Posted by JackieDempsey on October 12, 2005, at 22:47:54
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin for amphetamine addict?, posted by jamie on November 17, 1999, at 2:41:43
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> None of these ADs--including wellbutrin--make you high. They take weeks to work. Side effects might be stimulating, but not in the same way as speed. I don't think wellbutrin is abusable because of the lack of a high. Otherwise we would be reading about wellbutrin addicts in the newspaper. Just doesn't happen. If someone were looking for a buzz or a drug to get addicted to, wellbutrin would be a pretty disappointing choice. I can't imagine anyone abusing wellbutrin because it has nothing as a 'reward' to offer. It is an AD, not a drug of abuse. I've never heard of anyone abusing it. Amphetamine is addicting, wellbutrin isn't.
Never tried wellbutrin but when I was 14 I had my very first drug experience. I was very against medication in general at that age no asprin or anything. If drugs were bad (my mother is a cop) then drugs were bad escpecially mood altering ones. didnt matter who gave them to you right? I got prescribed zoloft for depression 50 mg and after the third day I woke up in euphoria. I swear the feeling I can most associate that with now that I'm 21 is rolling on X. After my first experience with zoloft I tried all kinds of drugs starting with pot and doing the typical gateway thing but it really all started with zoloft. I was like mom I dont want to take this it makes me feel unnaturally good and shes like you have to take it dr says so. so of course I'm like ok drugs must be acceptable. Wellbutrin may not be addictive but it affects the way your brain makes you feel. Its a drug. If it gets you feeling good well go for it its socially acceptable to take ADs everybody is doin it I'm goin to the doc tomorrow to get put back on something since I quit using drugs recreationally and medicinally I can barely function. so no i dont think ADs are addictive science says they are not but the idea of being able to alter your mood with substance is. Make any sense? like when i was using and couldnt get coke i would take pain medication to keep me feeling good even though it wasnt satisfying my addiction. Its the ability to change your state of mind that I think is habit forming. Sure there are other ways of doing it that are more healthy but this is america damnit and i want my cheeseburger now!
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