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 | IBS, anxiety, weight loss | dizziness, ongoing nausea, some actual throwing up, decreased appetite, slight confusion. | I was on Lexapro for my anxiety which in return controlled my IBS. I felt great, however, I gained 20lbs in 7mos!!! Dr. took me off Lexapro and placed me on Wellbutrin XL. 150mg for 2 wks, then 300mg after that. I was told to take it in the morning since it is supposed to energize you. I have a constant feeling of nausea and dizziness. Tried taking with food, still nausea and dizziness. Have actually thrown up twice. I hate throwing up. Thought I was pregnant because I felt so bad. For past 2wks have been taking with supper at night. I am sleeping fine. I have lost 14lbs in 1 month which is a good thing, however, my anxiety is no different. I am still very nervous and unable to settle. Lexapro made me very laid back, Wellbutrin XL has brought back my type A personality. I seem to be very absent minded and kind of confused sometimes. However, there aren't any sexual side effects. I go to the dr. next week, I only want to stay on this until my weight is back to normal. I don't think I will try any other drugs. Just can't chance the side effects. Would rather have IBS than feel nausea all day long or gain weight. | F | 24 | 2 months | 2/2/2005 | 4 | acute depression and anxiety | Possibly from Wellbutrin XL:dull headaches, spiratic agitation, slightly increased bowel movements, slight nausea, sounder sleep. Definitely from | So far, so good. I never used to wake up @ 9am w/out desperately wanting to go back to sleep and I have been pretty consistently. I take .5mg of Xanax in addition for sleeplessness (PROBLEM PREVIOUS TO WELLBUTRIN XL), but I have not experienced the insomnia. Until my sex drive increased so greatly, I didn't fully realize it was such a physical an emotional issue. I have taken several others:Effexor, Lexapro, Zoloft, and Cymbalta. Though I have switched a lot-I remain hopeful. Everyone's chemical makeup is different and only (so) compatible with certain meds...Good luck to everyone...I WOULD NOT MIND ANY EMAILS..VENT..ASK ?'S..ANYTHING> | F | 24 | 11 days | 3/7/2005 | 4 | acute depression and anxiety | Possibly from Wellbutrin XL:dull headaches, spiratic agitation, slightly increased bowel movements, slight nausea, sounder sleep. Definitely from | So far, so good. I never used to wake up @ 9am w/out desperately wanting to go back to sleep and I have been pretty consistently. I take .5mg of Xanax in addition for sleeplessness (PROBLEM PREVIOUS TO WELLBUTRIN XL 300mg), but I have not experienced the insomnia. Until my sex drive increased so greatly, I didn't fully realize it was such a physical and emotional issue. I have taken several others:Effexor, Lexapro, Zoloft, and Cymbalta. Though I have switched a lot-I remain hopeful. Everyone's chemical makeup is different and only (so) compatible with certain meds...Good luck to everyone...I WOULD NOT MIND ANY EMAILS..VENT..ASK ?'S..ANYTHING> | F | 24 | 11 days | 3/7/2005 | 4 | ADHD | None | Has worked very well for my son in treating his ADHD | F | 24 | 6 months | 1/2/2002 | 3 | Depression | Speedy feeling, drowsiness, decreased appitete. | I have been on Paxil and Celexa before for depression and I have switched b/c of weight gain issues on these SSRI's. On the Wellbutrin I feel totally wired but also pretty tired at times. I am still on 20mg of Celexa (this may be why I am drowsy). I am hardly eating at all, where on the Celexa I would always eat. I will give it more time and see. | F | 24 | 3 days | 2/21/2005 | 3 | Depression | Speedy feeling, drowsiness, decreased appitete. | I have been on Paxil and Celexa before for depression and I have switched b/c of weight gain issues on these SSRI's. On the Wellbutrin I feel totally wired but also pretty tired at times. I am still on 20mg of Celexa (this may be why I am drowsy). I am hardly eating at all, where on the Celexa I would always eat. I will give it more time and see. | F | 24 | 3 days | 2/21/2005 | 3 | Depression, Social Anxiety | First couple of days were okay. Mild Headaches and muscle tension since then. Sleeping fine though and no sexual side effects. Have had periods of extreme irritability. | I've been a little less depressed, it sort of cuts out the low end, so where you would have been really depressed, you