Guardian,

Do you have a fever? If so, there is a good chance you got a cold, flu, and/or some sort of infection. I got walloped with something last week and someone suggested it was Valium withdrawal, but I seriously doubted it because I typically get the flu or something like it twice a year. I work around a lot of people. I got the Zithromax anti-biotic pack (5 day 6 dose regime) from my doc and all that stuff went away in 36 hours. I suggest a doctor`s visit...

Ringing in the ears is also a common withdrawal symptom from benzos and you dumped Xanax I guess a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to experience that symptom. What got me most during a failed Klonopin C/T was extreme upper back, neck, and head pressure. If you do not have any of that, be glad, though I know the ringing in the ears must be quite annoying... Lift up your heart, real relief may be soon at hand. :) Even if it takes longer than you`d like, you are still a big winner as you dumped the Xanax after a short period of use.

It's because they don't know. It could go away, and come back later, or never go away, or go away permanantely. They don't even know if you are deficient in serotonin or whatever neurotransmitter Wellbutrin effects. It is a drug that alters the mind/mood, for which there is no biological, physical markers, measures or tests, unlike diabetes, which does.

You won't be able to predict any of it, just roll with the punches if you decide to continue on it. Howard is right, the tinninitus could be the Xanax withdrawal. I did get some of that after my Ativan withdrawal, but it happened only periodically and eventually it went away...but I did not go on any other medication after my Ativan withdrawal so my case would be different than yours.

Well, at least you got rid of Xanax so that's good. Also, I think you should go in for your cold if it doesn't get better soon. Zithromax, as howard mentioned, is a good one. I have had it and it's pretty quick at attacking!

Tinninitus wasn't one of my more persistant symptoms as it would come and go. It took a few months for it to totally dissappear, but again, I was not on any drugs at all , so I don't know in your case how long it will last, or if it is Xanax withdrawal induced or if it's the Wellbutrin.

As far as your cold, I've had that same sort of thing alot....chances are there is infection in your chest, I would insist on antibiotics when you go in even if the doctor says virus. I can say from experience with bad chest colds, infection is usually there and responds to antibiotics. As mentioned, the Zithromax is excellent.

I would be careful about any asthma medication and codiene-based cough syrup your doctor might prescribe.... that's how I first got in trouble with meds and these are both common these days to prescribe for colds. I had reactions to both, the asthma one made me hyper and then the codiene would knock me out; I developed a dependancy on the codiene and had withdrawals, all which was denied by doctors, so my symptoms were medicated with benzos and I was off to worse problems!:mad:

Skip the asthma med, and substitute over-the-counter Robitusson for the cough medicine. I've done fine on that system with colds since then; my new doctor looked at me funny when I said all I want was antibiotic the last time I had a chest cold, but I told him I do better with over-the-counter cough stuff...too much to explain to him the whole codiene/benzo thing....he probably wouldn't believe it anyway. :rolleyes: