I have been on Wellbutrin for about a month now. I am not sure of the dosage, but it is once a day. I have noticed very quickly that I have become very angry and hostile. For example, if a web page does not load fast enough, I get so upset my stomach hurts and I breath harder. Look at me wrong, same thing happens. God forbid you disagree with me, or pull out in front of me in traffic. This is NOT me. Sure i get up tight about some things, but not like this! Right now just hearing my coworkers breathing is driving me nuts. I can't be like this. I just go a new job and cannot mess it up! I called my doctor today, but no one has called me back. This is getting worse, and I am getting scared at what my reactions to things are going to be. I am unsure what to do at this point. Do I stop taking it? Do i call my general physician tomorrow and explain what is going on? Do i try and deal, which at this point is getting harder. Do I bombard my psych's office with messages? To make matters worse, all my doctors are new since i just moved, so no one really knows my history yet.
Any help or advice is needed! I mean who wants to feel like punching a wall all day?? Thank you thank you for any help!
Added 8 April 2014:
Update: I am at work, and others noises are making me very edgy, but so is the music I am listening to. I currently feel like a toddler that knows they are angry, but they are not sure why, or what they should do about it. Just about anything is filling me with rage at the moment. Even my own thoughts!
I also remembered I was on Buspirone a few years ago and felt exactly the same way! Are Buspirone and Bupropion similar? I did inform my doctor of the buspirone and my reaction, but he seemed unconcerned. Again thanks!!
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LaurieShay
8 April 2014
Sounds like a call to the prescribing doctor is in order. It is difficult to know whether it is from the bupropion or not, but something is out of whack. Bupropion and buspirone while unrelated maybe that you have an anger problem that is exacerbated by certain meds. Dig deep and you'll know whether this is the med or unresolved anger issues needing therapy.
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FizzyCrow
9 April 2014
Hiya!
I have called the doctor twice now, and left a message twice, saying I am quite concerned, as I am NOT this angry!! I never have been. Ok maybe when I a hormonal teen, but that is long in my past haha. They have yet to call me back with any help, and they are for sure closed now. I actually did not take the wellbutrin today, and feel so amazingly better. I mean, the crown on my tooth fell off, and instead of being all angry, I called the dentist, calmly went in, had some painful stuff done, and was not angry at all. I know its a bad idea to just stop taking these kinds of meds, but dang if the doctor isn't going to give me advice, I shall take matters into my own hands. I am on this medication for anxiety/depression, but no worries. I have never been suicidal, nor do I feel that way today. Like I said, I feel amazingly better. This may be a sign too that I need to find a different doctor, if they don't have the courtesy to call me back, even if it is to say that the doctor can't be reached.
