New med combo- any opinions??

[arb2009]

I have battled with social anxiety for as long as I can remember and only recently have attempted to get it under my control. My doctor put me on 50 mg of Zoloft which I gradually increased to 150 mg. Unfortunatley, I have only felt side effects from it. Today he instructed me to cut back to 100 mg of Zoloft and add Wellbutrin. For some reason, I do not have high expectations that this will help and feel a little hopeless at the moment. Has anyone tried this combo before or have any suggestions? My doctor says that if this does not help we will have to consult a psychiatrist and I really don't want to do that at this point!

[Youandwe]

From my experience it is good to go with the advice of one's doctor because usually they know what works best. It took a long time for the doctors to find a combo that worked for me, but they finally did . So stick with it until you guys find a combo that's works for you.

And therapy isn't so bad, in fact I find very helpful.

[NicoShy]

Originally Posted by arb2009

I have battled with social anxiety for as long as I can remember and only recently have attempted to get it under my control. My doctor put me on 50 mg of Zoloft which I gradually increased to 150 mg. Unfortunatley, I have only felt side effects from it. Today he instructed me to cut back to 100 mg of Zoloft and add Wellbutrin. For some reason, I do not have high expectations that this will help and feel a little hopeless at the moment. Has anyone tried this combo before or have any suggestions? My doctor says that if this does not help we will have to consult a psychiatrist and I really don't want to do that at this point!

Wellbutrin usually gives me anxiety when I first take it. Zoloft and klonipan would have been a better choice. And people usually start at 25mg then go to 50 mg of klonipan

[vulgar]

Originally Posted by NicoShy

And people usually start at 25mg then go to 50 mg of klonipan

I hope you mean zoloft because that's a hell of a lot of Klonopin.

Anyway, I don't see how Wellbutrin would be helpful for social anxiety. If anything, it might make it worse. I don't think that it had any effect on mine.