u/NewFirefighter2965

For the first time ever, I went to see a psychiatrist for suspected ADHD/mild depression. They prescribed modafinil and Wellbutrin (75 mg). After day 12, I had trouble falling asleep and got less sleep every day until day 17, when I only slept for two hours (I had stopped taking modafinil for a few days so whatever it was, was not Modafinil). However, I didn't feel sleep deprived and had more energy and a better mood than before I started taking the medication. I didn't feel like I needed sleep at all. I was frightened, so I stopped taking them. I slept fine the night of next day. I went to the psychiatrist again, and now I'm on a fluoxetine and Vyvanse combo. It's day 8.

I am concerned about whether I am susceptible to mania/hypomania.

I also experience some symptoms when I take 200 mg caffeine capsules. This doesn't always happen, but I would suddenly feel very euphoric. My mood would jump from fatigue and depression to extreme euphoria, and I would find everything around me so interesting. Sometimes I would laugh uncontrollably. Once, I remember laughing in the shower, sitting down and laughing again at things in my head. Sometimes I also talk too fast and have to slow down when I take them. But I always experience extreme euphoria.

Can we just brush both off as 'just side effects', or is it concerning? Since fluoxetine is an antidepressant, I want to know if I should keep an eye out for similar symptoms.

For the first time ever, I went to see a psychiatrist for suspected ADHD/mild depression. They prescribed modafinil and Wellbutrin (75 mg). After day 12, I had trouble falling asleep and got less sleep every day until day 17, when I only slept for two hours (I had stopped taking modafinil for a few days so whatever it was, was not Modafinil). However, I didn't feel sleep deprived and had more energy and a better mood than before I started taking the medication. I didn't feel like I needed sleep at all. I was frightened, so I stopped taking them. I slept fine the night of next day. I went to the psychiatrist again, and now I'm on a fluoxetine and Vyvanse combo. It's day 8.

I am concerned about whether I am susceptible to mania/hypomania.

I also experience some symptoms when I take 200 mg caffeine capsules. This doesn't always happen, but I would suddenly feel very euphoric. My mood would jump from fatigue and depression to extreme euphoria, and I would find everything around me so interesting. Sometimes I would laugh uncontrollably. Once, I remember laughing in the shower, sitting down and laughing again at things in my head. Sometimes I also talk too fast and have to slow down when I take them. But I always experience extreme euphoria.

Can we just brush both off as 'just side effects', or is it concerning? Since fluoxetine is an antidepressant, I want to know if I should keep an eye out for similar symptoms.