Not sure if it's connected but last year was also one of my worst years when it comes to anxiety and depression.

Wellbutrin deals with dopamine receptors in our brain. Usually I can function but I'm having troubles even leaving the house now. It caused me a lot of anxiety and frustration. I got my first panic attack in my life while on Wellbutrin and I was taking it by itself.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castDiscussion and support for sufferers and loved ones of any anxiety disorder.Press J to jump to the feed. r/bupropion: A place to discuss your medical experiences with bupropion, aka Wellbutrin / Voxra / Zyban. more like gives you anxiety. I never felt any different after taking it but I do think it helped me with my bad eating habits but that could just be a placebo.///it limityed my rem sleep after build up from taking it everyday.

My only real vice is cigarettes which I'm trying to quit but it's real tough.Wellbutrin by itself gave me horrible side effects. Super vivid dreamsThe struggle is still there in my head but I'm getting better with heat palpitations and panic attachedDefinitely don't take welbutrin alone. Now if your anxiety is caused by the hopeless and life problems caused by depression, it'll help you out. I took Wellbutrin alone for a couple months last year. It was the worst.

Prozac really works for me... but I told my doctor about the sexual problems I had so he prescribed wellbutrin on top of the prozac and it's much better.Wellbutrin alone for anxiety is no good.

hits on norepinephrineI take both prozac and wellbutrin. I noticed a slight increase in my anxiety when I first started taking the SR but I think that had more to do with an increase in energy since the depression was being dealt with. I don't want to tell you that Wellbutrin won't help your anxiety, but it's almost exclusively used for depression. With Wellbutrin alone, I was a hyped up ball of anxiety. I have both depression and major anxiety, as well as the fact that I want to quit smoking. I talked to my doctor about a Zoloft and Wellbutrin combination and that helped even things out a bit.I've been on 450 mg of Wellbutrin XL for about 4 months and before that I was on the same dose of the SR for about 6 years. When I was in a much more stressful job, I was on 100 mg of the Trazodone.Small update, thank you everyone for your advice.

Tapering off the Wellbutrin was the hardest thing ever. When I brought up anxiety medication I was treated like a pill chaser, even though I've been diagnosed with PTSD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.many people find wellbutrin very stimulating- its rarely given as first-line treatment for anxiety.

I'm on a generic for Wellbutrin(Bupropion) XL. Not sure if it's connected but last year was also one of my worst years when it comes to anxiety and depression. I never felt any different after taking it but I do think it helped me with my bad eating habits but that could just be a …

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Even when I'm doing ok and am clearly not-depressed--even happy and enthusiastic about things I enjoy (most of the time tbh), boring maintenance is a struggle. I had much better results with Lexapro.Also, if you are a consumer of caffeine, alcohol, or weed I would suggest dialing those back.I don't drink caffeine or alcohol and I smoke weed maybe once a month at most. Also, if you are a consumer of caffeine, alcohol, or weed I would suggest dialing those back. Does anyone here use wellbutrin for primarily anxiety?

My family has had a real problem with addiction in the past, which is why it's taken me so long to even get one medication for my anxiety/depression. Coming off the Wellbutrin induced another manic episode as well as a full blown anxiety episode.

Wellbutrin gave me pretty heavy anxiety. I have anxiety and minor depression and I was prescribed Prozac but I don't even want to try it because of the sexual side effects. Did your doc give it to you specifically for anxiety…

They can include: trouble sleeping quick heartbeat nervousness or agitation feeling dizzy headache tremors dry mouth nausea constipation ... but I feel like I’m the same but with worse anxiety. The problem is it's making me anxiety skyrocket. It's great in combos, or for depression, but it can potentially exacerbate anxiety in the worst ways.This.