Wellbutrin

Shortage Struggle I am really, really struggling with the current Adderall shortage. I was diagnosed last summer, at the age of 31. I almost wish I never was prescribed Adderall. My quality of life changed so drastically, life without it is almost debilitating. Adderall allowed me to remember to write down important dates and appointments. I can tackle my to-do list tasks in one day, without getting distracted or feeling overwhelmed. It helped me create structure to my day, allow time for taking care of myself, household chores, and anything remaining for work. Without, I struggle to make my bed, brush my teeth, shower, and get dressed for the day. I don’t want to be social because carrying and following along with conversation takes me significant concentration I don’t have. I don’t want to problem solve, I don’t want to take care of things that have been put on the back burner for weeks. I’m tired and my executive functioning is exhausted by 2pm. It’s almost 1:30 and I still haven’t made it out of bed. I struggle to stay awake during the day. I had a sleep study done, which showed no abnormalities. I’m on Zoloft for depression, I tried Wellbutrin a while back with little to no improvement. Can anyone else relate? Does anyone else have a similar experience? I’m completely open to and appreciate suggestions. Thank you 🦋

Looking for a new psych for ADHD med management So I (26 M) got officially diagnosed with ADHD in late 2024, and I have diagnoses for ASD, OCD, MDD, and GAD. I’ve been with the same medication provider since before the diagnosis, and I’ve tried basically every option there is out there besides the amphetamine stimulants. Been on Auvelity (has Wellbutrin in it) and it helps a tiny amount with the depression but does nothing for the ADHD, Straterra and Qelbree didn’t help me, I was hospitalized last fall and Ritalin/Conserta did little to nothing. For what it’s worth I’ve tried every other option for the MDD and GAD as well over the last ten years: (almost) every SSRI or equivalent in the book, ECT, Spravato, and the over a decade of behavioral therapy inpatient/outpatient/and individual sessions. I finally came out of the hole I was in a couple months ago, and I’ve been doing my best to be functional and finally start living my life. But I’m hitting a hard wall with the extreme executive dysfunction, constant analysis paralysis, short-term memory impairment, and just generalized inability to focus. I aged out of my insurance in May, but I’m suffering enough I figured I would reach out to my provider and see if they have any new suggestions. But she’s run out of them, lectured me on finding an executive coach, and seems dead set on not exploring Adderall/Vyvanse. Long story short; I feel like I’ve done everything by the book in terms of getting the diagnosis and dutifully trying every alternative to stimulants, and yet I’m still being hit with a wall. Given how much I’m suffering and how many treatment options I’ve explored, it’s upsetting that it feels like there’s one last option that just might help and I can’t access it. So, I’m looking for a new provider in the DFW area to see if I can get an alternative opinion. I’m totally cool with doing drug screens or whatever they need, and I’m more than happy to explore any options they suggest that I’m not aware of. The only preferences I have are that ideally they’re around or below $300 out of pocket and they have relatively soon appointment availability. Sorry for the essay, and thank you.

Lost prescriptions for ADHD meds on flight to DFW! I’ve never had this happen before, but I lost my luggage along with my medicine bag when I flew into DFW from Michigan. It had my Adderall, gabapentin, Ativan, Wellbutrin, and some other over-the-counter meds that are easily replaceable. I am here for a funeral until next week but how do I replace my meds. If anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate them. Thank you

Lost prescriptions for ADHD meds on flight to DFW! I’ve never had this happen before, but I lost my luggage along with my medicine bag when I flew into DFW from Michigan. It had my Adderall, gabapentin, Ativan, Wellbutrin, and some other over-the-counter meds that are easily replaceable. I am here for a funeral until next week but how do I replace my meds. If anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate them. Thank you

