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 | anxiety/panic disorder | I expierienced jaw clenching, light headeness, dizziness, day/night sweats, tremors, and jumpiness | I was taking prozac for a year and a half, and it helped me so much. Then when the holiday season came around it just wasn't doing it anymore. They increased my dose to 20 mg, and then to 40mg. I was getting tremors, and I was a having a really bad sexual side-effect. I talked to my dr. about that, and she decided to have me try and add Wellbutrin SR(bupropion) 150mg to the 40 mg of prozac. My tremors increased ALOT, so I dropped down to 20 mg of prozac, and it seemed to be fine. Then for some reason this last week or so I started getting side effects again. I thought I was already done with them but, I started sweating and fealing dizzy again. I've also had a sore throat for almost three weeks. Has anyone expierienced this? How long did side effects usually last for other people? | F | 29 | 5 weeks | 5/2/2009 | 4 | Depression, excessive sleep. | The only negative side effect I have experienced is dry mouth, but it is no big deal. | I love that there is actually an antidepressant that does not cause me to gain weight! I am actually able to stay at 105 pounds. Wellbutrin is fantastic. It has helped my sleep disturbances dramatically. I would definitely recommend any one to try Wellbutrin. | F | 29 | 13 months | 9/18/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | The good side effects are loss of appetite and if you smoke cigarettes it will help you quit, even if you werent planning on it. they just dont taste good anymore. It is easy to stop taking too, no side effects. and it does not effect your sex drive. | I didnt feel that it helped for anxiety. I was on 300mg, then decreased to 150mg. no change in anxiety attacks, maybe felt a little better but wasnt the magic pill for anxiety. | F | 29 | 3 months | 1/21/2005 | 4 | severe depression | none. switched from celexa which caused strong gastro problems. | F | 29 | 1 years | 4/27/2004 | 4 | Depression | Insomnia, VIVID dreams/nightmares, an | I have been virtually unable to sleep for 4 days. I have only been on Wellbutrin 300mg for 2 weeks, so I hope these side effects subside. The odd part is, I do not feel exausted from the lack of sleep. I felt wide awake this morning despite only a few hours sleep and a terrifying hallucination in the middle of the night. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 11/5/2004 | 4 | depression | sleeplessness,stomach pain (briefly) body tremors (slight) | i was taking 150 and it had no effect on me except a little stomach pain which went away after a few days. The MD then gave me 300 xl after 2 weeks and I could really feel side effects. I had a hard time going to sleep and I can feel my body shaking when I sit still. Also a little mild pain in my stomach. It's been 5 days since I have been taking the 300 xl and I feel much better, not the best, but I got up this morning and left the house. It's a great improvement for me. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 12/26/2004 | 4 | Depression | Dry mouth, nausea, headache/eye hurtings, inability to sleep, extreme jitteriness at times, strangely focused other times. Accelerated heart rate. | I started taking Wellbutrin a couple of months ago for depression. The side effects were horrible but I hung in there. I was taking about 150mg a the time. It helped a lot, gave me that extra boost so that I could see tasks that are extremely difficult for me through to the end. Recently, I hadn't been benefiting from it lke before so I went up to 300. Taking this amount has brought back the side effects and given me, so far, a few days of eery focus. I am scatterbrained, never finishing a task that i begin. Well on wellbutrin I have definitely been improving in that regard. I'm just desperately hoping that these new side effects will diminsh as my body adjusts. | F | 29 | 6 months | 5/6/2007 | 4 | no libido | heavily pounding heartbeats | my libido returned, but i feel like my heart is pounding so strong i can almost hear it. | F | 29 | 30 days | 5/25/2005 | 4 | depression & increased sex drive | tinnitus!!! little desire to eat/metallic taste in mouth, vivid dreams, insomnia (went away, but now I wake up easily and have trouble falling back asleep). Weight loss | I have taken Wellbutrin in the past and my sex drive went through the roof. I was able to easily have an insane amount of orgasms. The side effects are noticable. All I hear is ringing in my ears and I am hoping that it goes away. I have little desire to eat, and I think that is tied into this metallic taste that I have in my mouth. Certain foods taste funny. I am down to my lowest weight in five years! Vivid dreams, dry mouth after waking up. I had trouble sleeping at first, but now I have trouble falling back asleep if woken up in the middle of the night. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 6/25/2006 | 4 | Mild Depression | Extreme Insomnia,Strange Body Odor, No appetite/Weight Loss, Clenched Jaw/Jaw Pain, Strange taste in mouth, Hand tremors, Paranoia, Memory loss, Constant Itchiness, Acne, Irritability, No motivation/depressed, Dry mouth/thirsty, Lethargic/foggy mind | I got just about every side effect out there! I went through hell the first 2 weeks on Wellbutrin SR 150mg twice a day. I wanted to stop taking it, but I wanted it to work so bad that I perservered through my hell. I started reading up on the medication and found out that the INITIAL dose should be 100mg to 150mg ONCE a day, not TWICE a day. So I think I had a lot of those side effects because my doctor overdosed me!! Terrible. After 2 weeks, my doctor dropped me down to 100 mgs twice a day. My side effects pretty much disappeared after 2 weeks. I now feel really good and think this is working. I am glad I perservered! Make sure your doctor doesn't overdose you on this medicine when you start it. I believe it does work, you just have to get the right prescription and then work through the side effects. The side effects do go away, just have strength. