Effectiveness of Wellbutrin for GAD

Hi all,

I have suffered from moderate GAD for about 6 years now.  I am 23 years old and in the last 4 months, my GAD has turned from moderate to SEVERE GAD that has flipped my life completely upside down.  3 months before I ultimately had my "breakdown", which involved 10 trips to the ER because my anxiety centers on health anxiety, I stopped taking my Wellbutrin.  I had slowly tappered myself off because, working in the healthcare field, I unfortunately knew how to properly do it, and thought I was well enough too.... while tapering off I felt fine, and it was only 3 months after this that I lost my mind - I assume this happened because of being on no meds.  I took 300 mg of Wellbutrin for at least 1.5 years and my anxiety was still there, but not debilitating - to be honest, I only really would get mild anxiety about my relationship, thinking my boyfriend was not attracted to me, and obsessing over the amount of sex we have.  But otherwise, my anxiety was mainly controlled.  My assumption is that it did indeed work for me, but it's hard to say.  I took Cipralex prior to Wellbutrin for several years with some success, but had some scary meltdowns on it and too many sexual side effects.... which is when I decided to give Wellbutrin a try.

My question for whoever replies to this is: did anybody get relief from GAD/anxiety from taking Wellbutrin?  Please do not reply incredibly negative things, as I get scared from seeing the bad responses and convince myself it is then going to happen to me.  Since my major breakdown in December, I have been on 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 10 mg of Buspar a day - I have definitely improved but still having major, debilitating problems.  I'm not sure which drug is helping me, but I don't want to take the Buspar because apparently heart attacks are a risk with it.  I only want to take the Wellbutrin, so I'm hoping to hear from some people hear who've had success with it

Ps: would you assume I went off the deep end from stopping the WB?  I assume that's what happened but am worried it would have happened anyway... yet again, worrying!!!  Also, I tried Cipralex again in December but ultimately thought I was going manic.... the SSRI's seem to cause severe issues with me (increased anxiety, bad thoughts, etc) and I am terrified to try any of them again.  I'm not sure why they used to work before, but don't anymore.  I'm scared of this happening if I increase my Wellbutrin dosage, which is what my GP has suggested I do.  Anyways, thanks in advance for any advice or experiences you may have and please no horrible stories about seizures/manic episodes because I mentally cannot handle hearing any more negative things!

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