Cypress area psychiatrist (or other doctor) who treats ADHD in those who need to use cannabinoids? Hi! I recently moved to Cypress. For context, I am diagnosed with inattentive type ADHD, autism, PTSD, GAD, dysthymia, and fibromyalgia and have been since I was still a minor (yeah, even the fibro!) I use low doses of cannabinoids to treat certain symptoms (50/50 mix of CBD and THCA, occasional delta-8 edible at night for sleep, will definitely cause me to fail a drug test). The symptoms it helps with include pain, muscle twitching/spasming, insomnia, nightmares, and being unable to sustain a singular train of thought, among others, and it does not worsen any symptoms (including my fatigue and brain fog- sometimes it even helps, but it's too inconsistent and mild to really improve my functioning in that aspect, or I'd just use it, lol). Cannabis has genuinely saved my life. But because of this, I've nearly given up on ever getting the medication I need for my remaining untreated symptoms, and this is my last shot. I've tried every non-stimulant, I'm on the max dose of wellbutrin, and I'm still struggling so much with fatigue every single day. I'm also on prozac, which helps a lot with my MOOD symptoms, but not the aspect of depression that makes you feel drained and incapable of doing anything. The only thing that's ever even touched the fog and fatigue is vyvanse. I was prescribed it in high school after trying every non-stimulant ADHD medication in existence. I was using straight up illegal cannabis at the time (which was a mixed bag when it came to my health, my current regimen is much better but was not available then). I was never drug tested, possibly because I was only 17. The starter dose of vyvanse I was put on is the best I've functioned in my entire life. The dosage increase was too much, though, and started to cause side effects, so I stopped taking it entirely- so stupid of me, but I was scared. Now, it's the only thing I can think of that could touch this nasty cloud of fatigue. If anything else helped I'd be using that instead, trust me. No, caffeine does absolutely nothing (to my despair), and I've tried yoga, physical therapy, and a variety of supplements. If anyone around Cypress knows of any doctors that are understanding and compassionate when it comes to responsible cannabinoid use, and treat ADHD with medication without drug testing (or simply don't care about cannabis showing up in one and won't discontinue treatment), I'm begging anyone to point me in their direction. Teledoc is fine too, but obviously that's very limited because only a few sites prescribe controlled substances. I'm on medicare (disabled since I was a child), so the doctor/clinic must accept medicare. Thank you, and sorry for my rambling and shitty formatting, I'm on mobile and I also... just talk like this. I know it's annoying, so anyone who even read all of this, thank you. Also, please don't suggest that I just lie to doctors- lying, especially so directly, is so uncomfortable for me on a cognitive level that I can't ever do it effectively because it would be incredibly obvious I was lying. My cannabinoid use is in my medical records due to this, anyway, because I've always been truthful about it, so it's too late to try now 😮‍💨

Cypress area psychiatrist (or other doctor) who treats ADHD in those who need to use cannabinoids? Hi! I recently moved to Cypress. For context, I am diagnosed with inattentive type ADHD, autism, PTSD, GAD, dysthymia, and fibromyalgia and have been since I was still a minor (yeah, even the fibro!) I use low doses of cannabinoids to treat certain symptoms (50/50 mix of CBD and THCA, occasional delta-8 edible at night for sleep, will definitely cause me to fail a drug test). The symptoms it helps with include pain, muscle twitching/spasming, insomnia, nightmares, and being unable to sustain a singular train of thought, among others, and it does not worsen any symptoms (including my fatigue and brain fog- sometimes it even helps, but it's too inconsistent and mild to really improve my functioning in that aspect, or I'd just use it, lol). Cannabis has genuinely saved my life. But because of this, I've nearly given up on ever getting the medication I need for my remaining untreated symptoms, and this is my last shot. I've tried every non-stimulant, I'm on the max dose of wellbutrin, and I'm still struggling so much with fatigue every single day. I'm also on prozac, which helps a lot with my MOOD symptoms, but not the aspect of depression that makes you feel drained and incapable of doing anything. The only thing that's ever even touched the fog and fatigue is vyvanse. I was prescribed it in high school after trying every non-stimulant ADHD medication in existence. I was using straight up illegal cannabis at the time (which was a mixed bag when it came to my health, my current regimen is much better but was not available then). I was never drug tested, possibly because I was only 17. The starter dose of vyvanse I was put on is the best I've functioned in my entire life. The dosage increase was too much, though, and started to cause side effects, so I stopped taking it entirely- so stupid of me, but I was scared. Now, it's the only thing I can think of that could touch this nasty cloud of fatigue. If anything else helped I'd be using that instead, trust me. No, caffeine does absolutely nothing (to my despair), and I've tried yoga, physical therapy, and a variety of supplements. If anyone around Cypress knows of any doctors that are understanding and compassionate when it comes to responsible cannabinoid use, and treat ADHD with medication without drug testing (or simply don't care about cannabis showing up in one and won't discontinue treatment), I'm begging anyone to point me in their direction. Teledoc is fine too, but obviously that's very limited because only a few sites prescribe controlled substances. I'm on medicare (disabled since I was a child), so the doctor/clinic must accept medicare. Thank you, and sorry for my rambling and shitty formatting, I'm on mobile and I also... just talk like this. I know it's annoying, so anyone who even read all of this, thank you. Also, please don't suggest that I just lie to doctors- lying, especially so directly, is so uncomfortable for me on a cognitive level that I can't ever do it effectively because it would be incredibly obvious I was lying. My cannabinoid use is in my medical records due to this, anyway, because I've always been truthful about it, so it's too late to try now 😮‍💨

@RobertMSterling You’re not shaking. Your outrage is fake. Elon has never taken a penny from you. Now take your Wellbutrin.