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 9/5/2006 | 4 | depression | - dry mouth - shakey and anxious - fast heartrate - feeling really stoned and wired, but also really spaced out - staying up late - really crazy dreams | I started on 150mg. I noticed that I no longer have cravings for cigarettes or alcohol. I've cut down on both immensely. I'm a bit more alert and I've noticed that I'm happier, but not abnormally happy. Just peacefully happy. I no longer feel really down and sad day to day. When I am sad, it feels normal. Overall, I feel like a normal person instead of a sad emotional wreck. I started taking 300mg daily (my doctor told me that is the average) so I'm curious as to what the next phase will be. | F | 29 | 4 weeks | 8/8/2006 | 4 | Depression | In beginning, a bit more sad, some fast heartbeats, nothing major, the pill I guess had to catch up to my symptoms for a while, don't remember any bad headaches, sex sounded real good, hope that don't ever go away, did not lose weight, its been almost 2 months, have had 1 cig. in the last month, can tolerate a bit of alcohol, it's only a 4% alcoholic drink... | Well I got a major family situation and all the bad junk just fell on me at the same time. It just came to a huge head and I didn't even realize I was depressed,always wanted to go to bed when I got up, didn't give a crap about anything. I was thinking maybe but I never wanted to beleive it. The pill makes concentrate more, I can wake up without draggin A**. More energy during late mornings,being overweight, somedays I wonder where I got the energy, and if I am real busy I can keep up awhile. Sex sounds great, that's always good. I don't get as angry, it can stay in the angry box alot longer, but every once in a while it needs to break out. Does anyone know if this stuff makes you break out in the beginning? God, it was aweful about a week ago, but as time goes by it goes away, the breakouts were just so bad so I thought it was the pill is all. I catch myself starin' a bit too much, thinking about something a bit too much, even on the phone it happens. My brain doesn't shut off very we | F | 29 | 50 days | 9/21/2006 | 4 | Depression | Weird dreams, weight gain, blurred vision | Took 150mg for a year and a half. Weird dreams, trouble sleeping, and blurred vision slowly went away after six months. Now upped to 300mg, depression getting better, but gaining weight and extra hungry all the time. Blurred vision still and weird dreams increased again slightly but not as bad as they were when I first started taking it. | F | 29 | 2 months 300mg xl | 8/10/2019 | 3 | with effexor for depression | teeth grinding | I was taking this with effexor to help with the sexual side effects of the effexor. I ground my teeth so bad I had to be fitted with a $400 night guard. When I ran out of wellbutrin, the grinding stopped and I realized that the med was causing it. My doc had never heard of this before. It didn't really help witht he sex drive, either. | M | 29 | 6 months | 8/15/2006 | 3 | bi-polar | increased libido big time, odd dreams, insomnia, zombie like at first, the withdrawl is not okay either if you try and stop cold turkey lesson learned | the increased libido is insane and the withdrawl from the medication itself is worse than painkiller withdrawl so i dont recommend abruptly stopping the medicine.. suicidal thoughts will take over you and its not pretty. | F | 29 | 2 years 300 mg 1X day | 5/5/2012 | 3 | To come off of cymbalta | Dr put me on Wellbutrin to get me off of Cymalta, which I was on as a pain med, but it changed the chemicals in you brain. Cymalta caused me to gain 30lbs in 1.5 years, so Wellbutrin is to help me lose that as well. I am going about 2 weeks now, today it just started bloating me, I look 9 months pregnant and I am a little gal. I am hoping this will pass. I can say that it has completely taken away my appetite and I have already stopped smoking. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 300 | 3/3/2013 | 3 | Depression | Dizziness, increased energy, decreased appetite, itchy skin, sleeplessness, strange dreams, nausea | Day one it made me nauseous and dizzy, and I couldn't eat anything. Day 2 I felt good, and it made me really speedy, then that night I couldn't get to sleep easily or stay asleep, and when I did sleep it was crazy dreams. Day 3 I was speedy, night 3 was restless and my skin started itching. The itching continued through day 4 and hasn't gotten better, and the lack of sleep is killing me, so I quit taking it. | F | 29 | 5 days 100 MG 1X day | 10/13/2010 | 3 | Depression | Emotionless/distant, it was like nothing mattered. somewhat of a decreased appetite. Decreased panic attacks. Other than that no other side effects. | F | 29 | 1 months SR 150 MG | 1/21/2012 | 3 | depression | I had been on wellburtin, provigil, and various SSRI's for more than 2 years. My doc and I decided to wean me off my meds so I could try a MAOI. I got down to 150 mg wellbutrin QD and 200mg provigil QD before quiting them both cold turkey. That was almost 1 week ago. Besides extreme exhaustion, the major side effect of suddenly stopping that I have experienced is that I cannot stop eating CANDY.... seriously, anything with sugar. Non-stop. I even went out at 1am last night to buy candy when I had eaten all that I had in the house. I've never had any issues with food and I am in the low/average weight range. It's just a really odd side effect of sudden withdrawal, so I figured I'd share. Hopefully, the candy cravings go away soon, or my dentist is going to be seeing a lot of me. | F | 29 | 2 years 150 1X day | 8/3/2011 | 3 | depression | at 150mg: dizziness, very shakey, feeling incredibly stoned and spaced out, dry mouth, mild nausea, loss of appetite, no more desire for smoking or drinking alcohol. at 300mg: same symptons but also severe insomnia, headaches. | I was quite happy at 150mg until my doctor prescribed 300mg (saying that was the average). Now I'm just feeling depressed again and very emotional, while feeling "medicated". Not good. Just stay on a low dosage if you were fine with that. | F | 29 | 5 weeks | 8/19/2006 |