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kertson
02-17-2005, 02:30 AM
I have had ocd for a while now, been taking wellbutrin xl 150 mg for over a year now. I still have some of these symptoms but am so sick of how it makes me act sometimes and the way its raising my anxieites/possibly causing my ocd. I told my doctor i'm not depressed and don't need to take this. He first said to double the dosage or quit cold turkey. I said, don't I need to taper off? He said 150 mg is such a low dosage, that I could just stop taking it. Is this safe? Anyone tried this?

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lachesis
02-17-2005, 07:26 PM
I have had ocd for a while now, been taking wellbutrin xl 150 mg for over a year now. I still have some of these symptoms but am so sick of how it makes me act sometimes and the way its raising my anxieites/possibly causing my ocd. I told my doctor i'm not depressed and don't need to take this. He first said to double the dosage or quit cold turkey. I said, don't I need to taper off? He said 150 mg is such a low dosage, that I could just stop taking it. Is this safe? Anyone tried this?

i've never taken wellbutrin but i'd still be on the safe side and not quit cold turkey. despite what people say, antidepressives and other such medications can be addictive and when i made the mistake of quitting celexa cold turkey, it was horrible. however, when i quit zoloft, i down about 25 mg for two weeks, and then 25 the next week and so on. even in that situation it was still difficult, but that made it a lot better. if i were you, i would do more research into your specific medication. good luck
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