kayjay Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 I did a search of old posts and would like to know if anyone with hyper pots takes Wellbutrin? I am currently on cymbalta and have hyper pots ( diagnosed @ Mayo Rochester). I was wondering if I can switch to reduce side effects. Any information I can find is pretty contradictory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbyw Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 I wanted to try the same. I am not hyper as far as I know, but my dr. didn't want to switch me to it because she said that one of my major symptoms prior to meds was that jitteriness, so she didn't want to put me on something "energizing". But,take that with a grain of salt, she knows nothing about POTS, and still suspects it all may still have been anxiety.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayjay Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Abbyw, the hard thing is that these drugs don't always have the effects that you think they would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippychic258 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 What side effects are you having with cymbalta? What is the difference between the them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayjay Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Wellbutrin is supposed to have less side effects. It also is supposed to give you an energy boost... or at least not make you so tired. Additionally is is linked to weight loss, not gain.I am just looking to do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBlonde Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 I haven't gotten it filled yet, but my POTS doctor just prescribed Wellbutrin. Also, I just read an article by Dr. Grubb where he has Wellbutrin or Cymbalta or Lexapro listed in his protocol algorithm for Hyperadrenergic POTS medication protocol. Here is the link http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/21/2814/T2.expansion.html. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayjay Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 McBlonde, thanks so much! Do you have high blood pressures at times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBlonde Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 McBlonde, thanks so much! Do you have high blood pressures at times?Yep....episodes of high BP, normal blood pressure and some times low BP. Crazy isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 I have "neuropathic POTS with a hyper component" according to my POTS neuro. I've been on Wellbutrin for 8 years. Weaned off it this spring and summer and did MUCH worse off it. Tried cymbalta and couldn't tolerate that at all so am back on the Wellbutrin again and very happy to be back on it. I have noticed a little bit more jitteriness since being back on it, but there are so many other benefits, I can live with that.I'm wondering if the cymbalta is helping with your body aches/joint pain etc that you have with the FMS/CFS? Don't think Wellbutrin will do anything like that for you. That was one nice thing I noticed with the cymbalta but the other side effects were so debilitating, I couldn't function at all.I tend more toward low BPs. Sometimes I'll have borderline high but not crazy highs like some people on here have experienced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoj Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 if adderall is on the list for hyper pots treatments, then i don't see why you couldn't take another stimulating drug like wellbutrin. wish i could tolerate either of these drugs, but i can't. good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTLUCK Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Wellbutrin is Dopaminergic. Dopamine (DA) is the precursur to the NE/Epi. I have no idea if this would make a difference but certainly seems possible This differs from most meds in this class.Several are NE reuptake inhibitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdjustingMySails Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Hi there! I have hyper pots and have been taking Welbutrin for almost two years now. Before that I was taking Cymbalta. I, too, have fibromyalgia. The Cymbalta was clinically helping my pots AND fibromyalgia in tandem, but I was miserably gaining weight. I didn't feel "well enough" on Cymbalta for me to stay on it with the weight gain, and at the suggestion of Grubb, I switched to Welbutrin. I experienced signigificant improvement with my hyper pots, but it took some tweaking of the dose to get me there. Also, Welbutrin doesn't do a thing for fibro, so I began taking Savella. For the first time in several years, I was feeling better overall and so for the last two years I've been on both of those meds, although we tweak the dose now and then. The thing with Welbutrin for pots, is that there is this narrow window wherein not enough Welbutrin leaves you ill and too much Welbutrin makes you ill. It's about finding the balance that is just right which takes time and tweaking, but it is well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayjay Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 You have been very helpful! Thank you. I am not planning a trip back to mayo and trying to get my local doctor to change my cymbalta to wellbutrin. Cymbalta does help me with my fibro pain but at the moment I think I could deal with a little more pain if I wasn't exhausted. Adjusting... do you recall how you made the switch? I have been reducing my cymbalta but am not sure if you can go right from one to the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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