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 |
| 5 | SAD - depression | Bit of dry mouth, ocassional slight headache, mild ringing in my ears, night sweats, sleep interuption, trembling hands, heart palpitations, increased sexual enjoyment, potential decreased sex drive, unusual dreams, interaction with pain meds and cold meds. | I have been on Wellbutrin since the 1990's. This drug basically saved my life, my marriage and my family. It has allowed me to function as a normal member of society for many, many years. Twice a year, spring and fall, I would crash into the lowest depression because of seasonal affective disorder. To this day I am not sure how I survived? After trying a number of different drugs with unacceptable side effects I was put on Wellbutrin and I have never looked back. Yes, there are side effects but for me they are minimal and easy to live with compared to my drug free life. My heart palpitations/abnormal heart rhythm might be getting a bit worse as I am aging but I do use coffee as well. The heart issues do not bother me physically as I can climb any amount of stairs I wish to climb. I cannot fairly comment on reduced sex drive as I am 60 years old so some of these things happen with age. The unusual dreams are no big deal for me, they are only dreams after all. I have grown used to the interrupted sleep and night sweats. The interaction with pain meds and cold/flu meds is annoying and probably potentially serious as they cause me to become dizzy, brain feels like it is trying to run in the mud and I lose entire days to sitting on the couch waiting for the symptoms to pass. I would like to hear from other long term users to see if they have any experience with Wellbutrin interference with pain meds? Some time ago I had surgery and the post op was a nightmare of | M | 60 | 15 years 300 mg XL 1X day | 2/15/2015 | 5 | depression | Insomnia, some heartburn, sweating, irritability, twitching while falling asleep. For the first few days, I felt like I was on amphetamines, but the feeling went away. | I've been suffering from major depression since early childhood. This stopped the depression and the lethargy and withdrawn feelings that went with it. The few side-effects I experience (insomnia mostly) I can deal with because of the profound effect it has on my mental state. | M | 44 | 13 years | 9/11/2006 | 4 | Depression | Switched from Wellbutrin 300mg XL to Budeprion 300mg XL in January. Not sure if this is 'real' side effect; seem to be having a bout with hypo-mania/impulsive spending. Restless, hard to stay focused on one thing without getting up and wondering around. Some nausea & less appetite. | Quit alcohol about 3 weeks ago, started on Naltrexone & Campral for craving & GABA reuptake balance. (These drugs work!) Not sure of the nausea because they both have that side effect listed too. Anxiety is also listed. So my perceptions are skewed. My doc is concerned I've been treating mania with alcohol for past 4 years. I choose 4-Satisfied because I am better but still have nagging issues which I feel are not being treated. Libido is good but not relaxed or what I'd call maritally normal. [No affairs - married almost 15yrs.] | M | 52 | 13 years | 4/12/2007 | 5 | Clinical severe depression | The best side effect of all: relief from clinical major double depression (severe depression and dysthymia). An activating drug, which was perfect for me as I was previously too tired to do anything. After I started taking it, I actually wanted to get out of the house. It was my own personal miracle. | I pay cold hard cash for brand name as I believe generic in this drug is not as effective, and I have no interest in risking it. It's the only drug that has worked for me, and I've felt normal for years. But I will never, ever forget the absolute and complete dreadful misery of depression. I don't ever want to go back to feeling that way again, and I will never take this medication for granted. Thank god for Wellbutrin. | F | 45 | 12 years 450 1X day | 8/31/2012 | 4 | depression, SAD | Tinninitus, | After working through 3 SSRI's (zoloft, Effexor, Lexapro), my Dr and I finally settled on Wellbutrin for the last 10 years. While SSRI's let me get a good nights sleep, felt a little zombi-like, and made it almost impossible to orgasm. Wellbutrin also normalizes my sleep, and ability to orgasm is back to normal. I know Wellbutrin is leveling my sleep, because I have tried to stop several times over the years, and my sleep very quickly goes to insomnia. 