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Will Taking Celexa With Wellbutrin Help With Dizziness And Anxiety?
I have been on wellbutrin for depression for a number of years and did well with it. I didn't worry as much as I used to, etc. However, I have been experiencing a great deal of stress in my life lately. Recently I started having dizzy spells and it has me worried. I have had quite a number of tests done and will still get tests to rule out any physical cause. But, my husband and I are believing this is stress related and I've also talked to a couple of doctors and they feel it could be too. My question is would adding Celexa to the wellbutrin be a good combination for my anxiety?? Would this help with the dizziness? The dizziness sometimes just comes on out of the blue and doesn't seem to be triggered by anything in particular. Does that sound like anxiety to you? I am going to the doctor again on Monday. Thank you.
Tue, 7 Jan 2014
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I have read your question carefully and it say that you have been keeping well on Wellbutrin from long time but developed dizziness recently. All of your test are normal and both your doctor and you suspect it is due to anxiety, and you have some ongoing stress.
firstly, regarding Wellbutrin, you gave not mentioned the dosage , but it is better not to increase it beyond 300 mg daily , as otherwise the risk of seizures increase significantly with it.
Secondly, adding citalopram is a good option, the two drugs are form different category and will behave in different ways in controlling the illness.
##Thirdly, if I had been treating you, I would have gone with changing to one single (different medication). it is always better to take one medicine rather than going for combinations. poly pharmacy should be avoided when ever possible. So, I might have gone for something like paroxetine, or Venlafaxine, and gradually taken out Wellbutrin. With such regimn, one builds up new drugs and gradually taper and stop old ones. ( monitoring the response all the way ).
This should not look like much to you,a s you have been taking the drug regularly.
You may trying doing this with celexa too. I would strongly advice that you should try out and see if you can remail well on one medicine.
It looks possible in your case as your illness has been under control for long time. Your doctor would know very well how to go about. Please discuss this with him.
# donot know if you have got X Ray neck to rule out dizziness, as one of the commonest cause of it is cervical spondylosis, which may be missed in routine testing.
Wish you a speedy recovery!
Feel free to ask more questions
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
I have read your question carefully and it say that you have been keeping well on Wellbutrin from long time but developed dizziness recently. All of your test are normal and both your doctor and you suspect it is due to anxiety, and you have some ongoing stress.
firstly, regarding Wellbutrin, you gave not mentioned the dosage , but it is better not to increase it beyond 300 mg daily , as otherwise the risk of seizures increase significantly with it.
Secondly, adding citalopram is a good option, the two drugs are form different category and will behave in different ways in controlling the illness.
##Thirdly, if I had been treating you, I would have gone with changing to one single (different medication). it is always better to take one medicine rather than going for combinations. poly pharmacy should be avoided when ever possible. So, I might have gone for something like paroxetine, or Venlafaxine, and gradually taken out Wellbutrin. With such regimn, one builds up new drugs and gradually taper and stop old ones. ( monitoring the response all the way ).
This should not look like much to you,a s you have been taking the drug regularly.
You may trying doing this with celexa too. I would strongly advice that you should try out and see if you can remail well on one medicine.
It looks possible in your case as your illness has been under control for long time. Your doctor would know very well how to go about. Please discuss this with him.
# donot know if you have got X Ray neck to rule out dizziness, as one of the commonest cause of it is cervical spondylosis, which may be missed in routine testing.
Wish you a speedy recovery!
Feel free to ask more questions
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
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