I have been taking Wellbutrin SR 150 mg twice a day for a few years now. I have been tolerating that dose fine. My doctor feels I need to increase to 3 x a day for a total of 400 mg a day now due to worsening depression and anxiety. I am scared of taking this dose! I have read all the hype about Wellbutrin and seizure risk at higher dose - I don't want that to happen, but my doctor said she had never seen anyone herself that has ever had a seizure due to Wellbutrin. Anyone out there have any advice? Thanks!
Wellbutrin SR - Help - Anyone Taking 400 mg of Wellbutrin (buproprion) SR???
Question posted by bethann31 on 26 April 2016
Last updated on 11 October 2018
18 Answers Page 2
Hi Bethann-
You have a legitimate concern about the seizure risk. You may want to talk to your doctor about maybe adding an SSRI or an add on med that may boost the efficiency of the WB.
Hope it all works out the best for you :)
Thank you for responding. I was tolerating the 300 mg okay, but my depression and anxiety has worsened, and instead of changing my meds all together, she wanted to try increasing the Wellbutrin SR to 400 mg a day to see if that helps.
Hi, I would follow your own instincts. What I learned the very hard way is the Dr's tend to very much also brush off side effects. Just because she has never seen it doesn't make it true. I was told lamictal was fine until I developed a permanent blood disorder. This will follow me the rest of my life.
I only found out how serious it was by doing my own research because frankly I was brushed off.
Why did she want to increase the dosage if you say you are doing fine? That is the curious part.
I have been on 450 mg for a while after many years of steadily increasing the dosage. If I take too late in the day I won't sleep, so I take all three (150 mg each) at once. I have not had any problems that I know of related to this. However, last year I had an Abdominal Aortic Anuerism because my aortic valve was low on collagen and made the walls weak. This all might be related to taking real strong antibiotics for an extended.period due to.Lyme disease.
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