Anyone else notice memory issues on WB? I had a photographic memory and didn't have any trouble with name recall, etc. However, I started on WB..I have noticed a definite side effect on my recall abilities..It's not with items I am currently working on..It's names of people, movies, random facts I know that I know..just not coming to me,..rather disturbing,,

absolutely. I would be working on things and be fine, but recall and my long term memory were definitely compromised. I couldn't remember names of friends, things I've seen or plots of movies for jack! I honestly have no idea why that is, but I could focus much more selectively on what I was doing at the moment, I had much less intereference and less daydreaming on wellbutrin which I can attribute to having a blank mind... It turns out you can't daydream too much with little activity or memory to work with... I don't know why it is , but lots of other people have experienced the same thing. How long have you been on the med?

Yeah, I've been noticing it a lot lately. My ability to form sentences on the fly has taken a hit.

For example: I'll start a sentence knowing what I want to communicate and then string it together as I speak. But now that my memory's taken a hit, I can't recall the information as rapidly as I used to. I'll go along speaking, but then have to pause for an instant to think harder about what it is I wanna say next. It messes up my flow, and a lot of the time I find myself settling for lesser quality words and phrases.

It's like I'll throw out a rope mid-conversation to lasso the next part, but it either comes back empty or looped around lame substitutes.

Same here. I will start a sentence on a subject I know full well and forget what I know. Then it comes to me a few minutes later. The solution, sort of, was to step down a notch on the Wellb until the side effect reduced. I have stayed there for 6 months. Every couple of months I try to inch up. I get the 150mg SR generics and split them in half. I now do reasonably well on 75 am 75 6pm, and 75 at bedtime. I take 150mg when I am getting ready for a trip and am having to wait on my wife. (It is probably me).
I had hoped that the Vyvanse would change this effect. It did not. But the two together in the right ratio have been awsome.
Be sure your doc knows. Many do not know about this effect. Mine didn't. After trying up and down, and bringing in a few comments from here and askapatient.com, he was sold. And this from a highly reguarded shrink in Atlanta.
Enjoy, I do...Ken

penguin,

I live in atlanta and see a specialist, if you don't mind me asking who do you see and how good is he? I only ask because I'm on a high stim dose which is fine , but often wonder if it's because I'm somehow missing my magic window, could benefit from another stim , or if another combo would be better. So, again, who's your doc?

Hi,
Dr. Gotlieb. He does mostly kids and teens. A few adults. Met him when he did my kid. "He is ADHD just like you". Enjoy...

I'd been on and off WB for years now, started taking it maybe 7-8 years ago, stopped, then started up again over a year or two now (??) Heh-heh, memory issues... :) I feel like I've always had memory problems, forgetting words/names, etc. to some extent, but it's been really bad recently. I finally mentioned this to my therapist, and she said she'd heard that this is a side effect of WB. Unfortunately, I had just seen my p-doc, so I haven't been able to ask him yet, about the side effect, and/or switching to something else.

I've been off wellbutrin for awhile now. I think pretty normally now at work but procrastinate and put things off more than I used too when I was on the wellbutrin. Also , honestly I don't really feel all that happy , I mean I am but actually I'm really not. I feel trapped in life and I want to escape and take a different job back somewhere where it's always nice and sunny. I'm smart but the problem is I never do crap about it, I'm not lazy either. I just feel like when I do sit down my attention is blown. This sucks!!! I'm tearing it up at work but still hate the crap. I was thinking that when I was on wellbutrin I did feel good about stuff, I was happy when I woke up on the weekends, now it's just like here we go again , same old routine. The problem is that I don't want to take something that will comp my memory. I don't know, I just couldn't get the dose down on the well, I ran into that mental stupidity that we are all talking about, I don't want to be comotose, while I'm on it either what use is being happy if your a retard, pardon my french. I was a straight a student in college , now when I have free time I just google the crap out of things that don't matter and let people tell me what to do and boss me around. If I don't take my meds I can't concentrate long enough to tie a shoe string but I surely don't let others boss me around, but what do I know I can't remember things for too long anyway. I'm ****ed, I was smart at one time now I can't whine at all because then I'd just hear somebody tell me what a great life I have and how others would be jealouse to be in my shoes. I'm mindless in my sparetime because all I do is workout after work until the anger goes away and then go back to the same cloud of stupidy that I live in. I can't even register a thought on my own now , so I'm destined to be forced to listen to other peoples stories of what they did on the weekend and I'm supposed to lift my eye in awe and act interested. Most people bore the crap out of me now but I'm more pathetic because I'm in a mental stupor and I can't even tell you what I did that was exciting because I'm probably the most bored guy in the world , my cubicle is like a prison cell... there's no actuall bars on the windows but there should be because thats what corporate america is all about striping you of your identity and beliefs until you become what I am becoming... Have you ever seen office space because thats a dream compared to my life..... I see people organize and write things in planners and marvel at the fact that I could actually do that at one time. I'm in a mental rut, this sucks , and what sucks more is that if I even described this to any family member that I have around they'd just not listen , heck I wouldn't either. You'd think I'd do something about it... but I lack the direction to have any nads or courage about me . Instead I just buy designer clothes and workout until I appear like the modern day face of happiness. If only I could be calm and relaxed and actually focused like I used to be then I'd organize my life and actually life in a state that I like, what good are people that just dream their life away . Crap I'm venting.

Anyone else notice memory issues on WB? I had a photographic memory and didn't have any trouble with name recall, etc. However, I started on WB..I have noticed a definite side effect on my recall abilities..It's not with items I am currently working on..It's names of people, movies, random facts I know that I know..just not coming to me,..rather disturbing,,

So, yeah...this seems to be an ongoing problem with some. But then, there are others who report it being more or less of a panacea. A couple friends from school semi-recently went through a similar issue and was resolved with a choline source. One used CDP-Choline while the other used Choline Citrate. I would assume (Soy) Lecithin or ALCAR or Choline Bitartrate would suffice. Although, it's all really a matter of preference and what works for you.

Anyway, check out this thread (http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20136) when you get a chance.

I'd been on and off WB for years now, started taking it maybe 7-8 years ago, stopped, then started up again over a year or two now (??) Heh-heh, memory issues... :) I feel like I've always had memory problems, forgetting words/names, etc. to some extent, but it's been really bad recently. I finally mentioned this to my therapist, and she said she'd heard that this is a side effect of WB. Unfortunately, I had just seen my p-doc, so I haven't been able to ask him yet, about the side effect, and/or switching to something else.

Update: My pdoc thinks my memory problems are a symptom of peri-menopause, and suggests I see a neurologist. My PCP also thinks I should see a neurologist, but only to ease my mind (pun not intended). I have an appt. with pdoc in two weeks, and will discuss possibly switching from adderall and/or wellbutrin to something else-- as I'd be complaining about how more irritable, bitter and anti-social I've become in the last year since taking adderall (after discussing this with my therapist.)

I actually found more memory issues with Adderall when taking it soley. I'd get lost in parking lot issues. ... I guess as both meds focus on increasing dopamine and noradrelene, they would have similar effects (WB is beta-keto-amphetimine, afterall). One must weigh the pros and cons of these meds. They make us feel better, improve well-being and focus, but there is a cost. ... I supplement with DMEA, and it has really helped on the memory matter.