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Valium and Wellbutrin
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Valium and Wellbutrin
by wabash, Aug 12, 2009 12:03PM
I am currently taking 15 mg of valium a day and just started 100 mg Wellbutrin a day for severe anxiety. The only information I read is that Wellbutrin is for Depression, is this also a medication to help with anxiety?
Member Comments (2)
by Roger Gould, M.D., Aug 12, 2009 06:57PM
, Aug 12, 2009 06:57PMTo: wabash
It is frequently used for anxiety along with depression, and seems to help with the anxiety in a different way than the valium.
by Paxiled, Aug 13, 2009 03:22AM
Be careful with the wellbutrin -- since it's a pure antidepressant, it is stimulating, and is known to cause anxiety. Keep a careful watch on how you react to it. Now what I'd recommend, but I'm just a sufferer, not a clueless psychiatrist. Do you have depression? If not, wellbutrin is a strange choice.