150mg stops me from hopeless crying, and improves my depression down to low, from medium, but does not cure it entirely. When I tried 200mg, I started to feel buzzed and agitated. Went back to 150. Did not experience any headache on Wellbutrin, but a constant killer headache on Effexor. I started this journey 15 years ago with panic attacks and Zoloft to stop them. As soon as I got a stable nights sleep, panic attacks stopped, and my dispair improved. I have stayed on depression meds ever since, for me Wellbutrin has turned out to be best. | M | 58 | 10 years 150 XL 1X day | 12/29/2013 | 4 | mild depression with some SI | none | M | 77 | 10 years 200,100 mg 2X day | 3/14/2017 | 5 | Depression | For the first few weeks, I had difficulty sleeping. I also noticed that I was somewhat quicker to anger than before. Also, my male libido has been greatly enhanced, almost to the point of being bothersome! | After taking Zoloft, Wellbutrin has really been a godsend. The side effects are really quite minimal compared to other antidepressant meds, and if you change dosages, you feel the effects in days and not weeks. | M | 38 | 7 years | 8/16/2004 | 5 | depression | None | Restored my initiative, lifted that sense of doom, made me smile again. | F | 71 | 7 years 100 mg 3X day | 3/10/2011 | 3 | Initially to quit smoking | Weird scowling tension in face, more prone to anger and excitability, friends and family have noticed I act | This is a good drug to help stop smoking (along with nic patch -but watch blood pressure when combining the two), but I would not use it longer than needed in retrospect. I overdid it time-wise, and regret it. I became very testy and prone to road rage (which I never was before hand) and other moron/amphetemine behaviors. I am now going to taper off of it slowly and quit once and for all and go back to being more relaxed and social. | M | 7 years | 4/15/2005 | 5 | major depression, bipolar 2 | Initial side effects (subside after 1st few weeks): insomnia, hypomania symptoms. FEW LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS: hands tremble, less interested in sex. | Wellbutrin has worked quite well for me in keeping symptoms of depression at bay. For several years, it was difficult to keep taking it when depressive symptoms broke through. Now I take it in combination with another antidepressant. I've stuck with the SR formulation of Wellbutrin once daily in the morning. I think the XL stays in my system too long, raising peak blood levels too high each day. The unfortunate truth is that it should take MONTHS (at the very least) to determine if an antidepressant drug is the right one for managing YOUR chronic or recurring clinical depression. Fine-tuning your medications requires a great deal of patience, a skilled psychiatrist, and your continued commitment to your own care and healing. You must be prepared to WORK in partnership with your psychiatrist to pursue all the best treatment options available to you: find reliable information in books and on the web; try support groups, workshops, group therapy, individual therapy. People really do | F | 31 | 6 years | 7/26/2007 | 5 | Major Depression | In the beginning, around 6 years ago (Wellbutrin SR 150 twice daily at the time), I had (for about a month) the heightened anxiety, angry outbursts, and insomnia alot of people here describe (this was made worthwhile by the increase in motivation, energy, and focus). The anxiety is much toned down nowadays, but still remains. Recently, about 3 weeks ago, my doctor upped my dose from 300mg XL to 600mg daily, and I have begun to experience 'itchy spots'--I always had one heat rash area on my thigh, but now it is constantly itching and bruised. Now I am noticing small rash areas appearing on my neck and arms, and I CANNOT stop sweating. I was always a sweater, but this is constant, and happens on pretty much every inch of my body. I think 600mg is higher than the advisable max of 450mg. Pretty convinced the sweating and rashes are due to the high dose, but I am also on BuSpar as of 3 weeks ago for the anxiety, and am not sure how this is affecting everything. | It saved my life. Despite the initial negative side effects, I went from an unfocused, inactive, self-destructive mess to a functioning and productive human being. As I age I think my metabolism has changed, leading to an increase in anxiety and occasional anger, but I firmly believe that stopping this drug is really not an option for me. I prefer this greatly to traditional SSRIs such as Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro, and Prozac (all of which I have tried and ended up causing lethargy and serotonin syndrome). If you feel that