. Plus 300mg wellbutrin
is a high starting dose. I started at 100 and worked up to 300 but it does work!
Best wishes,
starr28
Just to let you know!!!!! I was taking Effexor for about a year now, I was ok on the effexor except when I missed a dose or two I really felt it, it was terrible. I recently went on Wellbutrin 150mg, and started it as soon as I finished my last Effexor. I have NEVER in my life felt the way I felt while the Effexor was leaving my system, irritable, shaky, dizzy, nauesated. HORRIBLE. I think that I may be getting over the worst of it right now, but everytime I take a wellbutrin I still feel imbalanced and dizzy and just not right. I am hoping that this will pass, because I hate this feeling. I am going to persavere a little longer and see what happens, but if the Wellbutrin continues to make me feel this way, I will be switching back or taking nothing at all. Jules