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 |
| 1 | Quit Smoking / Mood Swings | My hands started to swell so i took Benadril to stop it and it worked. Woke up one night and was not able to breathe. Got hives on my legs and went to the ER and they gave me some meds. Was fine the next day. Woke up and had a seizure and the hives came back all over my body, had to go to the ER again and have an IV in me for 5 hours. | Do not take this. Not worth the side effects, let alone the ER and medicine to fix it expences. It stays in your system for atleast 10 days, im on day 2 right now of not taking it and i have 8 more days to look foward to which 2 docs have told me i could relapse a third time. | F | 23 | 1 weeks | 7/31/2005 | 1 | depression | severe rash, nausea, sudden and severe onset of muscle and joint pain, frequent urination, severe migraine, severely dry mouth, nose, and eyes. | TERRIBLE DRUG! do not take this without being prepared for the possibility of awful things happening. i've reacted harshly to other antidepressants/mood stabilizers but never this severely. also wellbutrin takes a long time to clear your system so if there is a reaction to it, its hell for quite a while. | F | 23 | 6 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | fatigue, depression | high anxiety, heart palpitaions, overly excited behavior, depersonalization | I was really hoping for good things but I did have a fear of wellbutrin before I got on it. Although I was depressed going on it, there were good things happening in my life, I was feeling in touch with my heart, more compassionate and interested in various subjects-still fatigue, anxiety, depresion were enough to get me to try it. Right away my anxiety sky rocketed and my heart palpitations seemed to break my connection to my heart. It has been three weeks since I've been off it and i feel like a different person-more depersonalized then ever, out of touch with emotions that I was in touch with just months ago. I'm not saying this medication is bad for everyone but be careul and take into consideration how feel about medications before you get on them, your attitude makes a difference. | M | 23 | 4 months | 12/14/2005 | 1 | depression | Very anxious... would worry about everything | F | 23 | 4 months | 1/5/2009 | 1 | anxiety | Visual hallucinations, Itchy skin, bad body sensations, speech inhibition and an inhibited feeling. Couldn't stand it. | Didn't work for me. | M | 23 | 1 days | 11/4/2004 | 1 | Depression | Unbearable nausea. The psychiatrists kept insisting that I try it, so I gave Wellbutrin several chances and wound up vomiting endlessly each time. | F | 23 | 14 days | 2/19/2005 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, low libido | I'm no longer taking this medication. I switched to Prozac due to weight loss and unpleasant symptoms on Wellbutrin. I now take Strattera. | F | 23 | 200, 400 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 1 | depression, adhd alternative trtmt. | hallucinations,psychosis,vivid dreams,serious cognitive difficulties, anxiety | Dangerous, ruin or change your life type of crutch. Little known fact chemically it is exactly a "designer drug" circa 2013. Only take it if you really need to quit smoking (fast) and becoming sad during withdrawal or maybe for recurrent, ongoing melancholic major depression (actually quite rare) to getting out of bed, but it sure can bring a basket of disaster if you combine this with anything other than food. | M | 23 | 1 years 150 1X day | 3/3/2023 | 5 | Anxiety, smoking cessation | None at first, but within a week or so after I switched to Wellbutrin from Paxil, I had some major mood swings, crying spells, dysphoria. In about 10 days or so, I noticed a major difference in my desire to smoke. I have absolutely no desire to smoke now, which is incredible, considering I was up to a pack a day at one point. Even when I do smoke, I don't enjoy, which also made it easier to quit. Wellbutrin has helped with depression a bit, but not as much with anxiety. My anxiety seem to be worse, actually, but I'm not sure if this is the Wellbutrin or something else. Other side effects: severe nausea and vomiting, complete loss of appetite, weight loss, racing thoughts. I'm sure these side effects will go away with time. | This medicine is amazing if you want to quit smoking. I'm willing to deal with any and all side effects in order to free myself from nicotine addiction. However, the therapeutic dose to quit smoking is lower than the typical dose for anxiety/depression, which might explain why it hasn't made a difference with those. | F | 24 | 21 days | 9/3/2009 | 5 | Bipolar | 150mg- none 300mg- hallucinations NOTE: The generic sucks. | Yes, I had hallucinations, and I'm still giving this a high rating. I tend to be really sensitive to medication and I'm a small person, and I think I was just taking a little more than I should've been. Other than the hallucinations it made such a great difference that I talked my doctor into letting me try a lower dosage. I've been taking that lower dosage for a year now (in combination with Lamictal) and no problems at all. I feel pretty good! NOTE: I don't know if anyone else had this problem, but I had to specifically request the name-brand version. I'd taken that and it worked fine, and then I got switched to the generic, and something is wrong with that. I know it's SUPPOSED to be the same, but it's not. I felt like it was working it's way out of my system too fast. I'd wake up every morning feeling upset and RAGE. It would last until a couple hours after I took the generic wellbutrin, and then it would disappear again til the next morning. Insisting on the name brand fixed that. | F | 24 | 1 years | 1/21/2010 | 5 | Depression | Started at 150 mg XL and the first 3 days I had a deblititing