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 | Depression | Involuntary jerks of hands and legs. Feels like when you're about to fall asleep and suddenly jerk awake, but this is in the daytime. Often feel like adrenaline is flooding my stomach. | Helps with depression. No weight gain like with Zoloft or decreased libido like with Prozac. I do think Prozac worked better and the only reason I went off it was my husband complained about that libido thing. | F | 54 | 1 years | 7/8/2007 | 3 | Depression | Slight fatigue. | I have been depressed for many years and felt I could cope without meds....WRONG. I have had constant fatigue and lack of motivation which has really effected my career. I have found a really good doctor who is walking me through the "antidepressant maze". I have been trying several meds which all gave me really bad side effects. The last one was Prozac, and was that horrible! Doctor took me off it immediately and placed me on Trazodone which has really helped with my chronic sleep problem. I feel much better now that the Prozac is out of my system. The doc has since placed me on Wellbutrin XL and took the first 150mg dose this morning. He is increasing the dosage to 300mg in a week. He told me that WB and Trazodone have worked together very well for a number of patients. We shall see. I am anxious to see if all the reports of insomnia with WB is true and whether the Traz will work to help me sleep. Would be fantastic to have the positive effectiveness of both dru | M | 54 | 1 days | 3/31/2007 | 3 | depression | very few at first, had been through Paxil & Lexapro but both gave me horrid headaches. Am supposed to be taking 150 mg of the SL twice a day but usually only take the morning pill--never remember the second one. | while i was away on vacation i had time to take the correct dosage (150 mg 2x day) and about a week after that i had the most gawd-awful headache and nasea/vomiting. am very prone to migraines anyway so i don't know if this is coincidence or the effect of taking the higher dose, but i am going back to 1 pill a day. as for helping w/depression, i guess it's okay, i am still likely to cry easily but i don't feel as negative/angry/hopeless as i used to | F | 54 | 6 months | 8/16/2005 | 3 | maj dep/anx/add | swimming head,sick feeling upon awakening(goes away) | All right, whats going on here??? Firstly, I never had a rash or itch; Secondly, it HAS NOT raised my libido at all (i havent had an orgasm in 6 weeks--could that be the celexa i am taking w/it?)NOW HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM---I am a human dynamo at work, very sociable any where--as soon as i shut the door behind me__I GO TO BED!!!!on wekends i sleep ALL the TIME!-i will lay in bed for 13 hours if i hav the time--my house is a human bomb explosion--it is so cluttered i am utilizing only 10% of it. but i WILL NOT clean! will not do anything positive for myself...and this is all on 300mg WB and celexa. where is MY insomnia!!!? where is my ENERGY AT HOME!!!? | M | 54 | 6 weeks | 2/19/2006 | 3 | Depression | Later in the day (3pm) I started having chest pains and rapid heart beat. My BP is fine but still rapid heart beat. Sleep interrupted. Anxiety is common 50 % of the time. I have been feeling an increase in tingling in my hands. | Yes it does help my depression and weight control, but i don't like the anxiety feeling and rapid heart beat. I was more active with the meds, but with chest pain it's too much of a distraction. | M | 54 | 4 months 150mg 2X day | 3/4/2010 | 3 | Depression | Started with 150 mg, did fine. Up to 300 mg, sometimes wake up with profound anxiety, almost paralyzing. End of day can often feel the same way. | Having the most bizarre anxiety dreams, very vivid, very lucid dreams, usually upon waking. | F | 54 | 10 days 300 mg 1X day | 8/23/2010 | 2 | depression | panic attack, increased depression | Should I stick it out. This is my 2nd day and I had to leave work because I was freaking out | F | 54 | 2 days | 2/21/2007 | 2 | depression / anxiety | Tennitus in both ears | Stopped after trying 2 times to take the drug. Liked the way I felt - but the ringing in the ears is now a documented side effect but NOT when I started taking it. DRs still don't know tennitus is a side effect! Bummer. Scared now of these drugs and trying to get help to quiet my brain (ears) down! | M | 54 | 12 days | 2/26/2007 | 2 | Depression | Anger rage I seem to be taking my agressive nature out on my wife, friends and co-workers. Back to the drawing board what a roller coaster life. | M | 54 | 8 days | 1/23/2010 | 2 | Bipolar depression | Hypomania and the