Does wellbutrin work well on sensory issues & overstimulation?

[Fly Away]

I am on a SNRI and adderall. The SNRI makes me feel tired during the day. I also have some mild side effects that are just started to bother me enough I want to think about another med.

I had taken a SSRI by itself before dx'd w/ ADHD. It helped with the depression but agravated the ADHD. I also was so tired and unmotivated I didn't feel like myself.

I started adderall and then switched to a SNRI. This combination was working very well with depression, concentration and focus but not so well with overfocus, overstimulation and impulsiviness.

I had heard that Wellbutrin was a stimulating SNRI so I was hoping I could get away with just WEllbutrin and drop the adderall. How does Wellbutrin effect overstimulation, impulsiviness and overfocus?

Thankyou for your help.

[Fly Away]

Just to clarify- the overstimulation is from sensory overload not anxiety. I've had anxiety but haven't had that for awhile.

[exeter]

I didn't really notice any difference with these types of things when I was on it. Maybe you will be lucky.

[Sc@tterBr@in_UK]

I know someone on an AS forum who has had very good results for those types of problems, and I am hoping that my neurologist hurries up with the letter he was supposed to write to my GP about trying Wellbutrin!

[Fly Away]

I think I am going to give Wellbutrin a try. I suspect that the adderall is adding to the overstimulation. Dang it- the adderall helps with planning, focus and prioritizing but I can't stand the impulsiveness and overstimulation.


too bad there is nto one that does it all!

I also am thinking of provigil but one drug at a time!

[speedo]

I have rather strong sensory issues due to sensoryneural hearing loss and tinnitus. I have a past history of mild senory issues before the hearing loss (ADD?). Welbutrin helps reduce anxiety a bit so I can deal with the ADD. Welbutrin does help reduce the efects of senosry overload if I take enough of it. But if I take more than 150 mG/day I end up with insomnia, and after a few days start becoming iritated, even angry, so I keep it at 150 mg/d and all is well.

I'm also taking neurontin. It helps reduce pain from sound a lot, and my stress level from sensory overload is now reduced. The neurontin also seems to have a calming effect (I don't know why). For me the neurontin was a huge improvement.

BUT. I still feel sound , and will stress from sensory input, and can still overload, though I consider my senosry issues to now be managed well enough that I can learn to cope with it. If I went off of the neurontin, I'd be having a lot more trouble than I have now.

Neurontin is not usually given for senosry issues, or for ADD. I don't think it is approved for those uses.

Note that I requested neurontin (GABAPENTIN) from my doctor for tinnitus and hyperacousus. Neurontin is not approved for sensory issues or tinnitus and hyperacousus. Typically it is given for epilepsy, neuropathic pain, and phantom limb pain. It is an odd medication that only works for about 50% of the people who use it. It seems to have no nasty side effects, and is not addictive.

My tinnitus is basically untreatable. The doctors just tell me that there is not much they can do. I was pretty desperate for a fix for my pain so I asked the doctor for neurontin. He agreed, and cautioned me that it was not approved for this use, and I started on it a month ago. The results have been satisfactory and there have been no problems. Some people have a problem with uptaking neurontin (I don't know why) thus it won't work for them.

Me

[Fly Away]

I am glad the new med seems to be making a difference for you. I will keep that med in mind too. I want to try one at a time so I can isolate which one does what. Right now I get very tight neck and shoulder muscles- I think its tied in with the sensory overload because I do know my muscles tighten up from that. I would be very happy if that stops when I switch over to wellbutrin.

[speedo]

I get the tight neck and shouder muscles too. I have to make myself lean back in a chair and relax. I hope you get something going for you to make it all ease up. So far, I'm feeling lucky, it seems to be helping a lot. I've not felt like a walking disaster in a couple of weeks, so Im really happy.

I think it is the stress created by sensory overload that causes the tense muscles.
I can tell you that when the new meds took effect I could really notice the drop in my overall stress levels when the hypersensitivity to sound eased up slowly. I still get a startle from sounds that used to hurt. Some sounds are still really awful (like vacum cleaners, or breaking glass) I still need to manage my sensory overload and can still end up "agitated" or even shutdown if I stay agitated for a long time, so I need to manage it. But now it seems to be managable where it was making life really difficult before.
It looks like there is some hope.

Glen

Originally Posted by Fly Away

I am glad the new med seems to be making a difference for you. I will keep that med in mind too. I want to try one at a time so I can isolate which one does what. Right now I get very tight neck and shoulder muscles- I think its tied in with the sensory overload because I do know my muscles tighten up from that. I would be very happy if that stops when I switch over to wellbutrin.

[Fly Away]

I am in the process of switching over to wellbutrin. So far so good. My hope is maybe I'll be able to cut back on the adderall because I think thats whats giving me the tight shoulder and neck muscles.

[Fly Away]

I am on day of wellbutrin and almost all of my shoulder and neck pain is gone. It wasn't the adderall but the cymbalta or the way the two interacted.

Its too early to tell how the wellbutrin will work but if I were to make a guess I would say my sensory issues are better.

I have been feeling a little dopey so I hope that passes. Because of the dopey feeling I can't tell if my focus and concentration is any better.