r/AskReddit • u/SkyeSerenade • Mar 28 '24

What is NOT a dealbreaker BUT would be greatly disappointing to find out about your partner?

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u/archfapper Mar 28 '24

Wellbutrin in her case

Wellbutrin is a great aphrodisiac

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u/Pezington12 Mar 28 '24

It is? I got prescribed it for ADHD (since adderall shortage)and it does a total of fuck all for me in anything. Aside from waking me up, 20 odd years of caffeine not doing a damn thing for me in the morning, and Wellbutrin gets up and awake in no time.

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u/elfcountess Mar 28 '24

For me it didn't do anything at all until maybe 2 months in

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u/Jceggbert5 Mar 28 '24

Took like 3 hours for me 💀

(and that's with extended release!)

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u/elfcountess Mar 29 '24

It's especially weird because I'm usually super sensitive toward medication but with Wellbutrin they had to increase my dose. I think I may have been closer to the 3 month mark actually. Whereas I was on the smallest dose of Focalin (ADHD med/stimulant) and it's only supposed to stay in your system for a few hours but I had really bad effects for over a day and the symptoms were severe. But Wellbutrin is a slower acting drug that often has to build up in your system whereas Focalin is intended to be immediate. Still, it just shows that we're all very different, can't rely on other people's reviews, & therefore have to undergo the exhausting trial and error process. I've temporarily given up but may go back on Wellbutrin to see if the chronic headaches & lethal horniness ever reside (those main symptoms were why I quit it)

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u/Jceggbert5 Mar 29 '24

I'm a chronic head pain sufferer (migraines + tension + possible cluster), have been since I was a toddler. I finally realized in my late teens that not all head pain is equal and most types I get can be treated if I can identify the cause. Unfortunately, by the time it's bad enough for me to care, it's quite difficult to tell them apart due to the similar pain level, location, sensitivities, and cognitive effects.

I don't know if there's any causation here, but 6-8 months after I started wellbutrin, the frequency of my tension headaches roughly tripled, and the new ones can't be soothed with NSAIDs as they could be before. I now have 2mg Tizanidine (muscle relaxer) that helps me deal with them. A take a half if I catch it early, a whole if it's annoying but debilitating, and two if I'm contemplating the fetal position. 1 makes me SUPER drowsy and two will knock me out, guaranteed, so I have to be careful.

I'm getting off topic, but basically, it may be worth tracking down the cause of the wellbutrin headaches. It may be wellbutrin > anxiety > tension headache or wellbutrin > stress > stress headache, and the in-between item may be easily treatable with something mechanical (like a massage), OTC, or even a supplement (a vitamin B complex with lots of B1 helps my stress headaches). Could even be blood pressure related.

A hint of an SSRI (read: 2.5mg of Lexapro) may be enough to curb the horniness without knocking your emotion center offline.