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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | mild depression/anxiety | Trouble sleeping, ears ringing, vivid dreams, slight irritability, shakiness, loss of appetite, tired but can't sleep, sexual desire increase, emotionless or numb. These side effects are mild and I am hoping they will subside. From what I have read, they should and therefore I will continue to take the medication. | I was on zoloft for 8 months because of situational anxiety. Four kids that is. I hated how I was in one place and always had to think of the next place I had to be. It really helped but then I got fat. I am normally quite thin and I was not pleased. I hope that this will help with the weight issue and still address the others. If I had to pick, I would rather have the weight then be stressed and yelling all the time. I want to be chill so this is a little pick me up until the situation lightens. | F | 37 | 8 days | 8/6/2005 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | I had been on Zoloft 100mg for 1 1/2 years with a weight gain of 14 pounds and was not helping my anxiety any longer. MD switched me to Wellbutrin XR 150 mg to start and took me off Zoloft cold turkey. Am currently having horrible side effects like severe "swimmy headiness" which causes extreme nausea. I have been told that I should have weaned off Zoloft first. When will this end?? I am sooo miserable can hardly function, especially when driving, get extremely nauseous. Am also having headaches, especially in my neck and behind eyes. Am very tired and my eyes feel swollen like I have been crying! Has anyone experienced this before and is this from the Wellbutrin or coming off Zoloft cold turkey?? I really want to stick with the Wellbutrin. I have heard nothing but great things about it. I am thinking maybe I should discontinue Wellbutrin until completley off Zoloft? | F | 37 | 7 days | 1/20/2006 | 4 | depression with a touch of OCD | Constipation, dizziness, inability to speak without fumbleing my words, lightheaded | I have been on Zoloft for about a year. I had lost all sex drive/ability to have orgasm with partner or alone which was my number one complaint. After just a week I already feel labido getting better. | F | 37 | 7 days | 9/17/2008 | 4 | Depression | INSOMNIA!!!!!!! I cannot sleep. Headaches. Wish I had the other side effects like increased libido and loss of appetite | Despite my exhaustion, I feel myself again. the first few days I felt like I was energized but felt like it was too much. On day 9, I have finally settled down. | F | 37 | 9 days | 1/22/2009 | 4 | Weight Loss | Paranoid episode, weight loss, numbness to pain | First of all, let me admit I went to the Doctor for weigh loss, because I want to lose 40lbs. And he asked me if being heavy made me sad: of course. So, I got this anti-depressent. And I loved it. Suddenly I could exercise for a long time and feel no pain. It didn't hurt my memory, in fact, I was sleeping better, and doing better with my memory too. I was losing weight. And I liked it so much, I decided to increase my dosage from 200mg a day to 400mg. After all I read on the internet, that 450mg was the max and that in test groups, those on the max dosage had lost the most weight. This contravened my doctor's advice, and boy, was he right, and I, wrong. On that day, I went into a severe paranoid episode, I thought I was going to die. Now, I'm happy to just take 200mg a day, and it works great. | M | 37 | 120 days | 6/7/2007 | 3 | Bi Polar Smoking | Extreme Virtigo, Does not mix well with Caffine. With caffine push over top like what I imagine crack or speed would be. Body jitters, tingles all over, disorientated, memory loss, cannot drive, virtigo, and blurred vision, extreme highs laughing, floating feeling, almost felt like hallucinations when close eyes. Saw rainbow colors. Realty flickered in and out. Felt like my old college days. | F | 37 | 35 days | 8/13/2007 | 3 | Depression | Jittery for first several weeks but that subsided. Great energy, weight loss, HUGE increase in libido. | Definitely helped depression, but threw me into mania, which of course I loved for a bit, but then it got worse and really messed up my life. Now on Zoloft and Risperdal for Bipolar and