![]() Welcome to Connect I don't know if any doctor really knows how to switch a patient from one anti-depressant to another without shaking things up. Thank you for inviting me into this conversation. Please meet are you managing the anxiety you are feeling so far with starting this medicine? Anything you've found helpful? They may also have information on how long it took them to notice change or feel better, if that applies, or success with this medication, and if so, what that timeline looked like. ![]() I'd also like to introduce you to some other members who have talked about bupropion (Wellbutrin) and see what their experiences were with anxiety or any other side effects at the start of taking this medication. So, in my experience, it absolutely gets better, and it was well worth it for me. So, I rode it out, and my doctor even gradually increased it over a number of months, and it's been helping me ever since. He did tell me a lot of patients give up on this med too quickly. That surprised me – seemed like a long time. He told me that I really needed to hang in there about 3-4 months to see the full effects of the bupropion (Wellbutrin). I was concerned about this, and I talked to the pharmacist about it a bit. I just had to work super hard to hold my tongue. When I was dealing with the anxiety I felt the medication brought on, I got concerned, as I didn't want heightened anxiety and I didn't want to snap at my family members, which I was a little prone to do in the first couple months of the medication. I did feel anxiety at the start of bupropion (Wellbutrin), and I know another friend who also mentioned this. I did lose the weight that citalopram (Celexa) put on over the months that followed, thankfully, after starting on bupropion (Wellbutrin). The effects you mentioned when you talked about taking duloxetine (Cymbalta), being neutral – not happy or sad – and then gaining weight and in turn becoming more sad – happened to me when I was on citalopram (Celexa) maybe 8-9 years ago. This discussion might also be one you'd like to check out sometime. ![]() That is hard not having anyone around whom you feel can really understand. I have not lost my dad, but I can imagine that grieving such a big loss would be a long journey. I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your dad.
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