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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Depression/ Anxiety | The most noticeable side effects early on were inability to sleep (was then prescribed Trazadone, which helped) and irritability, which lasted off and on for the first 2 weeks. Also, while I wasn't taking it for smoking cessation, it naturally made me smoke considerably less because the desire for smoking just didnt enter my mind nearly as often. Having used drugs recreationally in the past, I was really wanting to 'feel' Wellbutrin right away... like popping a percocet, but of course that wasnt the case. You will notice the benefit of this drug in retrospect, i.e. "wow I drove 50 miles in total silence with the radio off (its usually ALWAYS on to keep my mind calm) and didn't get pissed off at a single driver!". This NEVER would have happened without Wellbutrin. Its just a small example... Ive also noticed much calmer demeanor in general, increased energy, more of a desire to do stuff (randomly clean the house, pick up after myself, and "care" about how my house looks--being so depressed I never have anyone over so its nice to see that I care more about improving my surroundings for my own benefit). | M | 32 | 3 weeks 150x2/day | 8/18/2012 | 3 | depression | really bad headaches for the first week, not like regular tension headaches or migraines -- but then they went away | I think it probably stopped me from getting worse (which was the trend before I started taking it) but didn't make me any better, plus I was always nervous about the potential for seizures. Took Serzone with no effect for several months, and Zoloft made me super agitated, violent, and scared (I actually considered getting under the bed). Still looking for the right medication for me. | F | 32 | 3 months | 5/22/2006 | 3 | anxiety/depression | severe nausea, metallic taste in mouth, mood swings | I wish I didn't have to take any of these drugs! | F | 32 | 2 months | 4/9/2006 | 3 | Quit Smoking | Anger. Anxiety. | I have been feeling angry and hostile for weeks. The anger has been completely irrational and I've felt as though I can't control it and I have to lash out and throw something or rip something in order to release the rage. This is a very, very frightening feeling. I have never been like this before. I thought it was because I quit smoking and my blood sugar was out of wack but I changed my diet. Now I know it's the Wellbutrin. I am going off of this drug tomorrow. I'll have to research whether I can just quit altogether or if I need to wean off. I would recommend this drug to quit smoking because it really did help with that. But if you start to feel irrationally angry, irritable, moody, or anxious I would immediately take a look at Wellbutrin as being a possible cause. | F | 32 | 4 months | 11/14/2006 | 3 | depression | i was on wellbutrin for 3 weeks. the first couple days i had moments of feeling a little dizzy and caffeinated, but that went away. I was feeling better. lost a few pounds, felt more hopeful about life. at about 2 1/2 weeks i started developing hives that would come and go throughout my body. my palms itched and large bumps developed, itchy at first, then sore. started taking benadryl. a few days later i woke up at 3:30 a.m. with a swollen lip. went to the ER. they gave me a steroid, benedryl, zantac and an RX for methylprednisolone (steroid) that tapers off over the course of 6 days. I'm currently taking the steroid and off wellbutrin. dr. prescribed zoloft now, but i'm nervous about another allergic reaction, not to mention i feel pretty messed up coming off the wellbutrin after 3 weeks, though the steroid might be a factor as well. i am not sure my depression was bad enough to warrant the stuff that has come with taking medications. i have not yet started the zoloft. i | so my experience wasn't so good, BUT i strongly believe people with severe depression should consider antidepressants. also, clearly looking at this message board, wellbutrin affects people differently. you can not predict its affect on you. give it a try. it has done wonders for some people. unfortunately for me, my body just didn't like it. best of luck everyone. | F | 32 | 3 weeks | 1/31/2007 | 2 | Bipolar | I began taking Wellbrutin because my therapist recommended that I get on medication to help with my bipolar behavior that followed a bad divorce. I also drank alot and smoked. The side effects of this medicine are so extreme that I feel like I am actually insane. At least when I was a little bipolar I didn't wake up at 3am, 5am every morning and cry for hours. Within the first week of taking this drug, I experienced panic attacks and severe high blood pressure. I started to become extremely mellow after another week but that didn't last. I now am obsessed that my boyfriend is cheating on me and that I am old and washed up. I can't seem to get my self confidence back and I cry all the time. If anyone says anything that is