Agoraphobia

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Originally Posted by canadianmusician

The problem is I was on wellbutrin and as soon as I came off that, recently, my anxiety and dissociation deminished by a good 80%. I lived in hell for 3 years. If I'd known I just had to come off the drug....

I was on wellbutrin for a while and had really messy anxiety while I was on it, which went away after I stopped taking it. It got to the point where I couldn't ride the subway because whenever I was on the platform I was obsessed with the idea that I might fall on the track or jump onto the track. Like, I obviously didn't want to jump on the subway track (as evidenced by the fact that the concept upset me so much) but I actually felt like I had no control over my actions / the situation.

I don't really have anything to add to the conversation, I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in terms of getting pretty messed up while on the wrong med for you.

(Mind you, I know many people who have had really good success on wellbutrin. Every person reacts differently to every med.)