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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
WELLBUTRIN
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
by kay57, Aug 26, 2004 12:00AM
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WELLBUTRIN XL.
MY HUSBAND STARTED TAKING WELLBUTRIN IN 2002 OFF AND ON FOR
AWHILE AND THEN HE DIDN’T TAKE IT AGAIN UNTIL 2004 AND HE HAS
BEEN ON IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW .
MY QUESTION IS, DOES WELLBUTRIN CAUSE MEMORY LOSS?
HE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW TO DO THINGS THAT HE USED TO KNOW HOW
TO DO.
IF IT DOES WILL HIS MEMORY COME BACKAFTER HE GOES OFF
WELLBUTRIN. HE HAS HAD AN - MRI -EEG AND A CAT SCAN AND THEY ALL
CAME BACK OK.
THANK YOU
MY HUSBAND STARTED TAKING WELLBUTRIN IN 2002 OFF AND ON FOR
AWHILE AND THEN HE DIDN’T TAKE IT AGAIN UNTIL 2004 AND HE HAS
BEEN ON IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW .
MY QUESTION IS, DOES WELLBUTRIN CAUSE MEMORY LOSS?
HE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW TO DO THINGS THAT HE USED TO KNOW HOW
TO DO.
IF IT DOES WILL HIS MEMORY COME BACKAFTER HE GOES OFF
WELLBUTRIN. HE HAS HAD AN - MRI -EEG AND A CAT SCAN AND THEY ALL
CAME BACK OK.
THANK YOU
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Aug 27, 2004 12:00AM
, Aug 27, 2004 12:00AM
No, Welllbutrin does not cause memory loss at therapeutic doses. Is he taking the right amount?
HE STARTED ON 150MI. OF WELLBUTRIN XL. AND IN TWO WEEKS HE WAS UP TO 450. AFTER A FEWS DAYS ON 450 HE THOUGHT HE WAS DYING AND STARTED THINKING THAT THE PEOPLE ON TV WERE REAL AND HE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THAT BEFORE. I CALLED THE DR. AND HE HAD ME TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL HE DIDN'T KNOW ME,
HE HAS NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT, HE KNOWS ME KNOW BUT THAT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HE IS NOT ON ALL THAT MED.NOW, BUT HE STILL HAS SOME MEMORY LOSS.
THEY PUT HIM ON
WELLBUTRIN XL- 450 MG.- MORNING
PAXIL - 12.5 MG.- BEDTIME
RISPERDOL- 1MG. MORNING
LORAZEPAM- 0.5 MG.- WHIN HE NEEDED .
FLOMAX-.4MG. 1- IN MORNING
THANK YOU