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 | Anxiety, depression | Dizziness, dry mouth, insomnia, neck pain or tightness,bad headaches, sick to my stomach, constipated, jittery, agitated, stomach pain, chest pain, rise in blood pressure. Basically miserable 24/7 nearly passed out once. | F | 43 | 2 months 150 | 11/21/2011 | 1 | Anxiety, mood swings | Nausea, anxiety, paranoa, loss of appetit | I have been on this drug for two weeks and I hate it...I am stopping today. I have been an emotional wreck. I cry all the time and it is just about ruining my relationship with my boyfriend. I have not been able to eat for the last 2 weeks and although this may sounds like a blessing to some, the nausea is constant. I have to force myself to eat. The worst part for me is that my emotitions are intensified beyond normal and I am miserable. | F | 43 | 14 days | 6/13/2007 | 1 | Anxiety depression | I had worse anxiety, insomnia. Bad thoughts, nausea,extreme weight loss. Ringing in ears, racing heart, dry mouth ,headache , having to pee constantly, constipation, hand would constantly shake. | I personally will never take this again. And would advise people to be careful with it the side effects are awe full and scary. | F | 43 | 3 weeks 200mg 2X day | 3/15/2021 | 5 | Anxiety, depression | low grade headache (ibuprofen works), dry mouth, shakiness at night, insomnia | give it time! Side effects should go away in a few months. It has taken away my unrealness feelings, anxiety and given me my life back. I take it with Lexapro, and use Ambien to sleep. | F | 44 | 5 months | 5/9/2007 | 5 | ADHD | A BIT MORE IRRITABILITY. BOLDER ( I AM NOW MORE CAPABLE OF EXPRESSING MY OPINION..I WAS SHY BEFORE). | MORE ENERGY; HIGHER SEX DRIVE; SLEEP LESS; CONCENTRATE BETTER... | M | 44 | 6 months | 6/24/2007 | 5 | To quit smoking | When I first tried to quit smoking, i took a friends Wellbutrin out as a trial period, I loved it, I quite smoking right away. I immediately had the most psychic experience I ever had in my life. I think Wellbutrin connects me with the more ethereal aspects of consciousness. I rushed over to my doctor to see if I could have a prescription for it, and I've been extolling it's virtues ever since. It certainly does not solve my mood swings at all. It's not meant to. It's really for depression, but for some reason it also helps me to concentrate,as if I were taking Ritalin. I go into a depression without it. I tell people this and they seriously don't believe me. I have to take other medications for my mental state, but I'm lucky to have a doctor that believes people can get depressed without their Wellbutrin, if that was what is working for them. I can't explain the ethereal state, and expanded thinking.......except I know it has to do with taking the Wellbutrin. If I haven't t | F | 44 | 2 years | 11/19/2007 | 5 | depression | dry mouth, increased urination, a little uncoordination, heart beats faster, mind races more, | This drug has also saved my life. It's pulled me from WAY down to NORMAL. I have lots of energy, can converse; it has been 6 wks and sex drive has recently gone THROUGH THE ROOF! I went through the pain of no orgasm with other antidepressants. It's really liquid energy. Took 150 mg. for months and it helped, but went to 300 and now I can't get to sleep. I can't take a nap either, can't close my eyes, but it's a trade off. The most improvement I've noticed, other than you don't feel dark and hopeless, is now if something does bother me (depression still there sometimes) I can KEEP from crying. It's like a stopgate for the flood. If I do cry, it's just a little and I can control it. Real depression you cry and cry and cry and it gets darker and darker. I have the most problems a week from my period, and I don't know if it has helped that yet, or if it will. Doesn't help with anxiety, it's not supposed to. :-) You are more "on" and so is your irritability....... | F | 44 | 1 years | 7/12/2008 | 5 | Mild depression, ADD | Dry mouth when waking up and vivid dreams for the first couple of weeks | I am taking a generic buproprion and I took 150 mg per day for 4 weeks, and 300 mg the past 2 weeks. For me, this drug has worked beautifully. It lifted me out of depression and I feel like I can concentrate on my work much better than before. The dry mouth is getting better but I still seem to dream a little more than usual ... otherwise I feel totally like myself, unlike on Prozac, which made me feel unreal and took away my sense of conscience and sensitivity. | F | 44 | 6 weeks 300mg 1X day | 1/22/2012 | 5 | Depression, ADD | I have very high hopes for this med, but just started taking it and am really sick. How long does the nausea last? | F | 44 | 2 days 150 | 1/26/2012 | 5 | Stop Smoking | It seemed to take away the edginess of nicotine withdrawal. | I continue to take it even though I have been smoke free for a year now. Highly recommend it for smoking cessation. | F | 44 | 1 years | 1/13/2006 | 5 | Depression, anxiety | None. | M | 44 | 150 days | 9/25/2006 | 5 | depression | Insomnia, some heartburn, sweating, irritability, twitching while falling asleep. For the first few days, I felt like I was on amphetamines, but the feeling went away. | I've been suffering from major depression since early childhood. This stopped the depression and the lethargy and withdrawn feelings that went with it. The few side-effects I experience (insomnia mostly) I can deal with because of the profound effect it has on my mental state. | M | 44 | 13 years | 9/11/2006 | 5 | MAJOR DEPRESSION/BIPOLAR | DOES WONDERS IN COMBATTING DEPRESSION. I CYCLED THROUGH 10 HELLISH YEARS,WHILE MY DOCS TRIED TO FIND THE RIGHT 'COCKTAIL' MY MENTAL ILLNESS.anxiety,mood disorder,OCD,PTSD (aka | I HAVE BEEN IN VARIOUS NORTHERN VIRGINIA MENTAL HEALTH SINCE 1980 (i have been hosbitalized several times) MANY PYSE MEDS DO 'FRY YOUR BRAIN'AND YOU HAVE NO DESIRE OR ABILITY TO FUNCTION.YOUR LIBIDO GOES TO HELL IN A RADIO FLYER RED WAGON AND,GUYS,YOUR DICK WILL SAY 'LEAVE ME ALONE.I HAVE A HEADACHE' MOST OF THE TIME. YOU WANT TO DIE.