at all insensitive, I am like a small child. My doctor (GP) says to wait it out a month and its getting close to that now. | Making me feel insane. Crying all the time, withdrawn. Panic attacks, weight loss, loss of interest in activities that I used to enjoy. | F | 32 | 3 weeks | 5/10/2007 | 2 | Dysthymia/Moderate Depression | Tinitus after 3 days, insomnia and shaking after 5 days. | Did not work for me. I felt like my blood sugar had dropped or I had drunk WAY to much coffee. My hands were shaking and I felt on edge all the time. My ears felt like I had just come from the front row of a Motorhead concert. Stopped taking it after 7 days. | M | 32 | 7 days | 3/7/2006 | 2 | Depression/Anxiety | Dizziness, insomnia, irritability, indifferent/emotionless, decreased sex drive, slight anxiety attacks, extremely withdrawn, just feel “off”, slight ringing in ears, crazy/vivid dreams, pain in knees, decreased appetite, decreased desire for alcohol/cigarettes (good thing!) | Switched from Cymbalta (overnight), I'm not sure if these symptoms are related to getting off that or because of the Wellbutrin (I'm on the generic). I constantly feel dizzy, feels like there’s water in my head or like I’m sea sick. I've become irritable, although the indifference/emotionlesses that I feel is almost scary (including talking to anyone or sex)...don't want to become agoraphobic! Slight anxiety, although I take xanax for that. Most of all, I just feel "off". Spoke to my doc and he told me to stop taking it for 3 days. Not sure if I should stick it out though to see if it gets better? Advice is welcome! | F | 32 | 7 days 150 2X day | 12/6/2011 | 2 | depression/bipolar disorder | shakiness, tremors, spaced out feeling, tingling in extremities, racing heart,dizziness (so much it is hard to walk) headache; like I had way too much caffiene and I am "high" | I haven't noticed if it is helping or not, switched from prozac because of sexual side effects and weight gain. These side effects are driving me crazy, please someone tell me how long this lasts! | F | 32 | 7 days | 8/16/2006 | 2 | anxiety & ADD | dry mouth, jittery, and loss of appitite, but most of all, I just can't breathe right. My chest is so tight, all my chest and back muscles hurt, and I'm dizzy, either from the med or not breathing right. I've never felt more anxious, and very scared. | The first couple of days I felt ok, even surprized at my lightened mood. It was about 4 days into taking it that I started to get shaky, and weird, and on the 6th day I was a total wreck. Last night I couldn't sleep AT ALL, every time I tried to sleep, I would wake up gasping for air. I was taking 150 mg of XL, I stopped taking it after the 6th pill | F | 32 | 7 days | 1/26/2006 | 2 | depression | extremely itchy skin and red welts, chest pains, shortness of breath, increased anxiety | I stopped taking Wellbutrin over two weeks ago and still waiting for the itching to stop. Thankfully it's not as bad. | F | 32 | 14 days 150 1X day | 4/7/2010 | 2 | Anxiety, hostility | I know it's early....but the first few days felt pretty good! I had tried Celexa and it made me tired, plus total lack of sex drive. No bueno. So, after a month of Celexa, my doc switched me right over to Wellbutrin 150mg 2x per day, so 300 mg/day. After about a week, I began to feel sluggish during the day. As I sit here, when I close my eyes, they burn as if I'm exhausted. Slight dizziness when I move around. But, I really dislike this feeling of sluggishness and fatigue. While I'd love to lose 5 lbs, I haven't seen any improvement, possibly gained an lb or 2. My mom is a nurse and suggested I try it with prozac. I will have to ask my doctor. I feel discouraged because I don't want to feel the ups and downs while trying to find what works. I've never taken these type of meds and thought it would help mellow me out and not so wound up over things. I am not depressed, but literally needed a chill pill - but not if it's going to make me feel this tired every day. This tired | I would invite someone to contact me to let me know if these side effects are worth waiting longer or should I try something else? I just want to find what works for me: less anxiety, no weight gain, no lethargy. Does such a thing exist? Should I ask my doc about integrating Prozac to see if that helps? | F | 32 | 2 weeks 150 mg 2X day | 9/11/2011 | 2 | This drug has me f-ed up. I had a positive response the first week and got my pile of dishes cleaned and then I went up to 150 mg and have turned into a bitch from hell, have severe dry mouth, no appetite AT ALL, no libido, feel like driving people off the road, have flat feelings or angry feelings, and have really annoying ear ringing that I'm worried isn't going to go away. All because I thought I'd try a different med than an SSRI which have all crapped out on me. I also have had fits of agitation that have led to beating my legs and throwing weights around the house. I'm a little less suicidal than I was off of