worst side effect was sleep interruption , every night I would wake up around 2am and it would take me an hour to fall back asleep. This recent trial was my second time with wellbutrin and I had prev sleeping problems with it also.. | M | 54 | 3 weeks Not sure | 8/30/2014 | 2 | For smoking withdrawals | Oh my...this drug has been a roller coaster with my moods...it's scarey...only been on 150mg 14 days but this drug is not worth it...I have stopped smoking for a week...but don't sleep well at all...have been so depressed on it to the point of suicidal thoughts...do not recommend this for anyone... | F | 54 | 14 days | 1/19/2009 | 1 | I became very irritated with everything and got severe migraines. I am now off this junk - it is pure poison. Exercise and eat well don't take SSRIs or SSNIs. | It should be taken off the market - like Serzone was. | M | 54 | 7 days 75 MG 1X day | 6/5/2012 | 5 | smoking cessation | none | After smoking for almost 40 years, I have been smoke free now for almost a year. I have been amazed at how easy quitting has been using this drug. The Wellbutrin seems to have taken away any desire to smoke. I have friends who tried this and they had side effects and had to quit. Another friend experienced nothing at all and coundn't quit smoking. | M | 55 | 10 months | 3/16/2006 | 5 | depression | Vivid dreams, teeth clenching, racing heart beat, mania (every day I came up with 5-10 new inventions - don't laugh) | I have been taking the generic Bupropion (225 mg) along with Prozac (20 mg) with great success over the past 5 years. The side effects subsided within a couple of weeks after the dosage was reduced from 300 mg to 225. | F | 55 | 5 years | 2/15/2009 | 5 | Depression | No side effects. Have been taking this for 8 years | I am drug-sensitive. Wellbutrin HCL is the only antidepressant that has worked well for me! No weight-gain | F | 55 | 150 MG 1X day | 7/24/2015 | 5 | To stop smoking | Bad stomach pain, felt tired, bad headache that advil wouldn't touch, on the fourth day was going to stop taking it, but that day headache started to lift, didn't completely stop, but over the week each day got better until no more headche, lack of appetite | After side effects were gone I felt normal for the first time in my life. I had no craving to smoke, I felt full for the first time in my life no cravings for sugar, carbs, no junk food what so ever. Before I stayed hungry all the time. Would wake up at 5 am feeling rested. Before never felt rested. Started cleaning my house and a junk room little by little. Before had to talk myself into cleaning and would put it off over and over. Went shopping for the first time that I didn't just have to. Just felt normal. It gets better and better each day. Very focused for the first time with a feeling of felling of it's going to be OK. I wish I would of found this med. a long time ago, but I'm grateful that I have found it! It does make me want to live a healthier life. | F | 55 | 1 months 150mg 2X day | 10/24/2021 | 5 | Depression anxiety | Twitching in my thumb muscle aches in my calves | It's been a miracle drug for me I take care of my mom has Alzheimer's and dementia and I just couldn't make it through the day without being very upset now I remain calm and I can deal with anything | F | 55 | 1 years | 2/25/2016 | 4 | depression, lethargy | Causes insomnia if I take it later than mid afternoon. Causes jitters if I take two at a time, 100mg tablets | I think it helps mental clarity and focus. | F | 55 | 4 years | 2/24/2009 | 4 | Depression | I did have a return of my sex drive and ability to climax. On other anti-depressants that loss of sex really bothered me. That by itself is very depressing for a person in their 50's. | I was having crying jags before Christmas so my Doctor increased my dosage from 300mg to 450mg's daily in the morning. Seems I have gained 45 lbs but my general mood is happy. I have not touched alcohol in 3 years. | F | 55 | 3 years | 4/10/2007 | 4 | Depression | I have been taking 200 mg.Wellbutrin daily for 2 weeks and although my depression hasn't lifted, I haven't experienced the unbearable negative side effects of other anti-depressants. In the past I have tried Prozac, Anafranil, Paxil and Zoloft. A very desirable side effect of Wellbutrin is weight loss. I have lost 5 pounds so far without trying. I have experienced dry mouth and sore throat, but these are tolerable side effects. | I am hoping that when I increase the dosage to 300 mg. the depression will start to lift. Losing some of the weight that I put on since menopause is enough reason to continue this drug. | F | 55 | 2 weeks | 4/3/2005 |