I’ve been on Xanax for my Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder and it’s been great for me personally. No side effects and lets me live life normally as my energetic outgoing self. However, my husband and I moved to a new state and apparently this state won’t allow doctors to prescribe Xanax for more than a year. Welp, it’s been a year, so the doctor’s cutting back my Xanax and hopes to have me off it completely by June. 

In the meantime, she’s started me on “Wellbutrin” which I’m supposed to start tomorrow. From the little bit of info I can find online, this seems to be primarily used for patients with depression or who are trying to quit smoking (neither of which apply to me), so I’m very confused as to why she prescribed me this for GAD &amp; Panic Disorder. 

Is anyone else or has anyone else been on this specifically for anxiety? If so, what was your experience? Did it help? Feeling a bit nervous to take a medication that has such little information about it online and doesn’t even seem to be used for treating my specific mental illness. Almost feeling like I don’t even want to try taking it, but if she’s cutting off my current medication that does work then I have no choice to try the new one I guess. 

Thanks everyone for the advice &amp; sharing your experience! :)