jh9
11-26-2016, 10:55 PM
I've been really struggling with increased anxiety over the last year but mostly over the past few months. I started grad school which I am pretty sure is part of it but I also just went to a new doctor the other day and he said a big factor could also be the fact that I am on 450mg of Wellbutrin. I am also taking 15mg 2x daily of buspar to help combat the increase in anxiety that I have been having. I've been on the buspar for at least 6 months now. My new doctor wants to start me on Effexor and eventually get me off the Wellbutrin but I'm at a point where I feel conflicted.
My doctor said that he doesn't want to have me start the Effexor until I have finished my semester (which is in a couple weeks) and will have a month of time in which I can deal with the possible side effects. This is mainly because I have multiple presentations and papers and there is always a possibility that my anxiety could be exacerbated.
I completely understand where my doctor is coming from and I don't want my anxiety to get worse and for me to end up in an even worse place mentally. But I also am at a point where my anxiety keeps getting worse especially as I get closer to the end of the semester. I am constantly feeling like I am on the verge of a panic attack and I can't even focus on my schoolwork anyways. I don't know if I can make it to the end of the semester without doing something. I am also seeing a therapist weekly so I'm not just relying on the meds.
Should I email my doctor and see if he will prescribe me the new medication now or should I keep trying to stick it out with the increasing anxiety? How much worse can the anxiety get at this point?
Does anyone have any experience with going onto Effexor? I know it affects everyone differently. What should I do?
My doctor said that he doesn't want to have me start the Effexor until I have finished my semester (which is in a couple weeks) and will have a month of time in which I can deal with the possible side effects. This is mainly because I have multiple presentations and papers and there is always a possibility that my anxiety could be exacerbated.
I completely understand where my doctor is coming from and I don't want my anxiety to get worse and for me to end up in an even worse place mentally. But I also am at a point where my anxiety keeps getting worse especially as I get closer to the end of the semester. I am constantly feeling like I am on the verge of a panic attack and I can't even focus on my schoolwork anyways. I don't know if I can make it to the end of the semester without doing something. I am also seeing a therapist weekly so I'm not just relying on the meds.
Should I email my doctor and see if he will prescribe me the new medication now or should I keep trying to stick it out with the increasing anxiety? How much worse can the anxiety get at this point?
Does anyone have any experience with going onto Effexor? I know it affects everyone differently. What should I do?