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Not sure about SSRI’s, but bupropion can definitely have positive effects on your performance.

• rmrfrmrf 8y ago
  Or the opposite. The ramp-up period (4-8 weeks before the brain rebalances its chemistry in response to the drug) is hell, and cessation of the drug (or running out without access to a pharmacy) causes near-total loss of cognitive ability for a few days (with brain zaps to boot).
  • PascLeRasc 8y ago
    That's why I'm not using my bupropion. I got a prescription last month to treat seasonal affective disorder, and my psychiatrist wants me to use it every winter then cycle off in the spring, but the side effects both coming on and off seem awful.
    • bm1362 8y ago
      Why not just stay on it indefinitely?
  • SkyPuncher 8y ago
    Note, person above you is talking about Bupropion which does not have the same ramp-up and ramp-down side-effects as SSRIs.
    • rmrfrmrf 8y ago
      I was talking about bupropion. There are still ramp-up and ramp-down side effects with bupropion.
  • selectodude 8y ago
    Buproprion isn't an SSRI.
    • rmrfrmrf 8y ago
      Never said it was. It has startup and withdrawal side effects regardless.
      • selectodude 8y ago
        Could've fooled me. I tapered off it over like 2 days without any issue at all.