CircusSquirrel

I'm not a doctor, and your doctor may have had a specific reason to put you on Wellbutrin, but for anxiety disorders, Wellbutrin has not been shown as effective as a first-line primary therapy as opposed to the SSRIs/SNRIs like Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Celexa, the list goes on. Wellbutrin is sometimes added as a secondary medication and it does have the potential to decrease the sexual side effects of the SSRI meds. Psychiatrists seem a little split on this one. From what I've read and talked with my docs about, there seems to be a consensus that Wellbutrin PROBABLY is not the best choice for anxiety unless certain circumstances apply: the person can't or won't take the other meds, moderate to severe depression is associated with the anxiety, nothing else has worked, and some other reasons. However, there are clearly some docs who really want to try Wellbutrin for anxiety, probably because it seems to have less side effects and less side effects tend to make patients stay on the medication and give it a chance to work. I think you've given it a chance to work, JMHO, but if I were in your shoes, I'd ask for a different med. You don't have to go quote studies or anything, just say "I don't feel any different at all and I think I've taken this medication long enough to feel a difference if there were going to be one. How about we try another med?" The fact that you felt better for two days is not unusual---you may have just had two really good days OR more than likely, you were experiencing a VERY common placebo effect---when we try new meds, we really WANT them to work, so it is not unusual to feel better for a little while. That has happened to me with numerous medications and even therapies. Best wishes to you, there is something out there that will work for you.