Wellbutrin Hcl 150mg Sa Va Product

VA doc has me on 2xwellbutrin hcl 150mg SA (VA Product)tabs a day - been on for 20 days. Side effects are kicking my butt. He said I can quit by taking 1 tab in the morning for 3 days and then just quitting - sounds 'cold turkey' to me. He also agreed that if I wanted to I could cut my dose back to a single tab in the AM. I see him again on June 9. Am I correct that 'SA' tabs cannot be divided? If I was going taper it seems that would be the way to go but I've read you not supposed to divide them. PERIOD!
Also taking 2-1/2 5mg Valium tabs daily - will be dropping back to 2 a day in about 10 days

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Hello, Skip! How are you?

That is correct, you cannot cut, crush or chew time released medications, because that could result in overdose from your getting too much of the medication, at once.

However, you could ask the doctor about prescribing the regular release tablets, to make it easier for you to taper.

The FDA lists the typical side effects of Wellbutrin as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and insomnia.

Does anyone else have any ideas?

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I've had all those side effects and they've about worn me down but things have improved the last few days. I don't see Dr again until June 9 - he started me on April 9, so I figure he's giving them 8 weeks to start working. Worst thing right now is going to bed, going to sleep and waking up 3 hours later and staying awake the rest of the night. I'll usually grab an hour or two nap in the morning and that keeps me going although it may be screwing up my nighttime sleep. He sent me some Diphenydramine 25 mg (It's basically 'Sominex among other names to help with the sleep - haven't tried it yet - we'll see how tonight goes. This all started because a couple Drs had some miscommunication and had me go off 3 .25 mg Xanax a day and I ended up in the rubber room at the VA ER at midnight back in Feb. Long story.......I originally asked them to put me back on Prozac which I had taken for years with no problem - been off everything and doing fine since summer of '13 'til this mess. He had already replaced the Xanax with Valium 3-5mg/day (now down to 2-1/2 a day) so he couldn't give me the Prozac because there's an interaction between Prozac and Valium. I just want to get back off all this stuff but figure it'll take a while. When I see him the 9th I'm going to see if I can get it changed to something to something I can taper off of. I'll be 70 in a couple weeks and I'm perfectly healthy and I just don't need this grief.

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