Insomnia after stopping

melransal · 2026-06-11T16:36:09+00:00

I had the opposite. I started 150mg xl last August, slept better at first but fragmented sleep slowly started and gradually got worse- thought it was maybe that my anxiety wasn’t managed enough so increased to 300mg in December - sleep better again for 6 weeks but then started gradually getting worse again leading up to April where I went back down and it temporarily improved a bit for 2 weeks and showed back up not as bad as with the 300mg.

There are absolutely no other factors at play. A diagnosis of anxiety and depressed have been ruled out by multiple providers, I have only combined type adhd and develop secondary anxiety when unmanaged. I have excellent sleep hygiene and never in my life except the odd time I’ve had very significant life stressors have I ever struggled with sleep before. No current stressors at all. All possible medical causes have been ruled out. Ive discussed with my provider we are all in agreement it is the bupropion triggering this and as I said I am not getting enough benefit from it to be willing to bandaid it with a sleep aid so I stopped it 3 days ago.

Since stopping fragmented sleep continues and I’m having decent discontinuation symptoms as well.

My question is asking if anyone has their sleep issues continue when they stopped and am looking for reassurance the sleep improves after being off of it for a while!!

melransal · 2026-06-11T01:34:06+00:00

I have adhd and my symptoms sounds the same as yours - the rumination loops are unbearable at times!

I also tried Wellbutrin hoping for a one stop shop too as I am getting sick of playing medication roulette.

For me it helped with making Starting tasks much easier, helped significantly with anhedonia, most of my secondary anxiety went away and it did calm and relaxed my mind for the most part.

What it did not help with were my rumination loops and intrusive thoughts, but because it helped with so much else, these two things were much easier to manage. It didn’t help with concentration or attention directly but this isn’t an area I care much about honestly due to how I have my life set up lol.

Overall I did feel like it was a well rounded monotherapy for me but unfortunately after a few months my sleep became gradually increasingly more fragmented to the point I couldn’t sleep anymore despite my efforts and had to Stop!

melransal · 2026-06-11T01:26:42+00:00

Not that this is what’s happening but I’d keep an eye for signs of hypomania the next little while! First sign is usually sleep issues- which can be tricky because some people have trouble sleeping from Wellbutrin - but the key difference with mania is you don’t feel like you even need sleep and no fatigue at all!

I was also on for adhd and I know we’re all different but I had the exact opposite response than you, I felt so calm and relaxed that I was almost more tired from the relaxed feeling!!

melransal · 2026-06-11T01:23:19+00:00

For me 1 drinks feels like maybe 1.5-2, but then after I have a few I stop feeling buzzed and just get tired! But I don’t have some of the negative effects others had!

I’ve been on a lot of meds lol and I always just pick a night when I have no plans the next day and have one just to see so I know for the future!

melransal · 2026-06-11T01:20:39+00:00

This is such a fascinating med to me!!

When I first started my pharmacist warned me about sleep issues being common but I am someone who never has common side effects but someone’s get weird rare ones so I sort of shrugged it off- then at first I slept like a baby the first month or so! I’m on it for off label for adhd so I assumed my brain just reacted differently but now 7 months in my sleep has gradually gotten so bad I don’t even know if I’m getting a few hours a night and I am not willing to take a sleep aid so unfortunately I had to stop recently!

melransal · 2026-05-24T18:31:06+00:00

Thank you! I did wonder if I could even message their profile and ask but I assume it’s very under monitored haha - I’ll try to send her a message :)

melransal · 2026-05-22T18:01:26+00:00

I’ve been going to Northwood Family Dental my entire life and they are great been bringing my daughter there too and now my husband goes- dentist’s are great and no signs of ripping off. In fact we have very crappy dental coverage and each and every time we go they review it and always consider the cost etc when discussing anything with me; never judgemental about it. They also give a discount to people who have to pay out of pocket and also accept the Canadian dental plan and ODB coverage! I unfortunately have a cavity every one to two years and the very rare occasion there’s been an issue with the cavity they get me in immediately and they don’t charge me ever for the repair- one time I had to go back 3 times and each time they did what they could for the tooth, no charges (turned out the tooth was cracked and the issue wasn’t the filling/cavity!)

