Sleeporexia
One of the interesting things about Wellbutrin is it has a lot of stimulant-esque side effects, even though it isn't technically a stimulant. Increased irritability, aggression, sexual drive, appetite suppression, insomnia... And of course there is my favorite Adderall side effect, "unreasonable happiness" which in this case is the desired result. Since I already have a natural tendency toward these things, plus the actual stims, I have been expecting something along those lines. Haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary so far, except insomnia.
Given my lifelong history and my shaky relationship with sleep in general, it shouldn't be surprising that insomnia started on day one. It does concern me though because that is the one thing I didn't have to deal with on just Adderall. In fact I am the only person I know who is frequently overcome with the urge to nap after taking 20mg of amphetamines. Napping aside, it did also tend to put my mind in the relaxed and sleepy state when it wore off at night, allowing me to sleep like a normal person. Now I'm having trouble getting there at night, and every morning I wake up earlier, needing to get out of bed because my mind is awake. That's the hardest part of insomnia for me: bad enough to be unable to sleep, but even worse to have trouble staying asleep once I get there. Last night I couldn't sleep til after midnight, then woke up at 4:30 this morning and haven't been able to sleep since.
I'm withholding judgement for this week because there is the extenuating circumstance that Mike is on a stupid early schedule and gets up at 4:45am, so that is probably exacerbating if not causing the problem. I'm still a bit worried though because next week I have to start taking 2 pills a day, and if it is this bad on one pill in the morning, I'm not sure what will happen when I add one in the evening.
Wish me luck.
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