it, but not much. My therapist told me about the ear ringing being a side effect, but the psych nurse didn't acknowledge it when I asked her. I'm not sure if I'm going to stay on this shit or not. I might go back to street drugs as they work better and have less side effects. | BE VERY CAREFUL | F | 32 | 14 days | 10/2/2006 | 2 | moderate depression; smok cessation | Here's how it went: first week I felt good, renewed energy. Second week about the same, with a little drop in energy level. By the end of the second week, beginning of the third, I was experiencing chronic, severe headaches, requiring Advil at a minimum of every four hours. Then the joint and muscle pain began - which was like nothing I have ever felt. My Dr. told me to stop taking it immediately, and now three days later I am still feeling major joint and muscle discomfort and am worried it is not going to go away. | This is my first time taking an anti-dep, and I didn't like it. The side effects were much worse than any depression I had exp'd prior. I'm glad it works for some people, but it sure didn't for me. I have never felt so out-of-sorts. Funny thing though: I have a history of insomnia, but the Wellbutrin made me so sore and fatigued that while I was taking it I slept like a baby for 9-10 hours a night! | M | 32 | 3 weeks | 10/1/2004 | 2 | Bipolar | I began taking Wellbrutin because my therapist recommended that I get on medication to help with my bipolar behavior that followed a bad divorce. I also drank alot and smoked. The side effects of this medicine are so extreme that I feel like I am actually insane. At least when I was a little bipolar I didn't wake up at 3am, 5am every morning and cry for hours. Within the first week of taking this drug, I experienced panic attacks and severe high blood pressure. I started to become extremely mellow after another week but that didn't last. I now am obsessed that my boyfriend is cheating on me and that I am old and washed up. I can't seem to get my self confidence back and I cry all the time. If anyone says anything that is at all insensitive, I am like a small child. My doctor (GP) says to wait it out a month and its getting close to that now. I am scared to get off cause if its anything like getting on, I may actually loose my job. It made me dumb and I am in an extremely challenging te | Making me feel insane. Crying all the time, withdrawn. Panic attacks, weight loss, loss of interest in activities that I used to enjoy. | F | 32 | 3 weeks | 5/10/2007 | 2 | depression | muscle pain,swelling,pressure headache,neurological symptoms muscle loss | Wellbutrin was like a wonder drug for my depression until I increased my dose and experienced muscle pain and swelling as well as severe pressure type headache. My reaction seemed to trigger my illness. I had the swelling the pain and the muscle twitching. I was a vibrant young women and am now on disability and have significant muscle loss that Dr.'s can't explain as well as multiple sclerosis symptoms with a normal mri. The Dr.'s are baffled. I can't say for sure if wellbutrin caused this but the reaction seemed to trigger this. Please contact me if you have heard of anything like this or if anyone has sustained long term health effects as a result of wellbutrin use. | F | 32 | 2 years | 9/30/2008 | 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 | 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 | 1 | anxiety/ocd/lack of sex drive | My panic increased ten-fold 45 minutes after swallowing the pill. I had to take 2 mg of clonazepam just to calm down. It made my world a wacky, incoherent, scary place. | I've had friends with anxiety and depression disorders who have found wellbutrin to work wonders. I'm not trying to put others off. I was having an absolute lack of a sex drive and wellbutrin was given to me along with my celexa to increase my "sexability"- there was nothing sexy about it- I panicked. I know how scary these meds can seem, if it's prescribed & you're worried- maybe start with a low, low dose & work your way up. | F | 32 | 1 days | 9/6/2007 | 1 | moderate depression, anxiety | I have had increased anxiety, memory loss and confusion, difficulty speaking, irritability, and a sharp increase in suicidal thoughts. | I've been on this for one week and it's been terrible. I work in public relations, have to do live interviews and think quickly. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my job or humiliate myself because of wellbutrin. I am not used to taking medication and wonder if my dose is too high: 150 mgs, I'm 5'8 and 140 lbs. I've been on the verge of throwing up, laying in bed sweating and shaking, and crying hysterically in a taxi cab for no reason, thinking about killing myself. I feel much worse than I did before. I skipped my pill for one day and felt so much better. My doctor told me to stick it out for 4 weeks. I'm supposed to double my dose today, but I can't even handle the 150 mgs. Advice? | F | 32 | 8 days | 7/29/2007 |