are just bummed. I had no desire to quit smoking but have cut back considerably as I don't crave cigarettes as much, and they are much less satisfying when I do smoke. I am not overweight at all but have lost about 7 pounds over the last week and a half. I primarily wanted something for social phobia though and it had not helped at all in that regard. | M | 24 | 10 days | 3/5/2007 | 3 | adhd depression | paranoia, slight shakeyness, insomnia, irritability | I started on 150mg went up to 300 after a couple weeks the first couple of days on 300 were not fun i threw up the first day. I initially felt much more motivated to clean and actually kept up with my laundry. but i think the lack of sleep due to insomnia is making me too tired to do much. now my doctor tried me on generic 300mg called budeprion, i was afraid to take it the pills were huge and ive read nothing but negitive things about it. so i asked to have a prescription for wellutrin xl instead not sure if ill go up to 450mg or try some adderall on top of it. but i feel i might need a boost now and then | F | 24 | 1 months | 7/24/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, Moderate Depression | Anorexia and migraines at first, and after about 4 to 5 months it is seeming like the side effects are worse. I have new ones -, nausea, constipation and frequent urination , and insomnia. Usually have to mediate myself to sleep. Sex drive is fantastic. | I am wondering if any one else has experienced long term or side effects that took a couple months to start up like me, such as the nausea and frequent urination. It didn't start with those. It seems to help my anxiety and depression but sometimes I wonder if its helping at all or its all in my head you know? ha ha. Please email if you can help me figure this out. [email protected] | M | 24 | 7 days | 10/17/2007 | 3 | mild depression | little red itchy bumps around feet and legs; slept better last night than I have in a while (didn't wake up) and felt great this morning; right now my heart is racing out of my chest and I feel dizzy; I'm sweating and I never sweat - I am smoking still out of habit - I am anxious for no reason | I take my 150mg pill at 9am - my side effects start at noon or a little after - if you get dizzy with this (like I do), don't ride on a curvy road - I got the worst 'car sick' case that I've had in my lifetime and yakked. Doc says to stick it out for 3 weeks. Looks like this effects everyone a little differently. | F | 24 | 3 days | 7/20/2006 | 3 | Depression | It helped when I needed it. Insomnia, loss of appetite, weight loss(went from 29 to 26 inches around my waist in 5days), dry mouth. Learned to force myself to eat within the first 10 days. My suicidal thoughts were reduced into merely cutting myself 3 times when panicking. Increased panic attacks. I enjoyed being more active and the weight loss from being terribly depressed and trying to end my life. However after a while insomnia kicks in and it's no longer fun, so my doctor and I decided the side effects were outweighing the benefits after 4months. Recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder II. | F | 24 | 4 months 150 MG | 9/5/2013 | 2 | Depression | Increased anxiety, restlessness, periodic insomnia, nausea, decreased concentration, mood swings, bad headaches | It has been ten days since I began on Wellbutrin. At first I saw no effects aside from difficulty sleeping. Now I have begun having terrible headaches, feeling shaky and jittery and almost feeling like I am going crazy. I have been having bad mood swings and am crying more often than usual. At times I do not feel like myself, rather feel as if I am in a daze. Right now I am unable to concentrate on any work and am uncharacteristically nonchalant about it. I advise that you do not drink large amounts of alchohol if you are taking this medication. I had several drinks last night and today after I took the WB I had to vomit, and then began feeling extremely anxious and out of control. Not sure if this medication is going to work out but will stay on it with hopes that these negative side effects will subside. | F | 24 | 10 days | 3/18/2007 | 2 | depression | mania, insomnia | after upping my dosage to 450mg i became extremely manic | F | 24 | 14 days | 4/1/2006 | 2 | depression | high blood pressure, heart racing | not sure if this helped me very much. i took it for about a month, and i had to stop taking it because my blood pressure skyrocketed whereas it had previously been low - i am 24 years old and a vegetarian. it did help me have more energy though, but i had to switch to zoloft due to the side effect of high blood pressure caused by wellbutrin. | F | 24 | 4 weeks | 1/3/2007 | 2 | deperession, lack of energy | horrible ringing in the ears, SEVERE memory loss, loss of appitite | at first, i really liked wellbutrin because I had so much more energy. (i was previously taking lexapro which made me feel really lethargic). after a few days, i had terrible ringing in my ears, which is common, and really bad memory loss. i'm a student and i really need my memory to be intact for exams. i took one exam while taking wellburting and i couldn't remember anything i studied...which is not at all like me (i'm a dean's list student and i've never ever failed a test...which is what happened on wellbutrin). hopefully this med works for you, but it was terrible for me. | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 10/26/2007 | 2 | Anxiety and Depression | Dry Mouth, Hard to sleep, tenseness, Heart Thumping (not due to anxiety, in a different way, even when relaxed and happy my heart was thudding). | I was prescribed wellbutrin overseas. When i got back to australia the doctor here told me it is not used as an anti depressent in australia, only to aid it stopping smoking. I was on 150mg per day. It took quite a while for this drug to kick in and start working for me (over 5 weeks). I dont feel it helped me very much as it seemed to flare up my anxiety. I did lose weight but I dont think that was due to Wellbutrin, more so that I was not eating properly. Overall i cant complain as im feleing much better now, but I have my doubts as to whether or not this is a result of wellbutrin. found it very easy going off wellbutrin and within a couple of days my heart was back to normal! | F | 24 | 3 months | 1/7/2010 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Nausea, insomnia, heart palpatations, mood swings, severe panic attacks. | After six days of insomnia, heart palpatations (especially at night), and panic attacks, i've decided to stop taking the drug. The panic attacks are like nothing i've ever felt; they can last anywhere from a couple of minutes to half an hour, and tend to come in spurts -- for example, i might have several during the morning hours, then none during the afternoon, then several more during the evening. I've been on Wellbutrin before, and it caused all the above side effects, though not nearly as severe as this time around | M | 24 | 6 days | 5/27/2007 | 2 | Major depression and anxiety | At first, I was put on 150 mg. SR/ day and I had no side effects at all. After about 2 weeks, my doctor increased the dosage to 300 mg. and I began having strong and intense ringing in my ears. It was as if I was constantly at a loud concert; the second there was silence, all I could hear was ringing. It was so bad that I had to have the tv on in order to fall asleep. The doctor then lowered the dosage back to 150 mg. a week and a half later. Three days after that I woke up itching all over. Later that day I broke out into hives. I stopped taking the medication two days later and I still have the itching and some hives. Its been two days since I've stopped. The side effects are too strong; its not worth it. | I have been feeling a little better; however, the side effects are worse than just dealing with the depression. I want a medication that will help and not make me feel worse. I couldn't even go to work today! | F | 24 | 6 weeks | 12/10/2004 | 1 | I dont know | Irritability insomnia | M | 24 | 22 days 100 1X day | 4/10/2021 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder | Insomnia, weight loss, decreased appetite, increased libido, rash, nausea | I haven't been taking it long, two days, and I woke up with a rash all over my body, it doesn't itch though. I just have small red spots all over. I have already noticed some weight loss. I feel a lot more emotionally stable, although a little nauseated. Have tried Zoloft and Prozac in the past with no relief, I think this one will do the trick, as long as the rash goes away. Does anyone have any experience with how long it will last? | F | 25 | 2 days | 10/12/2006 |