Problems Sleeping?

[Haniac]

I have been taking welbutrin sr 150 mgs for around 16 days now. Besidesa little more energy I get nothing from the med. Also its keeping me awake at night. I want to give it a chance but not sleeping on top of the stress that I already expierience is too frickin much. Has anyone else had sleep loss with this med and does it really take a month for it to kick in?

[FightingBoredom]

I've been taking it for about the same time as you.
Are you taking XL?
I haven't had any trouble sleeping. Not even when I switched from 150mg to 300mg a few days ago.
I still can sleep fine...well, actually, now that I say this I realize that last night I couldn't sleep until 1AM.
I thought it was just too much caffeine but I was just wired more than caffeine would do for me.

[Imnapl]

Haniac,
What time of the day are you taking the Wellbutrin SR?

[Haniac]

I take it twice at 6:30 am and at 4:00 pm. The worst part is my doc doesnt want to prescribe any stimulants because of my past drug use. I believe the welbutrin raises your dopamine level permantly while a stimulant would only raise it while I take it. I think. Its only been three months since I found out about the add and Im still trying to figure it all out.

[exeter]

You might benefit from switching to Wellbutrin XL, once a day in the morning. I had some insomnia from it at 150 mg when I took it, but it went away after a couple weeks.

[stanzen]

I had severe insomnia with WB that didn't seem to improve. I took 150mg of the SR early in the morning and would get two hours of sleep at night. After two weeks of that, I was a complete basket case, but a very impulsive, explosive basket case.

I stopped taking it after talking with my doc. My doc switched me to an SSRI and Ritalin, and that worked much better. Now I take Adderall a couple of times a day and sleep very well.

Oh, and I had drug problems in the past. But no real problems with the Rit. and Adderall.

[Imnapl]

Originally Posted by Haniac

I take it twice at 6:30 am and at 4:00 pm.

Haniac, your dosing schedule sounds good. Perhaps you just need more time to adjust to the Wellbutrin?

[FightingBoredom]

I am taking 300mg of XL at 6 AM and only had one night of insomnia so far.....

[addjohnny]

Originally Posted by Haniac

I have been taking welbutrin sr 150 mgs for around 16 days now. Besidesa little more energy I get nothing from the med. Also its keeping me awake at night. I want to give it a chance but not sleeping on top of the stress that I already expierience is too frickin much. Has anyone else had sleep loss with this med and does it really take a month for it to kick in?

I was taking both Wellbutrin and Strattera for over a month. I didn't get a good nights sleep the entire month. I stopped taking the Wellbutrin as of today.

[addjohnny]

I took Wellbutrin and Strattera for a month and never got a good nights sleep. I ended up stopping the Wellbutrin

[Cactus]

Originally Posted by stanzen

Oh, and I had drug problems in the past. But no real problems with the Rit. and Adderall.

Same here. I think the addiction/abuse potential of stimulant ADD meds is highly overblown by most Docs. The potential is there but in most cases I don't think it's enough of a reason not to consider the stimulants.

[nivek]

I too had problems sleeping on 150 at first, but I have take a Excedrin PM at night and I now sleep all night long. I would let your doctor know about the sleeping problems.