Wellbutrin (Bupropion) Works for ADHD

[@benheine]

I can confirm, wellbutrin is helping

[@DrymouthCWW]

Interesting. I have it in my drawer and i just stopped using it because it didn't seem to do... anything. Was a little harder to pee for some reason.

[@bitofahumdinger]

I wrote out a big list of my pros and cons of Wellbutrin but looks like it got blocked for some reason. To sum it up, great for quitting smoking, depression, fatigue, helped me with mood and anxiety. Had a few side effects for the first week or so but after that, pretty minimal side effects. I do still have HUGE pupils, which is not ideal. It's still worth it for me though. For ADHD, I would give it a 6/10. Definitely better than nothing. *This is my experience, not medical advice.*

[@RahulRanjan674]

i have been on atomoxetine for 1.5 years and followed by methylphenidate with it. It did help as I didn't have anything to compare to. Now I have switched to bupropion 150 xl (self medicating as consulting a psychiatrist isn't accessible for now. I have done fair bit of research and thank you so much for this video). this is so much better then anything with almost no side effects. I felt bad that it wasn't prescribed two years back. I doubt of having Dysthymia or Depersonalization (most likely this) with my primarily inattentive ADHD. and this has been a blessing of sorts. Atomoxeting helped me with Inattention but was no drive and methylphenidate had worse wearing off effect. this is so good and I'm going to be adding methylphenidate 10mg sr with it. PS: Im trying to online consultation with my psychiatrist.

[@OkAIok]

Thank you so much Sir!

[@TedMyrrh]

I had brain fog with wellbutrin. I went off of it and use adderoll by itself now

[@cosmosprincess20]

Wellbutrin for certain works. Was better than strattera but not as good as a controlled option

[@cobuck4007]

Thank you!

[@aleda2781]

Was on it for 7 days before I broke out in hives 😅

[@jttj742]

Was “ok” for me in terms of being energizing, but nasty side effects.

[@stoneneils]

My Concerta stopped working. It just puts me to sleep now....is it too low a dose?!?! After six good months I'm back to shlogging through work unmedicated because at least i can stay up all night again.

[@Undisclosed_3]

I've read a bunch of experience threads on reddit and it seems like no one likes it for ADHD. That makes me a bit hesitant to try it. Isn't the cause of ED the changed muscle tone (sympathetic/parasympathetic...) by the increase in norepinephrine signaling? That should be the case with all dopamine/norepinephrine drugs, right? Why not Wellbutrin?

[@DrJohnKruse]

Reddit (or other online sharing platforms) can let you know part of the range of responses (assuming people are being candid) but don't give much information on how likely any of those responses are. And people who have bad or unusual responses are almost always highly over-represented in such forums. The older version of this video had major problems with the sound (a smoke detector went off mid-video, and I kept trying to talk through it), and KZbin doesn't let you preserve the comments when you revise/edit a video. So you missed comments from dozens and dozens of people who (mostly, but not entirely) had good responses to their ADHD symptoms from Wellbutrin. Maybe as this stays up longer, more will accumulate. But this too, is anecdotal information. It doesn't tell you the likelihood overall of getting a good, non-, or bad response to the medication, which we have to rely on scientific methods to uncover And even if we know what the overall odds are, that doesn't (yet) tell us how any particular individual is going to respond. The coordination of lots of neurotransmitter systems (particularly serotonin, along with NE and DA) is important for sexual response, and different parts of the sexual response cycle are vulnerable to different agents. None of the experts in the field pretend they know all of the factors needed for "normal" sexual functioning. Bupropion has more than a twenty year track history at helping alleviate SSRI-induced sexual effects. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11894796/

[@martinrubes3044]

Are the metabolites active for dopamine as well as norepinephrine?

[@Moon-Labs]

I used it to try quick smoking - it made me have crazy dreams and I got really really angry- many people have 'offed' themselves using it.

[@DWSP101]

It also made me angry too, but that’s because you’re going too fast for your dosage for me when the dosage would go up irritation, anger and agitation were expected from me and it would take about a week before that anger would start to subside, which is usually when the medication starts to somewhat hitbut yeah, it definitely has the effect of making people angry but slow dosage upping is the only way to avoid that

[@stoneneils]

I think you meant to say 'unalived' lol....but I'm glad you didn't!!!

[@Spectre2434]

Can the Wellbutrin exacerbate co- occuring bipolar disorder

[@stoneneils]

They all can..like borderline..this is why we're fked. I help my adhd too much..my bpd can get REALLY bad on the rebound..so i have to stay away from amphetamines. Or I'll end up killing someone lol.

[@fettoschnek]

It doesn't work with my ADHD...I also feel brain fogy. Good Antidepressant, tho.

[@JoshDTech]

Wellbutrin weak because doctors dose to low. 450mg or go home!