I don't like this combination. | F | 37 | 5 months | 5/22/2005 | 3 | depression | weight loss (yeah!), anxiety, insomnia, palpitations, fogginess, lightheadedness | F | 37 | 1 years | 12/31/2004 | 3 | depression | some vertigo the first month or so, after that I sometimes felt a bit itchy all over, especially on the scalp. Weird jaw tension, too. My memory of amphetamines is distant but I remember them being sort of like that. After a year I still get more acne than I used to and am constipated most of the time. | I took Zoloft for 7 years before it stopped working for me. Wellbutrin helped me pull out of a big-time tailspin but I honestly liked Zoloft better. After a six month break from Zoloft I now take 150 mgs of that again, plus 150 mg Wellbutrin which does help counteract that famous sexual numbing from the SSRIs. | F | 37 | 2 years | 3/4/2004 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Night sweats, reason i switched from zoloft. ugh. started 75 mg for two weeks. 3 days only. Little wound up and nervous after first 3 days, lil better. But less burning in chest/constant anxiety, prone to over reacting/dramatic, already decreased. HOPE night and day sweats stop eventually or lessen! | M | 37 | 3 days | 2/19/2009 | 3 | PMS/PMDD..Mild Depression | Not craving food like I used to. (Zoloft made me gain 8 lbs becuz of all the cravings) Dry Mouth. That's it. | I am taking 75Mg Wellbutrin...I heard the generic could have different effects. I've only taken it for 2 days now but I feel absolutely NOTHING! I was expecting to feel all these different things after reading this site obsessively. I am wondering if I even swallowed the thing ;) I used to be on 50 mg of Zoloft and I felt the effects of that on day 1. Is there anyone out there who has had simialar reaction? | M | 37 | 2 days | 12/3/2008 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | Increased irritability and anxiety. Very odd thoughts that I have never had before. For example, worrying about germs, not wanting to touch things that look dirty. Periods of crying for no rational reason. Increased sex drive. | I was on Zoloft which worked well for my overall mood, however I had weight gain and hair loss. I am never hungry on WB, which is good for me. I am hoping side effects subside quickly. | F | 37 | 14 days 300 1X day | 7/9/2010 | 3 | mild depression and anxiety | On 300mg too early I had excessive drymouth, nausea, shakes, insomnia, no appetite, food makes me want to vomit, weird dreams, sweats, agitated, panicky. Slowed back down to 150 and adjusted to normal within a few days. | When I first started taking Wellbutrin Generic Bupoprian my doctor had prescribed 150mg for 3 days and then 300mg after that. The 150 set me off like a rocket the first day. The 300mg I just wanted to curl up in my bed and hide out or just jump out of myself. I also had all the side effects above but they were even worse. So my doctor said I am probably really sensitive to meds and I need to ease into this drug. Once I switched back to 150mg after a few days I was totally fine. I am able to sleep and focus and I'm not feeling so nutty. I think with wellbutrin people are thrown into high dosages way too quickly. I really think it's a drug that you need to gradually build up on. Also sometimes sleeping aids make you moody so I'm not sure if it's the best mix to balance your emotions. My doctor says that Wellbutrin is only for mild depression, not severe depression. Apparently the SSRI's work better for severe depression. | F | 37 | 150 1X day | 11/7/2010 Patient History | 3 | ADHD and Depression | 1. Slight Tremor 2. Palpitation 3. | I was a terrible procrastinator and hated to wake up in the morning. However after a little while my ability to concentrate and focus on the task increased and I started waking up fresher in the morning. | M | 37 | 3 months 75 SR 1X day | 1/22/2012 | 3 | Depression and severe anxiety | I am only on day nine, but I keep having jerky, shocks throughout my body....has anyone else experienced this??? I tried counting them and lost track after 120 in about 30 minutes. Sometimes it is like I am struck by lightning or electric shocks.. I also don't sleep..and tried ambien which I have used on and off since 9-11 (I was a flight attendant...quit after 16 