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I was diagnosed 4 years ago at age 71 and was taking low dose (5mg) Lexapro for depression. I had recent surgery (parathyroid removal) and suffered sleep depravation induced depression during the recovery period (2 weeks). Doctor (PCP) took me off Lexapro and put me on 150 mg/day of Welbutrin. After 3 weeks, I am suffering dizziness and aggravation of my tremor in my left (dominant) hand. Yesterday, PCP reduced dosage to 150 mg but every other day. Rick Knittel On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:42:16 -0700 Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I found a reference in Wikipedia but couldn't copy it. Apparently > it was > used for PD in the 1980's, but no studies done on efficacy. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "zoe hall" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:53 AM > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > Hi! My name is Zoe and I am new to this. I was diagnosed 20 years > ago at > > the age of 30. I have had a DBS STN in October last year which was > not > > very succesful. As a result of depression my neurologist put me > onto > > Wellbutrin with amazing results. > > > > > > > > Since the very first dose I felt that I did not need my Sinemet > anymore. > > Since that day on the 8th June this year I have not taken any > Sinemet and > > I feel so much better. I know that Wellbutrin is a dopamine > reuptake > > inhibitor but certainly did not expect these kind of results. I > have > > searched the web and found only one reference to Parkinson's and > > Wellbutrin in which the author had similar experiences to mine. I > am just > > wondering whether anyone else has had any experiences with this. > > > > > > > > Zoe > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn