Posted by Rick on October 24, 2002, at 23:45:54
In reply to Does Wellbutrin have any antianxiety properties., posted by linkadge on October 20, 2002, at 19:24:50
Like Virdis, I found that Wellbutrin added to my anxiety (or, more precisely, detracted from Klonopin's benefits).
While it can assuredly cause anxiety, it should be noted that Wellbutrin *does* paradoxically help some people a lot with anxiety -- based on both plenty of anecdotal reports and small studies. Apparently a very slow titration, plus waiting out an initial increase in anxiety, can help. My pdoc wanted me to start with one-quarter (!) of a 100 mg tablet, but I stupidly took 100 mg, and thought, "hey, I don't have an problem with this stuff." I stopped it too quickly to know whether it might have eventually helped.
But no matter, 100 mg Provigil added to my Klonopin and Serzone quite quickly accomplished the anti-fatigue, anti-apathy effect we had been seeking..along with unexpected *benefits* for my social anxiety, including anticipatory (and also nicely added some mood elevation, although that wasn't the goal).
Rick
> I was wondering if Wellbutrin has any
> antianxiety properties. How does it act on
> anticipitory anxiety.
> Would a person with Sad crying spell type depression do any good on a drug like this.
> I heard somewhere that it has slight effects on Seretonin
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> Linkadge
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