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Worrying about difficult child. Again.
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<blockquote data-quote="somerset" data-source="post: 491571" data-attributes="member: 13320"><p>What dosage is the Wellbutrin? I'm hesitant to say anything because psychiatric medications can be so hit or miss, and I don't want to advocate anything that could end up making your difficult child worse, but on the other hand I have a lot of personal experience changing medications. I have two things to say: One, if you want to change medications, unless the current medication is making you really sick, the best way to change it is to lower the dose of the old one while gradually raising the dose of the new one. That way, you always have coverage. With Zoloft, I would have said keep going down to 50 while you introduce Wellbutrin at some really low dose like 75mg, just to see if it's tolerated. Secondly, many people with depression and anxiety are on more than one medication. Wellbutrin is great for depression, and can increase your energy, but can make you horribly irritable. They could have just tried adding a little Wellbutrin to the Zoloft to help counter the tiredness. At this point, I'd call the psychiatrist and tell him what's happening, and ask if she could start the Zoloft again at 75 or 50, at least temporarily, while she tries the Wellbutrin at a small dose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="somerset, post: 491571, member: 13320"] What dosage is the Wellbutrin? I'm hesitant to say anything because psychiatric medications can be so hit or miss, and I don't want to advocate anything that could end up making your difficult child worse, but on the other hand I have a lot of personal experience changing medications. I have two things to say: One, if you want to change medications, unless the current medication is making you really sick, the best way to change it is to lower the dose of the old one while gradually raising the dose of the new one. That way, you always have coverage. With Zoloft, I would have said keep going down to 50 while you introduce Wellbutrin at some really low dose like 75mg, just to see if it's tolerated. Secondly, many people with depression and anxiety are on more than one medication. Wellbutrin is great for depression, and can increase your energy, but can make you horribly irritable. They could have just tried adding a little Wellbutrin to the Zoloft to help counter the tiredness. At this point, I'd call the psychiatrist and tell him what's happening, and ask if she could start the Zoloft again at 75 or 50, at least temporarily, while she tries the Wellbutrin at a small dose. [/QUOTE]
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