Posted by Waterlily on January 11, 2004, at 20:24:42
In reply to Re: ***Wellbutrin + Paxil? Anyone????***, posted by jerseydevil on January 5, 2004, at 16:31:18
> I've been on Wellbutrin and Paxil together for a little over a year now, mostly because my pdoc wanted to get me on Wellburtrin and off of Paxil b/c the Paxil side effects were getting to me. When you are consciously aware that you haven't had a drive for over a year, the "sexual side effects" apply to you. I have been progressively weaning off of Paxil although we've need to fill in the void of the antianxiety component of Paxil. I'm on 400 mg/day of Wellbutrin and down to 5 mg of Paxil, but Effexor has replaced Paxil. I feel pretty good right now. I intend to continue to wean off of Paxil entirely (another six months should do it) and stay on the Wellbutrin and Effexor for awhile. Not everyone experiences the same side effects or withdrawl problems, but Paxil has not been my favorate .
If you find anything that works on anxiety when you use it with Wellbutrin (besides benzos, that is), let me know. I've tried Wellbutrin with imipramine (worked sort of - dry mouth didn't work with the orthodontic work going on), Paxil (killed already low libido, didn't do any good), Prozac (didn't do anything), Effexor (liked it, but it gave me insomnia BAD), Serzone (worked sort of, with no side effects), and now Luvox (so far it's not doing much except that it killed the breakthrough depression I had). I'm working on getting up to 200 mg of Luvox to see if it works any better than Serzone did. I'm not sure what else to try at this point.
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