Hi folks,

I'm about 1 month in on Bupropion XL 150mg and having some side effects that are making me want to come off it. The usual stuff like never wanting to eat, being dizzy, HYPER sensitivity to caffeine, difficulty staying hydrated are bad enough but what is really bothering me is that I have noticed my ability to read and speak and remember words is being affected.

When reading, I often skip words without realizing it-- if there's a sentence like "the dog went to the park" I might just skip any of the words in it when trying to read, have a moment like wait what? and then have to go back and very carefully read each word at a time and find what I missed so it makes sense. This has never happened to me before starting bupropion. I'm also tripping over my words when I speak-- I cannot always enunciate and pronounce words properly without getting tripped up. This is happening often enough that it's bothering me and I feel like conversations sometimes become difficult.

The last thing is that I'm having trouble remembering words in specific order. I have for many years done casual study of South Indian Carnatic music, which includes memorization of complex musical phrases which make up entire pieces of music. I am finding that I can't quickly remember everything that I had previously committed to memory enough to sing it at the speed normally required. I'll get stuck on a phrase and be unable to remember what comes next, have to pause, really think about it, and figure out what it is. This happens with songs and phrases in English too, that I have known for many years.

Overall this is really difficult for me, I feel like my ability to express myself linguistically has become limited and frustrating, and I don't want to continue having this experience. Has anything like this happened to anyone else? Luckily I can still write mostly normally.

I talked with my doctor about tapering off and I'm just nervous to start the process, but I may do so in the next week.

Thanks