ME/CFS chronic fatigue improved for months on Wellbutrin, then relapsed
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jul 2024
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
starting Wellbutrin helped with my chronic fatigue for a few months
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I found that starting Wellbutrin helped with my chronic fatigue for a few months! I’m in an episode right now though, so I don’t know if my energy will bounce back yet or not.
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user with chronic fatigue and multiple drug intolerance syndrome reported taking cymbalta 60 mg and lamotrigine 50 mg, with cymbalta side effects easing after four weeks. Starting Wellbutrin helped their chronic fatigue for a few months, but they were in an episode at the time of writing and did not know whether their energy would come back. They said their doctor accidentally started them on the maximum cymbalta dose straight away.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- cymbalta · Helped
I think the positives outweighs the negatives
In context ↗ - lamotrigine · Not said
I have multiple drug intolerance syndrome and take cymbalta 60 mg and lamotrigine 50 mg.
In context ↗ - Wellbutrin · Helped
I found that starting Wellbutrin helped with my chronic fatigue for a few months! I’m in an episode right now though
In context ↗ - Finch app · Helped
Helps my adhd a lot!
In context ↗
Approaches: Other antidepressants
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2024-07-23 | Wellbutrin helped chronic fatigue for a few monthsI found that starting Wellbutrin helped with my chronic fatigue for a few months!In context ↗ |
| 2024-07-23 | in an episode, unsure whether energy would returnI’m in an episode right now though, so I don’t know if my energy will bounce back yet or not.In context ↗ |
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