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Fast heart beat, insomnia, shortness of breath, anxiety, feeling weak while taking welbutrin. is this normal?
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Side effects: For wellbutrin (bupropion) do include insomnia and a few other nervous system symptoms. If you have only recently been started on the med and are feeling these symptoms, you should contact the prescribing doctor and inform them.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Not unusual: I always give a short course of Clonazepam to help sleep and anxiety while initiating wellbutrin (bupropion). This drug brings up norepinephrine first; if mood anxiety predominant may kick off panic attacks until the Dopamine kicks in later which decreases background noise. You are having anxiety on wellbutrin (bupropion), i would cut the dose in 1/2 if recent start, if on it a while may need add on sertraline, see doc.
Answered 2/28/2016
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