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Posted 6/19/2014 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone felt that wellbutrin either increases anxiety or doesn't get rid of it. This is not helping my colon

Question for Quincy, does effexor make you lethargic?
Posted 6/19/2014 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
I feel like the anxiety is causing urgency
Posted 6/19/2014 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi...it's very well possible, in part like IBS.

The Effexor doesn't cause lethargy for me, but the wellbutrin didn't agree with me at all and caused me body and brain zaps and reallllly teeny tiny pupils. Everything looked so dark, awful experience.... I wish it worked for me.

q
Posted 6/19/2014 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
Hi I switched from lexapro (which I loved) to Zoloft which I love even more!!!! No anxiety at all! Just thought I would share. I'm on only 25mg too. It has been a game changer.
Posted 6/20/2014 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
I'm on 25mg of elavil which takes some of the edge off. My anxiety about not being near a bathroom definitely makes the urgency worse.
Posted 6/20/2014 1:53 PM (GMT 0)
Can you get the Rx for lexapro/zoloft from your GI if it is used to alleviate intestinal related anxiety or do you need to go to your primary?
Posted 6/21/2014 12:07 AM (GMT 0)
No Indycat23, I'm under strict care of a psychiatrist who wants me to try effexor. The anxiety is coming from my solar plexus.

Anyone know (particularly quincy) if effexor makes you gain weight?

They dropped my wellbutrin dose from 150 extended release, to 100 sustained release and still the same anxiety but not as bad.
Posted 6/21/2014 2:37 AM (GMT 0)
i took effexor for a year to eliminate hot flashes (yes, it's approved for that too). I did not experience weight gain.

Sue
Posted 6/21/2014 2:45 AM (GMT 0)
I've been taking Wellbutrin for over 20 years (!) and found that the extended release made me anxious and jittery while the regular pills, the kind you take two or three times per day, work great.

You might want to try the regular pills (I.e., no extended release at all). I know they come in 75 mg tablets and possibly other amounts. I take two 75 mg tablets three times per day. That's the maximum dosage.

I also believe that only the regular pills have a positive effect on UC. However, I don't have a source to back it up so I could be wrong.

Hope you feel better.
Posted 6/21/2014 5:32 AM (GMT 0)
I've been taking Wellbutrin for a full month now and it doesn't give anxiety. However I taking other meds for fibromyalgia (Elavil and cymbaltat) so the Wellbutring gave me the little push of energy I was missing in my life. I was prescribed, the slow release form at 150 in the morning. In fact I can't say for sure it was the Wellbutring that got me better because I also made some chances in my diet but I'm for sure doing much much better. I could almost say I'm out of my flare and mostly symptoms free.

Maybe if the Wellburtin does some good for you UC but give you anxiety, you could balance it out with Zoloft or any of those ones that actually reduce anxiety but also make you fell so tired.

However, am I ever such an out spoken person with the Wellbutrin ! Which is not so good. Because I usually speak my mind pretty freely already without it.
Posted 6/21/2014 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
I've gained weight, but it seemed more likely to be my eating habits rather than the med.
I'm an emotional eater....lol....I prescribed myself 2 terry's chocolate raspberry/orange daily for a long while. That could pack on the pounds.

It's hit and miss, but with your situation, it's worth trying. Effexor is more for depression rather than anxiety, but I'm not "jittery" more than I would usually be, unless I drink too much coffee and take Sudafed.

Whatever you do decide, start low dosage of 37.5. Increase to 75 and see how you do for a while.

q
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