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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Wellbutrin and ECT
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Wellbutrin and ECT
by cabcat, Mar 14, 2003 12:00AM
Can ECT be done if a patient is on Wellbutrin? I understand that Wellbutrin can cause seizures. Is it therefore better to avoid ECT? I suffer from refractory major depressive disorder and wondered if adding ECT to the Wellbutrin may just improve the situation.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Mar 14, 2003 12:00AM
, Mar 14, 2003 12:00AM
I can't answer that question definitively, it is outside my immediate professional experience. When you go the doctor who might do the ect, he will know for sure. It probably will not matter because during the ect you are totally protected from having a spontaneous seizure.
But I must tell you that based on LOTS of research looking at ECT from all angles, I wouldn't go through with it period, whether on wellbutrin or not.
God bless.