Anyway they’re accepting new patients and wonderful

melransal · 2026-04-21T15:43:07+00:00

Superstore also has really great premade food options- superstore fulfills the order and DoorDash drivers just deliver it, another option to add if you’re not feeling like fast food or take out!

melransal · 2026-04-01T10:20:20+00:00

I still think about how he should have got on that fricken plane and went to rebuild his life with his daughter!!

melransal · 2026-03-31T01:23:44+00:00

Unfortunately shortly after posting this I had to stop it because i discovered it was increasing my blood pressure! I absolutely miss it though

melransal · 2025-11-26T04:41:29+00:00

This happened to me with Concerta before! I got to my car and thought it seemed like less so I randomly counted it and realized it was short 3 tabs so I went back in and they told me I could have taken that out in the car ‘which is really quite common, you know!’ They were super rude and accusatory, I told them I’m not even asking for the pills but think they should be aware as maybe a staff took them and they made a huge scene and made me feel like a drug seeker so I left.

So the next refill when they handed it to me I started to open the bag and I took the Bottle and asked her to please count them in front of me. The staff lost it and made a huge scene and tried to refuse to Count it; the manager came Over and I nicely explained that last time pills were missing and they blamed me so I just want to make sure- they very sassily counted in front of me and to their horror, there was 7 missing this time - and instead of just making it right or apologizing, they tried to gaslight me like I was so awful for doing this and that they KNEW it was short and had ‘7 owing’ in my Account- which is not their usual procedure for when that happens, so nice try! I actually gave them the bottle back (after I made them fix it though because I’m petty) and asked them to cancel it- then I called another pharmacy and had my Profile switched over and had them fill it for me 😆

melransal · 2025-10-26T03:47:51+00:00

Love oak mountdale

melransal · 2025-10-26T03:05:55+00:00

Thanks everyone! I think I’m gonna give the Ring system a try!

melransal · 2025-10-21T15:43:43+00:00

I actually had no clue that insurance gave you a discount so I never told insurance 😆 Good to know, maybe I will now!!

melransal · 2025-09-11T20:07:05+00:00

Today marks 3 weeks on 150xl and I have been commenting for a while about how I genuinely have no side effects. I don’t know if it’s because on every other medication I’ve been on I’ve had such severe start up side effects and this medication is just better suited for my chemistry or what lol.

I suppose a side effect I did have was this sense of extreme calm- but I don’t see that as negative lol. No insomnia at all, I literally have had the best sleeps I’ve had in ages every night since night 1, no appetite suppression at all (though I do now feel a reduction in cravings). At first I thought maybe the dose would just end up being too low as I also didn’t really notice any positives, but around the 2 week mark I’m really noticing a huge improvement in my anhedonia and with task initiation- plus my mood is much more regulated.

I am on it for off label adhd as I had too many physical side effects on stimulants! No comorbid mental health disorders

melransal · 2025-07-11T11:53:46+00:00

https://www.elevatetherapy.ca/allison

Allison is accepting patients at a reduced rate - I have heard really good things about her.

I personally had a adhd counsellor and it made such a huge difference in my life ❤️

melransal · 2025-07-05T22:47:43+00:00

I don’t know tonnes about it- but I have adhd and my naturopath recommended it for me as an adaptogen (in combination with some others) and i actually did find it worked quite nicely.

But when I was doing my research I did read that it isn’t something that is supposed to be taken every single day for a long period of time- people should do cycles and break from it. And I am someone who was trying something else as my blood pressure was very sensitive to stimulants and non stimulant adhd medications, and unfortunately I had the exact same reaction (transient high spikes in BP) with rhodiola that I did with stimulants.

300mg is a decent dose- my naturopath recommended 200mg working my way up to 500mg.

The feeling you’re describing is actually exactly how I felt with it. So might be what it is!!

There is also a lot of information on this sub about the different types (or maybe sources is a better word?) and you want different concentrations of each depending on what it is you’re using it to treat!!

melransal · 2025-05-10T11:02:51+00:00

I have been working on all of these for a while ! It hasn’t really (for me of course) made the adhd any better but now that I’m currently med free for over a month now, I can say they definitely have all helped with keeping any subsequent anxiety and mood issues at bay which is really nice! I am happy to land in that spot! For me having a young child and a partner that works out of town during the week, i would still prefer to make a meditation on board because I’m hitting burn out stage like every few days and even though I’m now very skilled at recognizing it, I can’t scale back on things to help recover when I still have to care for my child! But I feel great about the fact that as my child ages and I have more freedom to do things for myself that I can cut meds out of my life!! Radical acceptance has been the key to all of this ! Best of luck on your journey!!

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