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Suggest Remedy For Mental Health Problem

I am a 40 year old female. I am 5 3 and 115lbs.I have been gradually trying to quit smoking marijuana over the past week. It has been SO helpful for nausea, urgent bowels, cramping, etc. (I am diagnosed with gastritis and IBS) It also helped with severe anxiety and insomnia. BUT, it is not legal at all in my state so I cannot risk continued use.I am down to 1 hit per day the past 4 days. I am doing this because other attempts to quit cold turkey were horrible.I am taking prozac 80mg qd and klonipin 1mg BID for major depression, severe anxiety (GAD + social anxiety + panic attacks)My new psychiatrist just added wellbutrin sr to my regimen. Starting at a low dose of 100mg qd for the first week. He is my ONLY Doctor or therapist who is unaware of my marijuana use. I just cannot trust him quite yet.My question...Will wellbutrin sr help with stopping the marijuana or does that only work for cigarettes? thank you so much
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to healthcaremagic.

It will work for cigarette only and its also only when your motivation is good for quitting cigarettes.
Marijuana is illegal in most of states and it will worsen your illness and specifically will interfere in treatment of major depression.
From your history it seems that you have some kind of specific personality traits on axis 2 of DSM-IV TR diagnostic system for psychiatric disorder.
tell your all details to your psychiatrist. If it is personality problem than whole line of treatment gonna change.

Hope I have answered your query,
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
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Suggest Remedy For Mental Health Problem

Hi, Thanks for writing to healthcaremagic. It will work for cigarette only and its also only when your motivation is good for quitting cigarettes. Marijuana is illegal in most of states and it will worsen your illness and specifically will interfere in treatment of major depression. From your history it seems that you have some kind of specific personality traits on axis 2 of DSM-IV TR diagnostic system for psychiatric disorder. tell your all details to your psychiatrist. If it is personality problem than whole line of treatment gonna change. Hope I have answered your query, Regards, Dr.Chintan Solanki.