headache. Then had a bad headache again when I was up to 300mg/day but I could still function. I had some trouble sleeping for the first week or so after when I first went on it and when it was increased. Since the first side effect went away I have had no problem with the drug. | It been great and real has help me out and made dealing with my depression a lot easier. It is not a happy pill just makes it easier for me to deal with it and not to get suck into it. Over all it really has made my life better. | M | 24 | 6 months | 4/17/2007 | 4 | Depression and Anxiety | Tremors, nothing sounds good as far as food, but still hungry. I've noticed headaches lately, which could possibly be the meds. Acts as a stimulant for me. | I was put on it about 1.5 years ago due to physical illness that lead to depression/anxiety. Its helped a great deal for me. Lately it's been a little agrravating as far as the eating issues (nothing sounds good. But I sleep well and it keeps me level, but does seem to increase my anxiety at times. | F | 24 | 1 years | 10/8/2008 | 4 | Depression | Allergic Reaction, short term memory loss | Wellbutrin really helped my depression! I loved it. The only complaint was I had to really put effort into focusing because it caused short term memory loss. I had to quite after three weeks because I developed a horrible severe allergic reaction to it. I broke out in welts all over my stomache, back, arms, knees, and even my scalp. I stopped it immediately and my doctor told me to take benadryl and gave me a steroid shot as well as a 6 day supply of oral steroids. It took about four days for the rash to completly go away. I wish I could have stayed on it. It was the best thing I have ever taken. | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 10/26/2008 | 4 | anxiety | I have had the strangest dreams. wellbutrin is the only new medicine I've started in a few months so it has to be from this, maybe a side effect? anyone else? | F | 24 | 2 months | 9/28/2005 | 4 | depression fatigue | decreased appetite, slight weight loss, vivid dreams, dry mouth, sweating, mild anxiety, decreased desire for smoking, insomnia | This has helped me a great deal with my anger and depression. Some slight appetite decrease and weight loss (but not enough). At first, the intense dreams were freaking me out and I wanted to discontinue but these have quit (after approx 2 months on). Not noticed any libido change. One problem was that if I missed a dose I would immediately experience increased symptoms- rage and a general horrible mood, so I am now careful to never miss doses. Has not been as effective as it was previously and so am going to ask for an increased dose. Am currently on 150 mg Wellbutrin XL | F | 24 | 5 months | 10/22/2005 | 4 | Depression | Loss of appetite, increased anxiety, some restlessness/difficulty sleeping, constipation, but the side effects were well worth getting my life back. Increased to 300mg a few months in; side effects worsened but seemed to work. Took it for the second time last year, only for ~6 months though. I don't think I was feeling that depressed and therefore didn't feel much difference in my mood, but the side effects were still present. And today | I've been on Wellbutrin XR two separate times. The first time, started on 150mg and my depression lifted within weeks (this was after nearly a year of failed SSRI treatment - I wish I'd found Wellbutrin sooner). Increased to 300mg a few months in; side effects worsened, but the antidepressant effect seemed to work. Stayed on for about two years, then weaned off and was okay without it for a year. That was a year ago. The past month my depression came back full force, so I went back on it yesterday. Today I was able to get out of bed early for the first time in weeks, and I am already feeling less hopeless and have more energy. I highly recommend Wellbutrin for anyone whose depression consists of low energy, increased appetite, loss of pleasure, etc. | F | 24 | 2 years 150->300 1X day | 1/6/2015 | 4 | depression | Fast heartrate first couple of weeks, irritable and decrease in appetite | This is my third time trying this drug. I usually end up taking it for about a month or two and get tired of taking a pill everyday and hate being reliant on something. recently thought about actually sticking it out on this stuff and see how it goes. So far just some irritability and decreased appetite. Mood seems to have lifted up a bit and seem to start feeling a bit better and focused. Get distracted easily. Taking the 150mg generic. Wanna see how things go with sticking with this dose. | M | 24 | 14 days | 8/9/2008 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety | loss of appetite at first | I have been on Wellbutrin for about 3 months now and I am taking 350mg. At first it helped me a lot as I have tried many other meds and none of them worked. I feel like it isn't working anymore and I can't get going. My doctor has put me on a 10mg dose of lexapro as well taken in the evenings. That hasn't done anything yet other than make me tired. | F | 24 | 3 months | 8/20/2008 | 4 | depression/ adhd | headache, dry mouth, decreased appetite | I seem to be having a more difficult time concentrating but, I also was just taken off of adderall for my adhd. I definately want to stay on wellbutrin, I'm already noticing a little lift in my mood, should get even better after a few more weeks. More desire to get up and go + decreased appetite= will probably lose some weight = HAPPY! | F | 24 | 8 days | 11/5/2007 | 4 | Depression | mild insomnia (especially if taken too late at night), increased energy, slightly decreased appetite... NO sexual side effects! | Wellbutrin has helped me greatly -- and without(!) the awful side effects I experienced on SSRIs (inability to orgasm). | F | 24 | 3 months | 10/20/2007 |