Posted by Racer on August 28, 2004, at 11:42:09
In reply to Re: Opposing pdoc views re: wellbutrin and seizure, posted by SLS on August 28, 2004, at 7:21:54
Thanks everyone. Ilene's link to the rxlist info made it pretty clear that Dr EyeCandy's information was absolutely correct: there is a fourfold increase in seizure risk at doses over 400mg. I don't want to go back and check, but it's either .04% rather than .01% or .4% rather than .1%. Now, those are very worrisome numbers, aren't they? It's not worth it to me to research this, but I'd bet that more than 1% of the population within those studies had experienced head trauma, wouldn't you? (I'd guess that, in any population, at least 25% have experienced some degree of head trauma. Unless, of your, their parents packed their heads in styrofoam from birth to age 10.)
Well, Dr NoName had some other pretty good reasons to try Cymbalta rather than Wellbutrin, so it's OK -- but honestly, sure wish I'd known this stuff sooner. No wonder I rarely take what a doctor says at face value!
And thanks for the info, Scott, on the electrolyte thing. I know I've had some imbalances in the past -- working in outside in the summer heat all day, chugging plain water until someone lent me a clue and I tried adding Gatorade: all that amorphous weirdness went away the first day. Too bad I didn't think of asking to have the labs done to check on that. The Wellbutrin did seem to be working...
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