(MANY DO...AT THEIR OWN HAND)I HAVE NOW BEEN ON WELLBUTRIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,AND THAT COMBINED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE HEALTH CARE TEAM,I HAVE COME A LONG WAY.AND MY CLINICIANS AND DOC ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND CARING AND ENCOURAGE ME A LOT. NOW,AS FOR MALE LIBIDO WITH WELLBUTRIN.WOW!SINCE I'M CURRENTLY 'GETTIN' ANY',IF I WANT TO GET MY DATE DRUNK,I HAVE TO POUR A BEER OVER MY LEFT FIST. WHEN I WAS 17,I FELT LIKE 77,NOW,AFTER MANY YEARS,AND A LOT OF HARD WORK...MOST-HELL..ALL THE TIME I'M AS HORNY AS A HIGH SCHOOL BOY AND CAN'T TAKE MY SLIPPERY PAWS OFF OF 'LITTLE ADAM' (he objects strongly to the use of the word | M | 44 | | 8/4/2005 | 5 | Smoking Cessation | I had no side effect whatsoever. | I would never have believed in a million years that a PILL could help me/make me stop smoking. I started smoking when I was 15 years old, quit during both pregnancies in my late 20's/early 30's and started up again. I was a two to three pack a day smoker and I have stopped and started so many times I don't even want to think about it. This, for me, has been an absolute miracle drug. Within just three or four days of taking it (300mg) I was losing my desire to smoke and cigarettes tasted absolutely horrible. I did not wake up in the morning and want one with my coffee. I did not want one while having a glass of wine or beer. I was smoke free within two weeks. You just don't think about, there are no nicotine cravings, no anxiety or obsession about not being able to smoke. I used to plan my day around when and where I could smoke and feel anxious if I knew I was going somewhere and would not be able to smoke. This is absolutely a Godsend for me. If you truly WANT to quit, this w | F | 44 | 12 months | 6/4/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | appetite diminshed; sleep a lot more so getting to the gym is harder; definitely constipated. The short term memory loss is scaring me...I'm hoping its not from the Wellbrutin; others seem to be having the opposite (improved memory) experience. Tried changing the dose (skipping days) and found that my stomach was terribly upset. Not sure if memory loss is better than anxiety and gloomy feeling. | talking to friends that are taking other meds; this one has the "better" of the side effects (vs. zoloft) | F | 44 | 4 months | 1/20/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | I have started having the most awesome vivid dreams of calm, cool sexual encounters and best of all, even better than the sex...... everything I own is neat, clean, organized and in it's proper place. VERY Fulfilling dreams!! | Have used it a eight years ago to quit smoking. It worked and seems to be helping with the anxiety and it's related problems. | M | 44 | 2 months | 11/7/2007 | 4 | Depression | Slight agitiation at the start, which improved over time | Like another reviewer mentioned, be careful about the dosage you're taking. There's regular Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR (sustained release) and Wellbutrin XL (extended release). Having taken the once-a-day XL in the past, I failed to notice my new prescription was for SR. I was taking 2 pills at once, rather than 1 pill twice a day. No wonder it wasn't working as well as the first time! Good results now that it's all sorted out. | F | 44 | 3 months 150mg 2X day | 11/6/2013 | 4 | depression | initially, anger, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, headache, weight loss. | I started taking 150 mg of Bupropion (generic WB) in the mornings on the same day I started tapering off of Effexor. I noticed feelings of anger and increased energy, but I wasn't sure if that could be attributed to the Effexor abating or to the WB. Now I think it was the WB. At any rate, it wasn't that bad and it went away after a couple of weeks. I lost my pill bottle for a few days and then found it. When I started up on the WB again, I experienced a few days of headaches, dizziness and insomnia. That has gone away now. The only problem I notice is that I feel weepy/panicky in the morning. I think that is because the medicine has worn off and hasn't kicked in yet. Today, I have to say I feel really good...positive and energetic. My sex drive is up somewhat as well and I have lost almost a full size (although I think that might be because of going off of that weight-gain-inducing monster, Effexor). | F | 44 | 30 days | 1/12/2010 | 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 | 4 | Depression, anxieties, PTSD | At first I had the sweats really bad, lack of appetite, loss weight,nausea, insomnia, and just felt that it wasn't working for me. | I came to realize that Wellbutrin is a very good medication, except it took a long time to take effect. More than 4 mths before I really started seeing a change. | F | 44 | 2 years | 4/21/2009 |