Withdrawals after a week still suck. Should I go back?
Was on twice daily for the past nine months. It felt like a miracle drug for the first couple of weeks, but after a while, it kind of plateaued. I was not enjoying the edginess I was feeling after taking my afternoon dose, and my sleep has never been worse.
Last Tuesday, 6 days ago, I completely stopped taking it cold turkey. I was ignorant and did not think I would have withdrawal symptoms just because I’ve seen people get off Wellbutrin without any issues. WELP, was I wrong! The past week I’ve pretty much felt like I’ve had the beginning stages of the flu, with headaches, body aches, chills, lethargy, not being able to stay asleep, and feeling warm and sweaty without a fever. Mix that with the psych side effects of being extremely depressed, not seeing much worth in anything, and being extremely agitated to the point where I’m having a hard time being around coworkers and my family. It hasn’t really let up much this whole week.
I felt a little hopeful today that I would be coming to the end of this hell, but I’m feeling quite discouraged after reading posts from people saying they felt this way for up to six months. Now I’m not sure what I should do. Part of me wants to just get it over with, but I can’t go through this for another couple of weeks.
Will anybody with experience getting off of it and having withdrawal symptoms either give me some hope that I should keep going and that it’ll get better, or tell me if you ended up going back on it and tapering instead? At this point, I’m just looking for some needed/wanted relief.