wellbutrin and no sleep

mrsunderstood · Post by **mrsunderstood** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:38 am

My dr put me on wellbutrin a couple of weeks ago,now I cant sleep and when I do I have really weird dreams that wake me up.I use to sleep really good,sleep was kind of my release,and I really looked forward to it,now with no sleep and working long hours my stress and anxiety seems worse.Anyone experienced this with wellbutrin?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:01 am

I have been taking Wellbutrin for several years and I have had the same problem. Some nights are worse than others. I do take a sleeping pill
every night. I have tried several anti depressants, but Wellbutrin is the only one I can take. As for the dreams, I think these will get less and less as you go along.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:18 am

Thanks RCA,I guess I will keep taking it,my dr wanted me to take one pill a day for 2 weeks,then take 2 pills a day,I havent taken 2 a day yet,Im kind of scared to take 2 a day now.I think I will take 2 today and see what happens.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:18 am

I took wellbutrin for about 2 weeks. My doctor started me on a high dose instead of working me up like yours. Anyhow, I barely slept or ate the whole time I was on it. I'm pretty good at hiding my anxiety attacks and these were so bad I'm sure people thought I was on drugs and I was in alot of pain. I barely left my house during this time. Whats worse is my doctors office barely cared! Lack of sleep or bad sleep seems to be a very common side effect of antidepressants. I guess you have to decide how badly you need it. Between some natural methods and this program I rarely take anything anymore and I'm only in week 6.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:50 am

I stopped sleeping and eating when I took this med. It was the worst anti depressant I had ever tried. I might as well have bought street meth. I kept thinking -this must be what it feels like to take meth. To say it overstimulated me is even an understatement - Thank God I had enough sense to stop the med without even consulting with my (incompetent) Dr. at the time. Wow- I guess I have a strong opinion of this med? huh