Wellbutrin (bupropion)
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:00 pm
I've been on bupropion for about 10 years. Occasionally I'll miss a dose or two and not really notice any decline in mood so I thought I'd try to get off it. I didn't take it for a few days (yes I know, not advisable w/o doctor supervision) and my mood pretty much stayed the same. However, my RLS symptoms really took off and it happened much earlier in the day. You know what's it like.
I didn't increase my pramipexole because I don't want to take more than 1mg at bedtime so the RLS was excruciating for a few days. I wondered if stopping the bupropion had anything to do with what was happening so I started taking it again. The RLS stopped quite dramatically (I'm still taking the pramipexole) with hardly any symptoms the last couple of days. I don't think the two events (stopping the bupropion then starting again with resulting RLS effects) are coincidental but I could be wrong. I'm very skeptical of some RLS solutions I've read about and somewhat so with what happened to me but gotta say something made a huge difference.
I've searched this board and found a few references to bupropion being helpful but also not helpful for RLS. Not consistent at all. I suppose the response to bupropion is an individual thing.
So I'm posting this in case it's useful.
I didn't increase my pramipexole because I don't want to take more than 1mg at bedtime so the RLS was excruciating for a few days. I wondered if stopping the bupropion had anything to do with what was happening so I started taking it again. The RLS stopped quite dramatically (I'm still taking the pramipexole) with hardly any symptoms the last couple of days. I don't think the two events (stopping the bupropion then starting again with resulting RLS effects) are coincidental but I could be wrong. I'm very skeptical of some RLS solutions I've read about and somewhat so with what happened to me but gotta say something made a huge difference.
I've searched this board and found a few references to bupropion being helpful but also not helpful for RLS. Not consistent at all. I suppose the response to bupropion is an individual thing.
So I'm posting this in case it's useful.