Wellbutrin: Not Eating ? Help.

 Wow. You've been so incredibly informative. I'm on the SR. I take it three times a day. I'm at the 450 and not going over. I knew the seizure issue going into it, but I also knew that SSRI's were out of the question and I really couldn't go through more ****** up meds and the side effects. I'm still reelinlg from Reglan. I'll keep hanging in there!! This was great to read this! Thank you. Thank you!! 

Hey Sia. I'm glad I could be of help. :) 

That's good that you're not going over 450 mg of Wellbutrin. I'm on 300 mg now, but I've been on 450 before. That's a high dose to start out on, so it will take your body some time to get used to it, but you should adjust just fine. I'm glad to hear it's helping you feel better, aside from the lack of appetite. 

I have a VSG, so I don't post on the DS board very often, but I occasionally look on here for good recipes, etc. And I like the sense of humor of a lot of people who post on here. :) Anyhow, when I read your post, I wanted to reply. I'm sorry, but I don't know the backstory about you and the Reglan. It sounds like you had a really hard time with it, whatever happened. That's scary! I hope things are looking up for you now, though. 

 

I don't currently take Wellbutrin, but yeah, it can be a total appetite killer. One of its off label uses is for appetite reduction. I can't get around the appetite reduction, so I'd only go on it again if I needed that effect.  

Could you take an SNRI instead? Or how about one of the golden oldies like trazadone or Elavil?

 Ah, my angel. I think about other meds, but I was scared just to get on Wellbutrin because of the Reglan withdrawls and what happened to my brain, I was just scared to try other **** you know?  Still am. It took all I had to start on the Xanax in addition to the Wellbutrin. I'll see how the appetite thing goes. I did three shakes yesterday which is a miracle and a half so if I can add more shakes and try food slowly, I'll get there, I hope. 

I hear you sweetie. I'd be terrified to ever touch another pill too if I were you. The good news is that usually side effects like the appetite thing DO go away. Remember, it doesn't matter if you don't lose any weight for a while. Having your brain straightened out is more important than that. So ignore the weight and focus on NUTRIENTS. If you have a shake you can get past the GERD and the mental **** then live on tha****er and supplements for a while longer. You are a very very tough strong powerful chickie and you can DO this.

And I want you to have a miracle healing for that ******g GERD. So go find a tent revival and get prayed for, y'hear? Brooklyn Tabernacle comes to mind.... *smoochies*