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 |
| 4 | depression | no side effects | I was feeling depressed and the wellbutrin xl generic made it so I feel good about myself again ,I do not feel ugly anymore and rather love myself now physical and I am not having anymore thoughts of suicide. | M | 44 | 21 days 300mg 1X day | 11/12/2014 | 1 | Depression | Severe nausea, dizziness. Increased severity to vertigo, vomiting, severe migraine, extreme body temps. Unable to move, speak very very well, shaking and twitching. I ended up in the ER. | F | 32 | 7 days 100 | 11/10/2014 | 1 | depression | Shortly after i started welbutrin i became extremely paranoid,extremely moody, and stoped sleeping. When i would sleep id wake up at about 3am and stay up all day. At first i couldnt place why i was so paranoid and the feelings i had were very real to me. Welbutrin almost destroyed my relationship with my boyfriend. I started accusing him of cheating, of not caring and loving me enough. When i play the last six months back in my head i remember my boyfriend telling me that there was something wrong with my thinking and that i had changed. I became very mean to him and wanted to fight day and night sometimes to the point of wanting to b violence, thank god i never did. I was going crazy. I went from being a very happy loving person to a paranoid angry that never slept and im sure not sleeping made things worse. I thank god my man didnt give up on me even though at times i know he wanted to, he just kept saying honey there is something wrong with you and you need to figure it out. Well it took me six months to do so and nearly ruined my life. I sat and began to think when it was that i started to change and what i came up with was it all started about the same time i started the welbutrin, so i got on line and typed in can welbutrin cause paranoia? What i came up with shocked me. All the symptoms i had were right in front of me and as i read othe people's stories i started to cry. I cryed to two reasons one being i was angry that it went on for so long and nobody could tell me | F | 33 | 6 months 300 | 10/23/2014 | 1 | Severe depression | My boyfriend has been taking this drug now for quite some time. At first it seemed to work. He seemed happier, had a better attitude, less anger. His concentration level was much better. Everything was going great. But we are now about five months in and I am scared. He is a mess. Wants to sleep all the time. Has completely disconnected himself from me and our children. His anger is back but it is accompanied by a great sense of "I don't give a f***". He is foggy headed and very dramatic about how it is that he perceives daily encounters with people. The slightest noises send him over the edge. He wakes up at about two in the morning and stays awake for at least an hour because he can't sleep. He has no pleasure in anything but work (and even the I don't think he is very happy with that). Wants to be alone all the time, when he is honestly a great people person. He has an appointment to see his doctor in a week, and because he isn't hurting himself or anyone else (even though I'm scared for him and can't reach him because I am nothing but an annoyance to him at the moment) they won't push the appointment ahead any sooner. Does this sound even remotely close to anything anyone else has experienced on this drug?? I urge STRONG CAUTION in trying any psychiatric medication, this one, or any at all, and proper knowledge of changes to your mental state and how to seek help at the first signs!!! Because as much as the people around you love you, they can't do it for you! | M | 37 | 5 months 300 mg | 10/23/2014 | 4 | anxiety | The only side effects I'm having is a mild head ache and lack of apatite But otherwise it's working to treat my anxiety. | F | 23 | 2 days 150mg | 10/9/2014 | 1 | wanted to stop smoking | The moodiness crying Baywood as described. Not much help with smoking sedation which was much needed after a surgical fusion. I feel as if it counteracted with medications that were meant to provide comfort. | F | 51 | 2 weeks 150 | 10/5/2014 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Nausea, headaches, severe mood swings (super happy to suicidely depressesed), severe sensitivity to sounds- even quiet chatter, couldn't concentrate, apathy, extreme paranoia, constant need to sleep- even when I wasn't tired, severe panic attacks that lasted days instead of an hour or two, constant insomnia, extreme fluctuations in body temperature, my feelings shifted from ravenous hunger to vomiting at the thought of food. | Thank god my family was looking out for me and took me back into the doctor. He stopped the Wellbutrin immediately. I thought my anxiety and depression were just overcoming me, I didn't realize everything I was going through was a severe side effect of the Wellbutrin. I have been off of it for a little over a week and I am finally beginning to feel a bit more normal. I thought I was losing my mind. I have never been so close to checking myself into the hospital for a psychological evaluation before- I was terrified of what was happening to me. I will never take another drug without reading the side effects first. Be careful when taking this medication. Make sure you have someone you trust watching out for any unusual behavioral changes you might experience. For a lot of people this medication works wonders, but make sure you are discussing any changes in your mood with your doctor. | F | 36 | 5 months 50mg 1X day | 10/5/2014 | 1 | anxiety/depression | I was on 20 mg of lexapro for about 2 years. All of a sudden it stopped working, and I gained about 15 lbs in 4 months. My doctor decided to switch me to the generic of wellbutrin. I also take meds for hypothyroidism. I started with 150 mg for the first three days and the first day I didn't feel any different. I could already start to feel the effects by the second day...And they were not good. Once I moved up to 300mg of felt absolutely awful. I was nervous and my whole body felt jittery. I could not sleep for about the first two weeks...And eating? Well forget about it! I was constantly sick to my stomach and would throw up several times a day. With in the first two weeks I lost 10lbs. I had