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TIFU by not reading a prescription label and overdosing myself

I messed up so bad.

Alright so I've been on Wellbutrin 150mg xl (antidepressant) for over a year and at some point over the last 2 months, I started realizing that I was feeling much more depressed. So at my next therapy appointment, I brought it up to my therapist and he doubled my dose. Since I had only 150mg XL tablets on hand?, he asked me to take two instead of one and called in my new prescription. I intentionally schedule my therapy appointments on the day that I'm due to take my last dose. That morning, I took my last dose. I went to go pick up my new prescription and started taking two tablets a day. Because I've been taking this medication for over a year and am very familiar with the pharmacists, the pharmacist that assisted me didn't go over the instructions with me.A few hours later, I started getting extremely nauseous, lethargic, couldn't sleep, appetite disappeared completely. I didn't think anything of it because I had the same side effects when I first started taking this medication. So about 3 weeks have passed and my side effects are still going strong with no improvement. I've dropped 10 lbs. and the only time I can tolerate eating anything is when I take an edible and get the munchies. I can't even drink water. Today, as I was cleaning up my nightstand, I grabbed my pill bottle and noticed- huh..feels heavier than it usually does by now.. So I looked at the label and my stomach dropped. 300mg tablets that were twice the size of my previous dose. I've been taking 600mg for the past few weeks and making myself sick. I've been in a pretty bad place mentally, so I didn't even question the symptoms nor did it ever cross my mind to check the label. So I stopped taking my antidepressants for 2 days and my symptoms have disappeared entirely. I'm kinda scared to start taking them again!

Tl;Dr My therapist doubled the dosage on my antidepressants and sent in my new script to the pharmacy after telling me to take 2 tablets if I had any tablets left. The new prescription was 300mg per tablet vs. 150mg per tablet; I've been taking 600mg every day because it never ocurred to me to read the prescription label and have been making myself sick for weeks.

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