I’m 42yo, and I have been on and off Wellbutrin for maybe 10 years. It has always helped me get through slumps, and deal with my anxiety and occasional “funk.”  I am now dealing with high blood pressure, and I must stop. I have stopped cold turkey with zero effects. 

My psychiatrist wants to put me on Lexipro, but I am scared of SSRIs. I know this can help me, but when I was younger I was addicted to suboxone, and getting off that was living hell! I am scared to be dependent on another drug that might cause “withdrawals.”

Am I making too much of this?

TL;DR: I have to switch Wellbutrin for Lexipro because of hypertension. I was addicted to opiates as a child, and am scared to go through “SSRI withdrawal” because of the pain I endured as a kid. Am I being too scared?