horrible constipation, but I will spare the details! My head felt like it was in a constant fog and I couldn't focus in anything. It also gave me horrible headaches. I know it can take a while for an antidepressant to work so I'm trying to hold out. My doc lowered my dose back to 150 mg a day, but I am still throwing up atleast once a day. My moods are crazy! Sometimes I just want to cry all day, and other days I am just plain mean. I just want to feel normal again!! My doctor said we might have to change my meds again, and that terrifies me because that means hell starts all over again. At this point I feel so bad every day it's like I'm living in a constant hell...so what could it hurt to try another one! Right? I really wanted this one to work because of the low sexual side effec | F | 28 | 1 months 300mg | 9/17/2014 | 4 | Depression | The only side effect I experience was a "wired" feeling for the first couple days, and then again when I increased the dose from 150mg to 300mg. I was very worried about side effects but have only experienced that one. It is also helping my depression. | F | 26 | 1 months 300 MG | 9/1/2014 | 4 | Adhd, depression | I used wellbuturin with 150 mg of effexor xl. The first week on it I felt the honeymoon stage which I had a little euphoria and was able to get up and go in the morning with a lot of motivation. It works good for my adhd but at times I felt moody, paranoid, sensitive to sound and tight muscles. I believe most of those side effects just mentioned had a lot to do with mixing energy drinks and coffee The moodiness is from not getting a good night sleep. Emotionally I feel more "love" for people, organized, and can concentrate. I think this drug helps most with motivation and concentration for me. Side effects dissapear with no caffeine use and a good night sleep. | F | 35 | 1 months 300 mg | 8/30/2014 | 2 | Bipolar depression | Hypomania and the worst side effect was sleep interruption , every night I would wake up around 2am and it would take me an hour to fall back asleep. This recent trial was my second time with wellbutrin and I had prev sleeping problems with it also.. | M | 54 | 3 weeks Not sure | 8/30/2014 | 2 | severe depression | At first it gave me Energy .I take prozac 20mg with it. I did good for a week then started fatigue crying within 10 mins of taking them. My Dr lowered dosage an it worked for a little while. Now I'm back to crying fatigue depression worse. Awful dreams. Crazy thoughts an absolute paranoia.going to Dr tom to talk about it. I really wanted the wellbutron to work as over the years I've had to change my meds quite a few times. | F | 57 | 4 months 150mg1/2 3 | 8/18/2014 | 4 | mood swings unable to focus | Dry mouth.slight constipation.i notice a more rapid heartbeat when i increased the dosage to 300 mg first 3 days was 150 mg | F | 51 | 4 days 300 mg | 8/10/2014 | 3 | depression | none | Helped with mood relatively well, and somewhat with energy and motivation, though not a lot. | M | 28 | 6 months 450mg 1X day | 7/29/2014 | 5 | Depression | When I started bupropion in addition to the fluoxetine I'd been on, within 2 days I had side effects of chattering teeth (no chilled feelings though), general shakiness (handwriting got terrible), pretty significant loss of appetite, and worsened my already present insomnia. Also, my eyes would randomly become dialated as if I was high as a kite. It was a lot of weird side effects, but they did go away after a couple weeks. I find that the medication is worth it, it did a great job of regulating me and I feel like I was let of tiny cage ever since it kicked in, it's awesome to feel human again. | F | 26 | 10 months 150mg 2x d | 6/29/2014 | 5 | depression | Bad tast in mouth | M | 41 | 3 years 300 | 6/18/2014 | 4 | Depression | Oddly enough, I actually gained weight while I took this. The one side effect that is not expected. Good for me though - I lose weight when depressed. It does cause pretty bad sweating in my hands during the day and all over while I sleep. So bad that I have to get up and change clothes so it disrupts my sleep. No other complaints from me. Easy to take as far as antidepressants go and very easy to come off of it if you need to. No head buzzing like Paxil or Cymbalta. | Really helps with depression for me. I have taken it two different times in my life and both treatments started to help significantly within two weeks although I felt a bit better before that. Helps with overall anxiety, helped my appetite, no sexual side effects and no nausea. Does cause terrible night sweats but most of them do for me. Pretty happy with it. | F | 42 | 2 years 75mg 1X day | 5/6/2014 | 1 | Depression | I took Wellbutrin for about 2 months or so when I suddenly had a Grand Mal Seizure and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. I have never had a seizure before this. I also have a rare spinal cord disorder called Syringomyelia, so I spent 3 days in the hospital because when I had the seizure I fell off the couch while convulsing and with my spinal condition they took it very seriously! The doctors determined that the seizure was caused from the Wellbutrin cause it was the newest medicine I had been taking. | This was the first depression med that I had took that didn't make my head feel weird, so I thought I finally found something that I could take with out all the bad side effects, boy was I wrong. My doctors all decided that I shouldn't take ANY type of anti-depressants cause none of them agree with my body!! Just be careful when taking anything like Wellbutrin. | F | 32 | 150 1X day | 3/17/2014 | 4 | Depression | I am currently taking this medication. I am coming off of Effexor XR 150mg and having a hard time of it. Wellbutrin is helping to lessen the horrible withdrawal and is curbing my appetite and giving me more energy. I am not eating emotionally like I used to. While I am not severely overweight, I have already begun losing weight. It does cause me some dizziness if I don't take it around the same time every day, but so far through the withdrawal I am seeing positive changes. | F | 22 | 2 weeks 150mg | 3/8/2014 | 1 | Depression | Unable to sleep, constant hunger, VERY, VERY, VERY irritable. Couldn't take it a day more! | F | 38 | 7 days | 3/6/2014 |