Wellbutrin SR - Help - Anyone Taking 400 mg of Wellbutrin (buproprion) SR???

Hi! Just wanted to add, I, as well as many others I'm sure, have tried many different antidepressants and Wellbutrin is slightly different. I did ok & was feeling better the first 6-8 weeks and then suddenly, the anxiety started right back with full blown panic attacks. That's just me, if u feel like the med is helping, but u still experience symptoms, the easiest thing to do is increase dose of that med. the only way u will know if it will help you at a higher dose is if u try it! If it WAS helping u, but u feel like it's not helping at all, u may need a med switch. Everyone is different, but I'd try the increase for at least 2-3 days, if no improvement, talk to dr about the next step! It's tricky and can be a long process to get us on the right med at the exactly right dose! Don't stress about what u hear or read, just try it, ur body will tell you! Good luck!

What is maintenance range dosing?
And I was wrong - if it were three times a day at 150 mg it would equal 450 mg... I don't know what I was thinking. LOL.
I have been on 300 mg for like 2 years now.

Thanks for all your help. I am concerned, and I am trying to do some research on my own, it is just hard to know what is best. I am very sensitive to medicines, which also concerns me, but because of that I have trouble taking any meds - so Wellbutrin has been the best med for me... I have done the SSRIs in the past, and I could not tolerate them due to sleepiness, and I had a massive weight gain on them, and I am borderline diabetic from that weight gain, so added weight gain is not a good idea for me either. It is so frustrating!

Hi Bethann-
You have a legitimate concern about the seizure risk. You may want to talk to your doctor about maybe adding an SSRI or an add on med that may boost the efficiency of the WB.
Hope it all works out the best for you :)

Thank you for responding. I was tolerating the 300 mg okay, but my depression and anxiety has worsened, and instead of changing my meds all together, she wanted to try increasing the Wellbutrin SR to 400 mg a day to see if that helps.

Hi, I would follow your own instincts. What I learned the very hard way is the Dr's tend to very much also brush off side effects. Just because she has never seen it doesn't make it true. I was told lamictal was fine until I developed a permanent blood disorder. This will follow me the rest of my life.

I only found out how serious it was by doing my own research because frankly I was brushed off.

Why did she want to increase the dosage if you say you are doing fine? That is the curious part.