SSRIs are not for you, I think Wellbutrin is the way to go. I believe it is actually classified as a norepinephrine and dopamine re-uptake inhibitor (NDRI?), which indirectly affects seritonin levels, so if you are seritonin-sensitive like I am, it will not hit you like a freight train like all the SSRIs. I personally think of Wellbutrin as my depression medication, and as I age I have learned that I need a secondary drug to work on my anxiety levels. Nonetheles | F | 25 | 6 years | 12/11/2007 | 4 | I have schizo affective disorder | I am told by my doctor that the chronic headaches aren't caused by the Wellbutrin but I am pretty sure - they started about the time I started this med. I also take respiridone and don't think this is the problem. They tell me now that I am experiencing migraines so they prescribe a beta blocker but nothing really gets rid of the headaches. | Absolutely no change in my sex drive and my weight gain was from the other medication. I generally feel happier than I used to except SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) - nothing seems to help me here. | F | 45 | 6 years | 12/16/2006 | 3 | ADD | Little or no side effects. I can remember what I read now and feel better in social situations | F | 58 | 6 years 300xL | 12/3/2011 | 3 | Severe Depression | I was on wellbutrin XL 300mg for 6 years. After 3 years I started having extreme woozy/lightheaded spells that were ruining my life. Everyone kept blaming it on my anxiety. After three years of hating life I went off of wellbutrin. It took over 30 days before I even started to see relief, but by the 90 day mark I was free from those spells. I have my life back. It would not have gone away. Wellbutrin helps with the kind of depression where you have NO motivation and crave sugar. It will make you dehydrated, constipated, edgy, and a light sleeper that only needs about 6 hours per night. It isn't good for anxiety and will not help it. During the adjustment period you could lose about 10 lbs and have the most vivid nightmares ever. This drug will stop working for you. At first you can be so numb but after awhile you start to feel very depressed again. It's not until you go off of it do you realize that it was helping. It really only seems to be popular because of the lack of weight gain a | F | 35 | 6 years 300 mg XL 1X day | 10/6/2015 | 5 | Chronic Depression | At the beginning I felt very "speedy", which was a relief after the lethargy of depression; I was light-headed and had the pressure behind my eyes. | I was switched to the generic a year ago and never felt like it worked as well - a lot of life changes at the time so wasn't sure if it was stress - and a few months ago I started getting headaches, almost daily. : ( Has helped me tremendously, though, overall. | F | 39 | 5 years | 2/1/2009 | 5 | depression | Vivid dreams, teeth clenching, racing heart beat, mania (every day I came up with 5-10 new inventions - don't laugh) | I have been taking the generic Bupropion (225 mg) along with Prozac (20 mg) with great success over the past 5 years. The side effects subsided within a couple of weeks after the dosage was reduced from 300 mg to 225. | F | 55 | 5 years | 2/15/2009 | 5 | slight hand shake maybe...I take other meds that may contribute. I lost 20lbs the first year I was on it. and have lost 30lb over that last 5 years. | Wellbutrin IS WONDERFUL! Needed weight loss and controls bipolar depression. I still have periodic mood swings but very managable. 450 mg (75 3x a day) the only anti depressant that didn't make a sexual cripple. | M | 47 | 5 years | 4/15/2005 | 5 | Depression | Wellbutrin is perfect for me. I've tried Prozac, Paxil & several others however they negatively effected my sexuality - unable to orgasm. Wellbutrin was the solution! | Bupropion is very different from Wellbutrin. Kaiser does not cover Wellbutrin -they claim Bupropion is the equivalent -IT IS NOT! It is irresponsible for Kaiser to make false claims like this, foisting Bupropion on patients many people get deprived of the good that Wellbutrin can do for them. Bupropion is NOT a substitute for Wellbutrin. | M | 58 | 5 years 150mg 1X day | 11/15/2010 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | A compulsion to check websites about the drug | If you have questions - PLEASE post your e-mail address, you might actually get an answer! | F | 5 years | 11/21/2006 | 4 | depression | none | excellent. I could be "happier" but I started on 200 mg/day and went up to 300 mg/day and noticed no difference. Should I go off it and see where I am at? | M | 50 | 5 years | 8/16/2006 |