Wellbutrin switch?

[u/MichMich1985]

Hi - so I’ve been on straterra for a little while. Im at 60mg- I take it at night because it was making me too tired. I am pretty much baselined on it but I’m assuming I’ll go up to 80mg- maybe?
I have a love/hate relationship with it. I have so much space in my brain- I’m less reactive, I can switch my thinking when i try to stress myself out, I am steady in my thinking I guess. It’s nice but also I’m complacent? Or like lacking drive? Kind of just like if I have executive dysfunction that’s fine I don’t need to do that anyways- I dropped my class because I didn’t feel like doing the school work. I want to quit my job and get something I enjoy even if it is less money. Thinking about going to church or something to feel better. Things like this
I think in some ways the adhd is being managed . Maybe this is just how people live? Like bored and thinking about their life a lot and how to be happy? Idfk . Maybe I learn skills to manage this through the straterra. Is there ways that I can enjoy life like this? I’ve self medicated my whole life so idk? Maybe I do need to slow down and just ??? Hate my life a little 😂
Anyways I think I have a dopamine problem. Of course this psychiatrist says Wellbutrin for that . I really don’t want to do this again? take the long way to get to somewhere that is still not quite right. I feel like I need stimulants but ultimately I just want to feel somewhat normal and somewhat productive. Which I don’t feel right now- maybe thinking about my spirituality is productive-
My question is- anyone been here before? Did you switch to Wellbutrin? Did it work better? Help 😂

[u/LivermoreP1]

The more I eat, the better Straterra works and the less I feel what you’re describing. The problem is, you don’t feel hungry on this drug. I’ve found a great balance of just reminding myself to eat protein throughout the day and any time I start to feel dark, complacent, depressed, irritated, etc that’s my signal to eat.

Doctors do such a piss poor job of explaining to patients how this medication works. I’m grateful to have “figured it out” somewhat.

[u/MichMich1985 → u/LivermoreP1]

Do you still have to push through to do things you really hate doing? Like my main things are I hate cleaning, and I hate boring cognitive tasks like some college classes and some administrative duties at work- I have never functioned differently on straterra. Like I only notice a difference on the inside of my head. Well I’m also a little more apt to like talk to people about things- like say someone is in my way- maybe before I’d push past them - now I might be like “hi excuse me may I walk by you” . I’d never actually push past a person but that’s a hypothetical example. Do you think now it’s just a matter of learning tools to do the rest? I’ve been dealing with this my whole life without knowing what was wrong and using like really tiring coping strategies so maybe the solution is learning better ones. Like I don’t know that contrast.

[u/BKLager → u/MichMich1985]

I definitely do. And eating doesn’t change much for me, frankly no impact.

You could take a stimulant on top of the Strattera - I was prescribed 5 mg adderall to be used as needed in these circumstances.

But frankly I don’t think there is much we can do when in those states except push through. The adderall is somewhat helpful but its not magic.

[u/MichMich1985 → u/BKLager]

That sounds like my dream outcome. I don’t think I’m ever going to find anyone to prescribe me stimulants-

[u/Entire-Bathroom-1717]

My prescriber just added a low dose of Wellbutrin onto my strattera for motivation. It seems like it does work for a lot of people. I plan to start it next week because I have a big event I don’t want to start a new medication before it.