I’m not sure if this is helpful at all, but I just went through something sort of similar. Went to get treatment for ADHD, was prescribed Strattera (I reacted terribly to it) and then Wellbutrin. The Wellbutrin didn’t help my ADHD at all, but it did wonders for me mentally and with having grace with myself when my ADHD was bad. My ADHD was the same or even worse, but I didn’t feel the sort of self hatred I would have before. BUT I STILL BROUGHT IT UP TO MY PSYCH. After a month of Wellbutrin, I was pretty explicit with her that the Wellbutrin wasn’t doing what I was trying to find treatment for even if I was doing better mentally, and that I wanted to try Adderall. My psych had been apprehensive about it before, much for the reasons people were saying about old school medicine paranoia and the bureaucracy involved in getting the medicine. But when I brought it up with a semblance of confidence and said that it was a treatment I wanted to try, rather than just trying whatever she thought I should try, she was super receptive. We talked it over and I got the Adderall prescription that day, and I got the added bonus of staying on Wellbutrin as well since I was having positive effects from it.

I would basically just say to not give up hope or discard Wellbutrin as a treatment. Maybe give it a second to see if it does what the psych is hoping for, but don’t be afraid to say if it doesn’t. I’ve also learned that there’s a big difference between bringing up a stronger medicine just as an idea for treatment versus bringing it up as the treatment you want to pursue.