I’ve been using Wellbutrin, commonly known as Bupropion, for 8 years and will share my experience in this video. It’s popular because it doesn’t cause weight gain or sexual dysnfunction compared to other anti-depressants. I’ll be explaining what issues I’ve encountered with it, what benefits I’ve reaped, and particular circumstances in which it could be good for others.
Hey there everyone it’s michael dougal i review nootropics and during this video i’m going to share with you my personal wellbutrin experience as i was uh first introduced to wellbutrin way back in 2013 and i’ve been off and on ever since and well between has really been like the miracle pill for me um the way that i first
Came across webtrend was i was kind of going through a rough without the horrible side effects that come with it because traditional ssris are mostly known for things like weight gain brain fog even insomnia and they usually take about a month to work and i had actually gone ahead and tried several really
Popular antidepressants but they didn’t make me feel good when i was talking to my doctor they said you have to find the right antidepressant for you so fortunately i came across wellbutrin and what really appealed to me was the fact that welby trainer was more so known for weight loss versus weight gain me i consider
Myself somewhat of a fitness enthusiast i really like that about wellbutrin and i started taking it and uh literally within hours i suddenly felt like i had more energy i had more ambition my general like willingness to go ahead and take action or meet people was far higher and literally it was such that every
Single day i was feeling a little bit better for the first month and then you get a bit used to it your body doesn’t react to it like the first month it’s not like there were really bad side effects but you could sometimes get like a uncomfortably elevated heart rate so i had used wellbutrin back then again 2013 2014 and
I decided to get off of wellbutrin because i felt like i didn’t really need it anymore and that’s what’s sold like wellbutrin even if you look it up it doesn’t really say it’s used as an antidepressant more so for seasonal affective disorders so if you’re somebody who’s going through a bad slump and you’re
Considering an antidepressant this could maybe be worth looking into with other antidepressants you have to take them for a while to notice anything but with wellbetran you feel it fast and you don’t want to feel it fast it’s almost like it’s too much for you and then your body gets a bit um acclimized to it the way
That most people generally start taking wellbutrin is they start off by taking 150 milligrams of either the sr or the xl and then about a couple weeks later they increase the dose most commonly to 300 milligrams so the way that i first started taking it was i started off the first two weeks taking 150 milligrams
Of the sr version and then i had increased the dose to 300 milligrams in the xl version um specifically because i didn’t like how the sr was making me feel even if you look them up you can find like a graph on the effects of the sr versus the xl on the sr pretty much like peaks very very early within hours and then with
The xl you can see it’s a nice like gradual increase of its effects and then it slowly tapers off so with the sr you feel it very fast you’ll get a bit of appetite suppression if you have experience with adhd pr3scriptions it feels like a little bit like that and then like i mentioned when i was in the 300
Milligrams xl i felt great like i really didn’t feel like i was taking anything which is what you want with an antidepressant you don’t want to feel like a zombie you don’t want to feel a depersonalization or suppressed energy or brain fog you want to feel like yourself um if anything with a better mood right and a
Willingness to go ahead and take action towards whatever goals you have so the benefits in summary are it’s going to improve your mood it will make you have an improved level of concentration you’ll get a little bit more energy it can to some extent good for weight loss and your courage like your willingness to go
Ahead and try new things is far higher like i’ve had some of my uh best years ever as far as income on years when i was taking the wallaby train but what so is i do want to get off of it now given that it is a presription i would much rather stick to like natural supplements or nootropics wellbutrin has to be presribed
And there’s a reason for that so what so is now i have reduced my intake from 300 milligrams to 150 milligrams and they have that in the xl as well it’s not just the sr this is what one pill of the 150 xl looks like there’s like some text on it it’s pretty small something that people commonly ask me is whether or
Not there’s a difference wellbutrin in my opinion and from my experience it makes no difference since this is a nootropic channel i know a lot of you may be wondering can you use wellbutrin as a nootropic the answer is no guys this is not something to play with of fact i don’t really feel like welby trend
Has really like made me any smarter or affected me cognitively more so it’s just giving me some extra energy to go ahead and persist through the tasks and you can say it’ll help you through a rough patch especially like if you’re somebody who often gets in a depressive state then maybe this can help you to be somewhat
Stable whereas with other pills like they’re so strong that they’ll overpower all the nootropics that you’re taking so with me like i still take my lion’s mane my just as well the only main difference i have found is since wellbutrin is known to make you use more choline it is such that i prefer taking uh
More choline when i’m using wellbutrins so what that looks like for me is my favorite form of choline is alpha gpc this is what it looks like each capsule is 150 milligrams and i’m using this um on average like three times a day and again if you are taking wellbutrin that’s something to keep in mind especially if you’re
Getting brain fog or you’re uh really not feeling as sharp as you typically are it could be of course because you’re depleting your choline stores so you may want to replenish your choline choline is also found in egg yolks so i’ve talked extensively about alpha gpc in this video i will link over here honestly
Speaking the biggest problem with wellbutrin is that i can’t find a problem whereas with other presriptions they’ve always had some sort of problem but wellbutrin you feel more energetic you feel ambitious at the same time your nootropics still work and on top of this it even helps with weight loss like that is incredible
It’s been the miracle pill for me but this is not for everyone um just through reading comments maybe i would say like 10 to 20 percent of people don’t like the effects of wellbutrin and how it made them feel specifically when it comes to anxiety some other common side effects include a decreased libido
Some people mentioned that it can accelerate hair loss that again hasn’t been the case for me some people report that it’s uncomfortable to exercise or to some extent decreases their sleep quality um if you were to ask me what my side effects have been like i mentioned there haven’t been any i have found that sometimes
When i take stimulants along with wellbutrin that can make me feel caffeine but what’s so is if you are using the xl then you should be better off with the xl form it’s very subtle you can’t really notice really too much happening so i’ve tried both i’ve tried taking 150 milligrams of the sr two times per day
Milligrams xl again just once a day so same dose but i definitely felt better taking the 300 milligrams xl and the way that i’m taking it is once um pretty much first thing in the morning or within an hour or an hour and a half of waking up take it in the second half of the day for me i won’t take it like after two
O’clock for example because what so is it will keep you up although it may not be a typical stimulant that we’re used to it will cause you to be somewhat more alert because i personally practice intermittent fasting i do take it in the morning and then i won’t eat for about seven to eight hours afterwards and it’s
Actually a good thing i feel like it really helps during the fasting window so when you are taking it because you are meant to be taking it every single day i would recommend that you keep it simple uh take it at the same time of the day the occasional day where i forget to take it and during those days i don’t
Really feel too much worse but i definitely noticed a little bit of social anxiety and maybe like slightly less energy but it’s nothing like too significant considered being a very popular presription for adhd and coming off of that was kind of like the same effect times 10. and because of that i wellbutrin
Really shouldn’t be too hard but that when i miss a day of taking it i don’t really feel that great so for that reason i’m going to spend the next several months getting off of wellbutrin and i will keep you updated on my progress with that please subscribe if you got value from this video and drop a comment
Below if you have any questions about nootropics will look forward to seeing you all next time
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My Personal Experience with Wellbutrin (The Miracle Pill) By TheNootropicReviewerliveBroadcastDetails{isLiveNowfalsestartTimestamp2021-07-14T154510+0000endTimestamp2021-07-14T155546+0000}
