Is Wellbutrin addiction difficult to treat?
Several treatment providers describe Wellbutrin abusers as “the hardest to treat” of all drug users. They are often overly excitable and “extremely resistant to any form of intervention once the acute effects of Wellbutrin use have gone away.” Wellbutrin addicts get over the acute effects of withdrawal fairly quickly. However, the “wall” period lasts 6-8 months for casual users and 2-3 years for regular users. (Some people never recover and remain unsatisfied with life due to permanent brain damage.) This is a period of prolonged abstinence during which the brain recovers from the changes resulting from Wellbutrin use. During this period, recovering addicts feel depressed, fuzzyheaded, and think life isn’t as pleasurable without the drug. Because prolonged use causes changes in the brain, willpower alone will not cure Wellbutrin addicts.
