Posted by Iansf on November 4, 2004, at 19:01:56
In reply to Wellbutrin and propranalol ???, posted by Racer on November 4, 2004, at 16:51:13
> I've been taking 10mg propranalol BID for anxiety, which has worked a treat for me. The out of control anxiety some of you may remember is gone, and what's left has been very manageable. I'm also on Cymbalta, 60mgs.
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> So, last appointment, Dr CattleProd prescribed Wellbutrin to augment the Cymbalta. So far, so good, after seven days at 150mg of the Wellbutrin XL. Tomorrow I go up to 300mgs. Everything, as I said, has been fine so far -- EXCEPT that the effects of the propranalol seem to be gone. Now Dr CP did warn me that the Wellbutrin might block the propranalol, and said that if it did, I should just back off the propranalol. Seemed like it would be fine, since I was thinking I could start taking the propranalol PRN anyway.
>I'm on Wellbutrin and tried propranalol without benefit. It never occurred to me, or my doctor, that the former might cancel out the latter. That's very interesting.
Certainly it seems like the simplest thing to try would be check your blood pressure on the current dose of propranalol to make sure it's not too low, and if it's not, up the propranalol. If that doesn't work, you might want to ask your doctor for Klonopin rather than propranalol, or ask him if you could augment the Cymbalta with something other than Wellbutrin. Good luck.
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