From elation to frustration...the fog was lifting then medication stopped working.... - ADD / ADHD Message Board

sticksandstones · 08-27-2008, 11:14 AM

My doctor diagnosed me 4 weeks ago with ADD and Depression. She thinks the add is causing the depression, but not certain yet. I was taking cymbalta and the doctor added wellbutrin XL 150 MG. After a few days, the for started to lift and I was more focused, able to stay on task better, more productive, etc. Then wham! It stopped working. I'm back to my old forgetful self. I wouldn't be so hard on myself if I didn't have a business I am trying to run. My shipments are getting messed up again and the smallest tasks are taking forever again. My piles are piling up again and all I can do is divert my eyes from what seems to be happening all over again.

Any thoughts?

addprogrammer · 08-27-2008, 12:05 PM

SticksAndStones,

Most likely reason is the Wellbutrin dose is too low or you need an upgrade to a more powerful stimulant such as Adderall.

I parsed your handle as Stick Sand Stone. That's why I CamelCased it. Does anyone else have this problem?

Bob

sticksandstones · 08-27-2008, 02:11 PM

Thanks for your reply, Bob. I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow. I am not sure the wellbutrin is what I need. My dreams have always been very active and sometimes would jump in my sleep. Right after starting the wellbutrin, during my sleep, I raised my head in toward my chest (I was asleep on my back) and slammed my head backward onto my mattress. The following morning, I had forgotten the incident. Later that day, I went for a run and noticed how sore my muscles in my neck were. Does this sound like a seizure? My neck muscles have been sore ever since. Wonder if I am reacting to the wellbutrin in my sleep, by having mild seizures? any ideas?

sticksandstones · 08-27-2008, 02:21 PM

Forgot to mention, I sometimes get the first letters of names mixed up...for example, if i am trying to say Derek and Kendra, I will say Kerek and Dendra....this happens all the time.

addprogrammer · 08-27-2008, 04:46 PM

Not me. I never get a thing bass ackwards.

A seizure is a possibility.

Another possibility, one that I could never have imagined if I hadn't experience it, is a night terror. I caused a night terror by accidentally overdosing on L-trytophane. I had no problem remembering, though, the experience when I woke up. In the dream, I was wide awake or so I thought, and nothing would work. In my dream, I turned the light switches on the lamps and on the walls that actually exist in my house. Each time the light briefly flashed as if the blub burned out. I flew out of the bed in a state of shock only to find to my relief that it was a dream. The dream was as vivid as reality. I so feared a repeat that I stopped the L-tryophane for a few days.

Bob