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New Theories / Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« on: 28/06/2011 09:21:10 »I only took the wellbrutrin by itself, i've never combined any of the anti-depressants with any other additive before. Hoping to answer your question if i remember correctly 150mg was the minimum dosage for wellbrutrin. I was up to take 2-300mg tablets a day (600 total) before i stopped after about 2 months.
The main symptoms i'm experiancing are a complete lack of motivation and energy to the point where i stopped working and dropped any and all of my hobbies. I've been attempting to do some digging and it seems that those 3 fit fairly well with low testosterone which i know some people here have had issues with as well but my blood tests have all come back normal so my doctor disregarded my concern.
over the past 3 years i've attempted about 6 different types of anti-depressants as well as many different types of therapy and seen many psychologists but nothing has helped even in the slightest. I've been given a clean mental bill of health multiple times and am concerned its a physical/hormone issue but my family doctor has pretty much given up at this point
about 3 times in the last 3 years i've had complete relief from these new symptoms but its only been for 24 hours and i can never find a connection, any suggestions would be be greatly appreciated, thanks.
what antidepressants have you tried? wellbutrin is the closests i've gotten to curing this nightmare. i've tried all the ssris pretty much and they made things worse. i think my problem stems from low dopamine
I'd have to check my exact list but the 4 i can remember now are Pristiq(desvenlafaxine), paroxetine, Prozzac and Wellbrutrin. The first day or 2 of trying the welbutrin gave me complete relief of those new symptoms, i felt 100% better, was a night to day comparison. Unfortunately that left after 24 hours and never came back in my next 10 weeks on the drug regardless of doubling and 2.5x the dose.
Honestly i'm no expert but after trying these various anti depressants for over a year i've convinced myself its not standard depression, i've had depression in the past many years ago and this just doesn't feel the same. Not only that but from i understand about antidepressants is they work over a period of time so for me to be relieved 100% within an hour or so of taking it makes me feel it was more likely some sort of other chemical reaction unrelated to depression.
were you on wellbutrin by itself? or was it anadjunct to another antidepressant?