Does Wellbutrin help treat Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

I am currently on Effexor, which has been extremely helpful in reducing my anxiety levels. However, I am now (after 4 months of Effexor) experiencing major sexual side effects. Prior to using Effexor I was on Paxil. Paxil also helped reduce anxiety, but caused a complete disappearance of sex drive and arousal. I want something that will keep my anxiety low and my sex drive high (which is was before.) Anyone know if Wellbutrin does the trick or is that just for depression? Help!!

I know that anxiety can be a side effect of wellbutrin. However, when i started on wellbutrin for depression it also took care of my severe social anxiety and slight general anxiety as well. Im not sure it is a direct thing or if my anxiety was somehow due to my depression. Wont be the same for everyone but that is my experience

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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Ways to treat anxiety;

Drink a glass of ICE cold water or suck on an ice cube, the cold hits a nerve at the back of the throat and slows your heart down.

Focus on every little detail around you, hinges of a chair, pattern on the walls, anything in minute detail. It will help distract you, talk them through to yourself.

Breathe in for 4 out for 4, breathe deep put your hand on your stomach and when you breathe in push the hand out. for a few minutes.

Propanalol helps with physical affects of anxiety, stops you shaking and slows your heart down. I am on 40mg prn.

I suffer badly with anxiety and i have taken also Lorazepam but this is highly addictive.

i also take Seroquel 50mg when i feel anxious prn.

I learnt the techniques when i was an inpatient at a private psychiatric hospital.

I also attach a useful link below.
http://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/a...

I hope some of this info helped.

Good luck

It depends on your problem and personal chemistry.

I had a friend whose mother went on Wellbutrin and ended up in the mental hospital. Lexapro had a similar effect on me, but Lexapro has helped my uncle and a friend of mine.

So you won't know until you try basically. It might, it might not.

I am thinking it does because my mom in law and her sister both take it and they love it. I tried it personally but had to stop because it was expensive.