Been on wellbutrin xl 150mg for 6 weeks to manage test anxiety..not helping. Any suggestions?

Hi sufudu83, I feel like an echo here, because I keep responding to people that are taking Wellbutrin while having awful anxiety problems.
An excellent psychiatrist told me that Wellbutrin is the worst anti-D for people that suffer from anxiety/panic attacks. Talk to your doc, perhaps you might just want off of Wellbutrin?
Sure hope you are feeling better, because we need all the great nurses we can get!
Best wishes to you,
sweetlemon

Wellbutrin is not for anxiety. Zoloft can help with anxiety but weight gain is invovled, but I suggest klonopin that is striclty for anxiety, I take it and it helps. Adderral is for ADHD. Whos is this doctor prescribing this stuff to you? I don't think he/she knows what hes doing.

I think Wellbutrin is good for depression, but bad for anxiety. If you have ADHD then it may have helped you concentrate, but if not, then it would just add to your anxiety. I take Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for anxiety, and I like it. Benzo medications are addicting and hard to come off of, so if you really are being affected by the anxiety, I would try something like Vistaril or Buspar first. Then if those don't work you can move to something stronger. Best of luck!

I have taken Wellbutrin Xl and loved it. But like you I suffered some anxiety, so my doc. gave me atarax for anxiety. It is not addictive like some, works well. But I was put on pristiq, which covers both. So now I only need it on occations.

Try Wellbutin XR.