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I have been on both of those and I don't think you'll notice the bupropion helping until you're out of the withdrawing stage. Venlafaxine is a really wicked one to quit, I'm a bit surprised your doctor didn't do a longer taper off schedule.
For what it's worth, I really loved buproprion, and it's done wonders for my bff who also has adhd.
my venlafaxin dose was originally 75mg, so he planned to reduce it to 37,5mg for a month then take if off completely. reducing to 37,5 was fine so i thought taking it off would be too ig
fwiw not feeling that annoying ritalin anxiety anymore last month did indeed feel pretty good. your comment gave me a little bit of hope, so ty