years because I can't handle it...a lot due to being in NY before and after.) | M | 37 | 9 days | 7/2/2006 | 2 | Depression ADD | Wellbutrin XL 150 Heart Palpitations Insomnia Headache Constipation | I really enojoyed the positive benefits of the drug such as improved focus, overall positive attitude about myself and the world around me, extra sensitivity and enhanced sexual pleasure. However the palpitations that occurred on day 4 made me decide to quit. I noticed some uncomfortable palpitations in the morning, I took some deep breaths and they stopped for a while. Then about an hour later, the palpitations started up again. I had some food and the palpitations occurred, I had a drink of water and the palpitations occurred. I took a walk around the building and noticed palpitations. If I saw a sexy woman, the palpitations occurred. I normally drink lots of coffee (7-8 cups a day) and never have palpitations. The last time I felt palpitations like this was after I did a line of a cocaine at a party 5 years ago. This drug produces a high like cocaine or metamphetamine. It might be fun to take if you're at home screwing around or out at a party. It made me feel really sociable, horny, focused, and smart. I had some serious hard ons that lasted for about 20 minutes. But I can't be having palpitations all day at work so I'm stopping tomorrow. I'd rather be depressed and unproductive at work. If they could make Wellbutrin that didn't cause palpitations or insomnia, I'd be all over it. | M | 37 | 4 days 150 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 2 | smoking cessation | Major insomnia and energy during first week with somewhat decreased appetite. Vivid dreams. | Cigarettes started to taste very bad within the first 2 weeks but not enough to make me quit. Even at 300 mg I still have the desire to smoke. Also feel on the verge of passing out/falling asleep a lot and very lightheaded and unable to concentrate. Still have incredibly vivid dreams and sometimes scary. Major libido but in the end I didn't quit smoking (or lose any weight) so I'm going off. | F | 37 | 2 months | 11/6/2005 | 2 | Depression | Day 1: Felt high as a kite. I was very restless & anxious and had difficulty sleeping. Day 2: Still felt high & unable to function. Extreme anxiety. Day 3: Not as high, but more like the feeling of being down from a high, but "under the influence". Extreme anxiety. Day 3-6: Feeling stoned. Brain fog. Unable to carry on a normal conversation. Feel more depressed than before the meds. Feeling of complete deadness inside, severe anhedonia, anxiety not as bad, but isolated panic episodes. (Anxiety was not a problem before wellbutrin) Not feeling "right" or " normal". Crying a lot. Day 7: Cannot continue this medication. A lot of people on forums say it will get better, but I cannot live or function another day feeling like this. My depression doesn't seem so bad now after feeling like I felt after 6 days on Wellbutrin. I do think that my experience is not typical though. | I was taking generic wellbutrin SR 150mg twice daily. | F | 37 | 6 days 300mg | 4/12/2015 | 2 | Anxiety, Panic attack | agitation, increased anxiety, panic attacks, and eventually puffiness under skin similar to a subdermal hematoma...also serious itching started under arms | 3 days at 150mg, then up to 300mg. Had a nice feeling the first few days with the clear thinking. Anxiety gradually increased til I had a huge panic attack like I haven't had in years. The itchiness is about to drive me crazy so I'm going to drugstore if I can deal with the public:) Doctor suggests lowering dose back to 150mg for a few weeks...after what I've read I'm thinking that's not good advice. | M | 37 | 6 days | 2/16/2005 | 2 | Anxiety and depression | Stomach pain, sleepiness, agitation, increased depression, weight loss. | I've been on this medication for 2 months. I was taking Zoloft, which worked great, but I had no libido and gained 25 lbs. I'm currently taking 150 mgs and wondering if I should go up in the dosage? My depression has hit an all time high, I haven't been this depressed since before I took meds. I'm really worried and I just want to feel better. Any advice? Conversely, I have a bit of a libido and I've lost 10 lbs. Catch 22. | F | 37 | 2 months | 8/11/2007 |