I have been taking paxil for the last couple of years and my doctor wants to switch me to Wellbutrin-advice

wellbutrin is a different kind of drug that may or may not work..
i tred it & found it made me really hyper & short tempered & was not right.in all honesty. if u find ur future is going to be drug free. then shoot for that. work to come off the meds. they r not solving ur problems. just posponing them.

on a positive note. when i stopped paxil i lost 10lbs in 2 weeks. & the other 15lbs with in 4 months. ur metabolism does slowly wake up. but only after.

I can only say, be careful to pay attention to changes in your mood once you are on Wellbutrin. I only say this because I had been on Lexapro for many years and then switched to Wellbutrin and had a very negative experience. I became very suicidal. It is rare, but it can happen. If I had known that when I was on Wellbutrin, I could have done something about it sooner and gotten help.

Yeah, Paxil is bad news for weight gain & alot of people experience bad withdrawal when trying to get off it. Take it Very Slowly ( I mean it, this is important). I am sure u would love to be drug free but if u have the chemical imbalance that causes depression u may need meds for life. If u were a diabetic u would take ur meds, would not you. It is really not all that different. Give the Wellbutrin a try, many people like it. It even seems to cause weight loss in alot of cases. Anxiety can be a problem when u first start on it but is supposed to go away as u get used to the medication. Good luck & hang in there!

I had a good run with Wellbutrin - did not gain weight and it did help with the depression. Tapering off it was HELL. Mood swings, hair loss, suicidal thoughts. Once I was completely off, I went to see a naturopathic psychopharmacologist who recommended some holistic treatments that have been wonderfully successful in halting the depression. I hear that coming off Paxil is not any easier. Good luck.

I was on both meds several years ago. I had much less side effects with Wellbutrin, and was thrilled to get off Paxil. However, there are documented problems with just stopping Paxil cold turkey, so I'd suggest weaning off it. Paxil in and of itself has terrible ''sexual'' side effects that Wellbutrin doesn't. They work totally differently in the body for depression, and Wellbutrin has much less side effects. If he wants to switch you, I'd say 'go for it'.

I do know that Wellbutrin claims to have no sexual side effects; if that helps?