Thank you for your reply!! I do not have any depression-just anxiety and panic attacks. I have used the Rescue Remedy in the past and I don't think I really gave it a long enough chance to work... I have a counselor who speciaizies in anxiety that I see and that has helped. I spoke with her right after the attacks started and a day or 2 before I started the Wellbutrin. I felt much better after speaking with her but still started the meds... now after 2 months of meds I think they are making me feel more anxious! I am ready to taper off them!!
Therapy should be the first choice, since meds are problematic, but if you do need meds you have to do your homework since not all psychiatrists are created equal, and most regular docs aren't very versed in these meds. Wellbutrin isn't generally used for anxiety, it's used for depression. The reason is it's a stimulating anti-depressant. Usually the ones used for anxiety are the tricyclics and the ssris, not wellbutrin. It can actually cause anxiety. Now, if your main problem is depression with that causing the anxiety, that's a different story. There are also a lot of natural remedies that can be combined -- rescue remedy is for periods of crisis, but there are remedies that act on the same receptors as medication, but are weaker so they're easier to quit and have fewer serious side effects. Try reading a book called Natural Highs by Hyla Cass, a psychiatrist at UCLA, for an overview of some of what's available naturally to treat this if that's the direction you want to head in.
go back to your doctor,i dont know alot about meds i decided not totake them when they were offered to me,as a mate told me that they dont stop the anxiety and panic attacks,only that they sheilds them for the period of time you are taking them,dont know if there is any truth in that,but i did listen,but if you feelyou are ready to stop taking them speak to your doctor about it just incase you need to be weaned off them