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After a really bad night last night and a stress filled day--the
latter to the point that I had to walk out of my ophthalmologist office as I
felt claustrophobic! I have been extremely tired and sleepy today but am unable
to sleep.
Since I am a doctor--hey, my initials
are MD G--I decided to do some research on all the medicines I am
taken--trust me when I tell you that's
scary!!! I have a book, "The Pill Book" which has over 1,200 pill descriptions,
side effects, cautions, warnings, etc. I lined up my ten bottles of pills and
started to look them up and read all the good and bad. It was when I got to
Bupropion that I said
"AHA!!"
I have taken this pill since the operation and just this week
my doctor increased the subscription from 150mg to 300mg. Now I have faith in my
doctor and I feel he is doing what he can to relieve my anxiety and get sleep
and under normal circumstances I wouldn't eliminate any medicine without talking
to him first but I am.
Just to quote: "---is usually used for
severe or major depression. Bupropion may work as a smoking deterrent." (I assume that's why he prescribed it for me,
not because of the former.) In any case when I came to 'warnings & cautions
I read this: "MANY PEOPLE TAKING BUPROPION EXPERIENCE SOME RESTLESSNESS, AGITATION, ANXIETY,
AND SLEEPLESSNESS. SOME EVEN REQUIRE SLEEPING PILLS TO
COUNTER THIS EFFECT."
I plan to skip that and the klorcon and furosemide tomorrow--and the day after the
avodart and flomax--and why I am all of a sudden taking
a beta blocker (metoprolol) I have no
idea but it all depends how I feel tomorrow AFTER eliminating the Bupropron.
I do have an appointment with my primary on Monday the 15th and will see what he says about my
playing doctor--I have an idea but I want one day of the old Martin. I did fine
for 8 years with just taking Warfarin, Simvastatin and digoxin--I understand the need for the lorazepam but why take a diuretic (furosemide) and then flomax to lessen the flow?!?!? And because I
am taking the diuretic I have to take the potassium.
I really think eliminating the bupropion will change how I
feel!!!
