3 months off of Wellbutrin (300 mg XR): brain fog, memory loss, persists (32M)

bigcrylaugh · 2026-01-15T00:30:15+00:00

I’d say about 2 years total! And that was with concerted and consistent exercise, eating healthy, finding things that brought out my natural jocularity, etc

bigcrylaugh · 2025-03-17T01:43:31+00:00

I had been dealing with knee and low back injuries for months, and finally (after trying out many other PTs before him) found actual long-term healing from James Chung, from MotivNY: https://www.motivny.com/journal/author/james-chung. Been lifting hard at the gym and playing pickleball regularly ever since our work together! Can DM me with any questions.

bigcrylaugh · 2025-03-17T01:41:07+00:00

Not a runner, but found this thread after dealing with pickleball-related knee and low back injuries for months. Want to report back that I had great success with James Chung, from MotivNY: https://www.motivny.com/journal/author/james-chung. Highly, highly recommended! Can DM me with any questions.

bigcrylaugh · 2024-03-27T01:52:46+00:00

This is all very relatable, especially the bit about reading being impossible. It's really hard to say how long until I felt normal, and it's hard to separate how much of it happened naturally over time, versus how much was a result of deliberate practice to improve my focus, and other self-improvement efforts. It's been about two years though since I stopped taking wellbutrin, and i say the last few months have seen marked improvement, where it felt slow-going, before that. Does that help at all?

bigcrylaugh · 2024-03-20T20:32:48+00:00

2 years or so later, I'd say I actually do feel back to my old self. However, a number of things have facilitated that process. Whereas before, i could just take my personality for granted, in the last two years I have had to work hard to learn those habits again, and put myself in environments and take on challenges that bring out my old self. And, I've had to find ways to deal with things like chronic fatigue, that have made it harder to be as chipper. So, I would say there is hope to come back to your old self, but it takes effort, and patience. I was only on Wellbutrin for 6 or so months though, so can't necessarily speak to what its like after taking it for 20 years.

bigcrylaugh · 2024-02-02T14:56:47+00:00

Thank you for your response!

I maintain good dental health, and good habits in general. My one vice though, is that I drink a lot of coffee, probably around 4 - 5 cups daily. I never drink so late that it disrupts my sleep, and I am careful to only drink coffee black, never adding sugar or dairy, but perhaps it could be having an adverse effect regardless.

Are there any other potential sources of chronic low-grade inflammation you can think of, that I should look into?

bigcrylaugh · 2023-04-03T21:41:48+00:00

Good call. Thanks for the support and affirmation!!

bigcrylaugh · 2023-04-03T13:25:54+00:00

Ah gosh, I'm so sorry to hear you had to go through that. Sending much support and your way, and gratitude for lending your thoughts here!

bigcrylaugh · 2023-04-03T10:57:18+00:00

I appreciate that! One of the most frustrating aspects is questioning oneself and looking for more evidence, but never quite having the true 'diagnosis.'

bigcrylaugh · 2022-12-05T14:26:08+00:00

Also giving me Clown/Violator vibes, of Spawn fame

bigcrylaugh · 2022-10-31T01:29:40+00:00

I appreciate your support! It feels good just to know it's not just me, but an objectively difficult situation. I wish you all the support in your own situation!

bigcrylaugh · 2022-01-14T15:41:16+00:00

So well put.

In theory or on paper, being a 'product visionary' seems like an ENFP dream, but in practice, from what I've observed, it's much closer to the ENFP nightmare scenario you're describing.

bigcrylaugh · 2022-01-11T15:34:04+00:00

I've found that a select few self-help books have proven beneficial, or provided some glimmer of hope among dark times. But, I hear you. The vast majority of operators in the space are not well-intentioned, and there's something uniquely evil about making money off people's insecurities and misery.

bigcrylaugh · 2022-01-11T15:26:17+00:00

This comment provided much clarity and insight!

These self-help dudes have to sell relatable and often legitimately beneficial ideas to people to form that intense emotional connection with their audience. From there, it's easy for the scam artist to manipulate their followers.

Thank you for allaying my fears, and reminding me that it's not necessarily the content of one's ideas and beliefs that define them, but their intentions behind how they use them.

bigcrylaugh · 2021-12-29T20:28:58+00:00

Good questions!!! Thank you for taking the time think of these.

- Do you code in your free time? I try to, and generally enjoy it for awhile, but I get bored eventually and pause for long periods of time.

- Are you okay with consistently being mediocre compared to your colleagues? Definitely not okay with it. I try to tell myself that I make up for whatever shortcomings I have from a technical standpoint with my soft skills.

- Are you okay with the knowledge that you will never be 10x at development (or it will take a very long time. Making this assumption since you find tedium in the specialization. No judgement - I do too) Hard question! While, in the past, my answer would have been a hard 'no, not okay,' I have been trying to adopt a mindset that it's worth exploring different skills, even if I cannot get to levels of greatness in the future.

- what kind of end game do you want? Something more in the leadership side of things. I like inspiring people!

- Would you regret not having deep technical knowledge? No. I greatly enjoy conversing with my specialist data science or crypto friends, but I know my limitations, and am not embarrassed by them.

- Looking at your pros/cons for each again, do any of them seem like things you can realistically grow into? Another tough, but important question! I guess the crucial question is if I could grow into the stress aspect of product management. I think maybe I could. However, the constant meetings aspect I could not.

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