@greatest_f00l One of my irls who’s getting into UU was looking up Wemmbu on YT and she stumbled across a “face reveal” and asked me if it was real. Ofc it wasn’t real and it was obvious ai, but the person still tried to pull it off as real and even @ ed Wellbutrin which is weird asf.

@TomIsInTexas And yes I realize you’re just a Trump reply guy so you don’t give a shit. Texas has shit politicians throughout, top to bottom. Laughably terrible ones. Lay off the Wellbutrin for a while.

Every time a Gen Z kid tells me about their meds, it feels like that Key & Peele East/West Bowl sketch: Mounjaro Finasteride, Texas A&M Vyvanse Zepbound, LSU Xanax Wegovy, UCLA Generic Prozac, East Carolina University L’Wellbutrin Abilify, University of Miami Dan Smith, BYU

Cypress area psychiatrist (or other doctor) who treats ADHD in those who need to use cannabinoids? Hi! I recently moved to Cypress. For context, I am diagnosed with inattentive type ADHD, autism, PTSD, GAD, dysthymia, and fibromyalgia and have been since I was still a minor (yeah, even the fibro!) I use low doses of cannabinoids to treat certain symptoms (50/50 mix of CBD and THCA, occasional delta-8 edible at night for sleep, will definitely cause me to fail a drug test). The symptoms it helps with include pain, muscle twitching/spasming, insomnia, nightmares, and being unable to sustain a singular train of thought, among others, and it does not worsen any symptoms (including my fatigue and brain fog- sometimes it even helps, but it's too inconsistent and mild to really improve my functioning in that aspect, or I'd just use it, lol). Cannabis has genuinely saved my life. But because of this, I've nearly given up on ever getting the medication I need for my remaining untreated symptoms, and this is my last shot. I've tried every non-stimulant, I'm on the max dose of wellbutrin, and I'm still struggling so much with fatigue every single day. I'm also on prozac, which helps a lot with my MOOD symptoms, but not the aspect of depression that makes you feel drained and incapable of doing anything. The only thing that's ever even touched the fog and fatigue is vyvanse. I was prescribed it in high school after trying every non-stimulant ADHD medication in existence. I was using straight up illegal cannabis at the time (which was a mixed bag when it came to my health, my current regimen is much better but was not available then). I was never drug tested, possibly because I was only 17. The starter dose of vyvanse I was put on is the best I've functioned in my entire life. The dosage increase was too much, though, and started to cause side effects, so I stopped taking it entirely- so stupid of me, but I was scared. Now, it's the only thing I can think of that could touch this nasty cloud of fatigue. If anything else helped I'd be using that instead, trust me. No, caffeine does absolutely nothing (to my despair), and I've tried yoga, physical therapy, and a variety of supplements. If anyone around Cypress knows of any doctors that are understanding and compassionate when it comes to responsible cannabinoid use, and treat ADHD with medication without drug testing (or simply don't care about cannabis showing up in one and won't discontinue treatment), I'm begging anyone to point me in their direction. Teledoc is fine too, but obviously that's very limited because only a few sites prescribe controlled substances. I'm on medicare (disabled since I was a child), so the doctor/clinic must accept medicare. Thank you, and sorry for my rambling and shitty formatting, I'm on mobile and I also... just talk like this. I know it's annoying, so anyone who even read all of this, thank you. Also, please don't suggest that I just lie to doctors- lying, especially so directly, is so uncomfortable for me on a cognitive level that I can't ever do it effectively because it would be incredibly obvious I was lying. My cannabinoid use is in my medical records due to this, anyway, because I've always been truthful about it, so it's too late to try now 😮‍💨

Lost prescriptions for ADHD meds on flight to DFW! I’ve never had this happen before, but I lost my luggage along with my medicine bag when I flew into DFW from Michigan. It had my Adderall, gabapentin, Ativan, Wellbutrin, and some other over-the-counter meds that are easily replaceable. I am here for a funeral until next week but how do I replace my meds. If anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate them. Thank you