This is a good example of some kinds of medications that in some people, work best with another supplemental one to counteract a side effect. You might just need to take something else with it.

Interesting. My Psychiatrist added 10 mg of Celexa about 6 weeks ago. That's why I'm going on Monday, is to follow up on the new meds. I think it's too soon to tell whether the Celexa is going to make a difference in the anxiety or the depression for that matter. All Wellbutrin has ever done is "hold back the flood gates".

Thanks for the input.

Wellbutrin is known for causing anxiety. However, you have been on this medication for years with no problem. So I guess it seems strange to me that you would suddenly develop a side effect from it. Maybe you just have social anxiety disorder (?) Talk to your Psychiatrist--that is a good idea.

Well, that's the thing. I've been taking Wellbutrin all this time, but I don't know if I'd say it's been "with no problem." It hasn't helped nearly as much as I'd like with my depression and while I never made the connection until my therapis said something, I definitely realize now I've been less and less social over the last few years.

However, my therapist did, specifically say "social anxiety disorder" and that's why she was surprised my psychiatrist would put me on Wellbutrin.

Zoloft worked for my depression and my anxiety. Before I was on Zoloft I was on Wellbutrin and Clonopin. The clonopin was for the anxiety and it worked too. If I had to chose I think I'd go with the Zoloft for me anyway.

I'm interest to know more, gvlaw. Have you suffered any sexual side effects with Zoloft? I don't to go there again.

wht kind of sexuall side effects. i was on wellbutin too for couple of weeks, i didnt want ot have sex at all, but any ways now im on lexapro agian i was on it in 2002. but got off, i dont know why, they put me on different kinds of medication i also take, efforex i been on that four years. now i was on paxil too i liked it,

Thanks your info has helped me because my anxiety is getting worse and I've been taking Wellbutrin for several years and haven't had a problem until here lately. I don't understand why its happening now.

I have had problems with depression and anxiety, mostly social anxiety. I took zoloft for 2 years, and it helped the anxiety more than the depression. The Dr. tried adding Welbutrin with it, but my head buzzed with the Welbutrin. Now I'm on Remeron. I think it helps with the depression probably a little more than the anxiety. I still get anxious, but don't have such a big reaction when I get anxious. It is hard to figure out, because one medication can work differently for different people. Good luck. Oh, the Remeron supposedly doesn't have any sexual side effects.

I was on Wellbutrin for I think a couple years or so, and it REALLY worsened my social anxiety. I remember the feeling of my eyebrows getting heavy when I looked at people and trying hard to keep my eyes up and friendly-looking, but I was so scared. When I first went on it people seemed worried about me, but I thought it was just the transition between drugs and I would get over it. It wasn't till I quit Wellbutrin that I reallized the drug was making my worse.

Well, dang. I seem to have inadvertantly abandoned my own topic.

I really apprecaite all the feedback. I met with my Psychiatrist but she didn't seem to want to take any immediate action. She and my Therapist are going to talk and we'll see where that leads us.

"SCORPIOCA", I'm male so the sexual side effects I had with Paxil are fairly obvious. I couldn't maintain an erection, or achieve orgasm. That's why I switched to the Wellbutrin. That problem went away with the Wellbutrin but now that I've read your post, I'd have to agree that my sex drive has decreased considerably. It's been well over a year. I attributed it to the depression and the fact that the Wellbutrin doesn't do as much for me as the paxil did with regard to Depression.

My psychiatrist actually said that Wellbutrin doesn't really effect Social Anxiety, but that it has been known to trigger anxiety in general. I'm not really sure I believe her but I guess she should know.

I'm fortunate in that my anxiety comes and goes. I'm definitely very anxious in social situations where I am expected to "mingle" with people I don't know. I'm really bad at small talk and starting conversations, but I have no problem talking to people when they start the conversation. Also, I don't have a problem when I'm at work. In fact, I'm giving a presentation on Thursday and I'm not worried about it at all.

For me anxiety seems very much to stem from general "fear of the unknown". Like when I go to Doctors appointments, or someplace I've never been, or the DMV. I get really anxious to the point of being sick to my stomach when I travel. It starts when I wake up and it lasts until I'm actually ON the plane. Send me to a party or other type of social even with people I don't know? FORET IT. I really hate it, but I don't know how to prevent it.

I read all the replies to this topic, and found myself agreeing most with Robynn (sp?) I take such high levels of Wellbutrin that I have to take Trileptil so I don't get seizures.

My thoughts are that a theripist is not a psychiatrist. Their educational background is very different...

A therapist is not trained as a doctor, a psychiatrist who disperses medication is.

It is NOT common for someone to have new side effects to a medication they have been on for a long time. Hence, your psychiatrist is right when the meeting of mind needs to take place for your best interest.

Although side effects of medication are common (especially depression medication), my bet is that something else is taking place.

The change could be physical or emotional.

I have more anxiety now than I have had for years, but I know it is not because of anything other than situational circumstances. I had anxiety which kept me from coping, and that got better although I kept taking the same amount of Wellbutrin. It has been at least 5 years since I have been on Wellbutrin.

My depression has recently gotten much worse. Increasing my anxiety medication has been helping my more than anything, and it was the medication I was able to cut back on when I began to feel better 1 1/2 years ago.

My situation may not apply to everyone, but I know there is a huge difference betweem a therapist and a psychiatrist.

Point: a therapist once told my that she thought my depression was due to my childhood because of the way I drank out of my water bottle. My psychiatrist has been my lifesaver, and I have changed therapists 3 times. I now only see my psychiatrist who also gives me therapy (thats called psychoanalisy)

It works for me.

Hi - My son, 17 at the time, had some depression last year. The psychiatrist put him on Wellbutrin which would have been great had it worked. BUT it put him into mania - he slept all of four hours over four days and I was very worried. Once off the Wellbutrin, he was fine. Unfortunately, this reaction could mean some kind of bipolar disorder, according to the doc. That's my experience w/ Wellbutrin.