WELLBUTRIN Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1230 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELLBUTRIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | depression, unable to concetrate | i think that some of the side affects were drowsiness, and about two weeks after I started taking it I had a mild case of hives. I am not sure however if that was caused by the medicine or not. | F | 15 | 1 times | 4/2/2001 | 4 | Stop Smoking | I would be up till 2 in the morning and wake up for no reason like 2 hrs before my alarm went off but not be tired all day, after several days lost desire to smoke, now smoke free for 1month 1 week and have stopped taking wellbutrin 2 weeks ago | For some reason while taking it i never got mad! | M | 19 | 3 weeks | 11/27/2001 | 4 | ADHD | None | Has worked very well for my son in treating his ADHD | F | 24 | 6 months | 1/2/2002 | 5 | smoking cessation/depression | I noticed when I took it in the summer I would itch horribly to sun exposed areas. So I waited to take it in the fall to quit smoking. After the suggested time to set the quit date, I could quit "cold turkey." It worked wonderfully, took away those jittery feelings you get when you just have to have a cigarette without gaining weight, in fact I lost weight. It seemed to take away my appetite which I didn't mind at all. | I continued on Wellbutrin along with Paxil to help with some depression after the breakup of a relationship. | F | 38 | 6 months | 1/25/2002 | 4 | to stop smoking | insomnia, increased appetite, | F | 28 | 3 months | 4/18/2002 | 4 | Stop smoking | Chest heaviness. Hard to catch a breath | M | 42 | 3 days | 5/30/2002 | 2 | to quit smoking & depression | none | No help in quiting my smoking :( and no help at all for depression :( | F | 42 | 1 months | 6/18/2002 | 4 | Quit smoking and depression | Disturbing chest pains and uptight feeling, insomnia which is no worse than my normal insomnia. I take 75 or 150mg of SR formulation 3 to 5 mornings a week to minimize these affects. | Originally prescribed to quit smoking, I took the recommended 300mg a day for that purpose when I was not depressed, and it made quitting very easy. I'd tried only twice before, and both failed attempts were really agonizing. 300mg a day was damned unpleasant, and I discontinued Wellbutrin ASAP after about 2 months, but it really did just make me almost indifferent to cigarettes, after 30 years of smoking 2 - 3 packs a day. About 6 months later, I started to get really depressed; I had some Wellbutrin left over, so I tried it, and it literally relieved depression in a matter of a half hour like an amphetamine without any addictive or "crash" affect. I used Prozac for 3 months after running out of it, but I now take the small dosage of Wellbutrin I use now as maintainance/relapse prevention. It's affects are energizing for 3-5 days in a row, then it turns "mean" and I take a few days off it. I remain in a good mood for 2-3 days during these "drug holidays", then resume taking it again when I start feeling down. It continues to bring virtually instant relief whenever I resume taking it. (If I felt that I could stop, I would.) I have ADHD also; Wellbutrin has slightly helped some of those symptoms, but is far inferior to amphetamines for that purpose. | M | 44 | 6 months | 6/29/2002 | 5 | depression | none | Since I started taking this prescription, I feel more energetic, am better able to focus and have a much better sense of wellbeing. | F | 40 | 30 days | 7/8/2002 | 3 | depression | tremors, dry mouth, | F | 43 | 6 weeks | 8/5/2002 | 3 | depression | foggy .. cant sleep | M | 58 | 14 days | 8/5/2002 | 2 | for depression; I also take Prozac | Mostly constipation. | I don't feel a difference. I'm doing about the same. My doctor just increased it to 150 mg. twice daily. | F | 6 months | 8/7/2002 | 5 | DEPRESSION | in addition to taking prozac, this drug has seemed to increased sexual libito that had been deficient for many, many years; have taken a positive interest in improving myself, both phyically and mentally; i want to live another 50 yrs now | F | 52 | 2 years | 8/14/2002 | 3 | depression | wt gain | F | 46 | | 9/21/2002 | 2 | depression | hives... huge and itchy that required an immediate trip to the doctor's office for an adrenilin shot and 2 weeks worth of prednisone. | F | 52 | 14 days | 10/30/2002 | 3 | depression | I get hot every onece and a while, and sometimes I get stomach achs. | F | 15 | 8 months | 12/2/2002 | 1 | For smoking & mild depression? | Within 2 days (taking 150mg once a day) I had a lot of anxiety, and faster heart rate, Headache, irritability, insomnia, aggitation. A metallic taste and all my jewlery left a black/green mark on my skin. Negative thinking, sad, sentimental. | I continued with it for 2 more weeks, really trying to give it the benefit of a doubt. 'But things got even worse...Crying at the drop of a hat, (even watching Lassie,) all my emotions were at a highly sensitive edge or extreme. Happy or sad, crying or laughing, and I'm NOT Manic/Depressive. Usually very even keeled. In fact I didn't feel depressed at all, UNTIL I took this. My physician 'thought' I was and this was a compromise to help with the smoking. NEVER AGAIN. You name all the depressive signs and this 'gave' them to me. | F | 50 | 14 days | 12/31/2002 | 3 | depression | unable to get to sleep | F | 60 | | 1/9/2003 | 4 | depression/ ADD | One of the side effect I noticed was an increase sensitivity to the sun in which I had wear sunglasses consisantly. Another side effect I noticed occured as the blood sugar rose,(over 200)(I'm a diabetic) I had to wear my glasses.(Before wellbutrin-I didn't need the glasses as much.) | Taking wellbutrin gave me a CAN DO attittude I didn't have before the medication. I noticed this effect within the first couple of weeks and was able to accomplish projects that I would not normally do. It also allowed me to focus more attention in longer spurts. In addition, the stress that normally was on my shoulders was relocated to the left shoulder blade. (For me,it was great NOT to have stress on the shoulders for once). (I switched to prozac, to see if the medication changed the side effects- yes, the side effects of sun sensitivity,increased glasses wearing HAVE GONE AWAY,in addition, the stress IS back on the shoulders again.) | F | 40 | 6 months | 7/3/2003 | 3 | | 8/11/2003 |