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 | Feeling sluggish/lack of motivation | Some insomnia, lack of appetite. | This is my 3rd day taking it, and at 3AM this morning, it hit me. I feel like I have a rocket pack strapped to my back. I lied in bed, trying to fall asleep again but meanwhile, all I could do was think about anything and everything. The good thing was I could direct and focus my mind on anything I wanted. So I tried to think of the most boring thing possible, (creating a new cover letter for the job hunt) and I created it all in my head in a matter of 5 minutes in bed!!! I used to sit in front of my computer for hours trying to design a new one! Anyway Im liking this stuff, and I feel a productive day of work ahead of me....aaahhhhh!!! The only thing that concerns me so far is the inability to sleep for more than 3 hours a night. Otherwise its doing EXACTLY what I want it to do. | M | 30 | 3 days | 6/7/2005 | 4 | stop smoking & depression | felt great on 150mg for two weeks, switched to 300mg for the last week, and tried to quit smoking. Since trying to quit have been increasingly irritable, developed a head cold, may be unrelated but isn't making things any better. Felt better on 150mg but want the cigs even less on 300. | I like it, hope these aches and pains don't have anything to do with it. When that wasn't around I felt great. | M | 30 | 23 days | 7/1/2004 | 3 | depression | 1st few weeks - increased depression, depersonalization, increased desire to smoke. After 3 weeks, all these side efects were gone, I felt great mentally - but started getting huge hives, itchy rash, itchy scalp and red swollen tear ducts. | Looks like I am not alone here...my first few weeks were rough with increased depression, dizziness, fatigue and appetite loss. But I have been on other antidep's before and knew that this can happen & toughed it out. Sure enough, after 3 weeks those side effects subsided and I really enjoyed the drug's effect - one of the mellowest I have been on (I have switched around a lot trying to find one that did not effect libido. I have noticed a sight decrease, but it was nothing compared to Paxil and Lexapro, which killed it entirely). Anyway, I was so disappointed to wake up two days ago itching from head to toe - both my elbows, back of knees, butt and inside of thighs were covered with large hives. I am going to the dr today to make sure it is a wellbutrin side effect but after reading this board I am pretty certain it is. Damn! also have itchy scalp and corners or eyes, which are also red (tear duct inflamation?) | F | 30 | 4 days | 9/16/2004 | 3 | Low energy, minor depression | Brief increase in energy, weird-foggy-detached feeling, dry mouth and throat, anti-social feelings, increased depression | At first, I noticed a slight increase in energy and attention with the 150mg dose. No negative side effects that I noticed other than dry mouth. I needed to drink more water anyway. When I increased to the 300mg dose, the energy level dropped to its usual low. Then I began to feel very strange. Like I am detached from reality. It's difficult to concentrate or switch tasks. I do not wish to kill myself, but I wish to no longer exist. It's very strange. I also get very irritated with people and generally hate all humans. There is a dull pain in the center of my chest that feels like "sorrow" as if someone has just died. I guess this would be considered an increase in depression symptoms. I took the 150mg for 2 weeks, and have taken the 300mg for about 1 week. From reading these posts, it looks like some people who have stuck with the Wellbutrin for over a month have experienced fewer negative side effects, so I will try to give it a little while longer before I try something el | F | 30 | 21 days | 1/23/2009 | 3 | depression | stomach pain for first week, increased sex drive, dizziness, second week started having anxiety attacks, headaches, thoughs of suicide, shaky and panic attacks for no reason. Also broke out in a rash/hives, racing heartbeat, and heavy heartbeat. | I was very happy with the side effects the first week(after the pain in my stomach went away), I felt more optimistic, my moods were stable, and my sex drive went up. Then the second week I started having weird thoughs. Never thought about sucide before but started having random thoughs like maybe I should thke the whole bottle, Crazy....then started feeling anxious and having bad panic attacks for no reason, and really bad hives so I had to stop. | F | 30 | 2 weeks 300 1X day | 5/10/2010 | 3 | Severe depression and ADD | DROWSY | I could sleep all day on this stuff. I've been on Prozac (still am), Lexapro, Zoloft, Prestique, Cymbalta, Paxil, Effexor. I'm sorta running out of options here. I have Major Depressive Disorder, ADD and PMDD. Oh. I forgot PTSD. I've tried Adderall and Vyvanse. Both work great until they wear off and I feel suicidal. I don't know what to do. Psychiatrists are so expensive. The free ones don't care. | F | 30 | 3 days 150 1X day | 4/24/2011 | 3 | anxiety, depression | not sure how this is working since i just started last week...i take effexor 75mg XR and wondering if anyone takes these two drugs together? i have no appetite but feel very sluggish...only been a week though...just wondering....i will stick it out since i know it will be great once it settles in my body...thanks | F | 30 | | 1/11/2006 | 3 | Chew Tobacco Cessation - Minor Depr | Dry mouth - Thirst - Nice little Cat Naps - Minor Lack of focus / Distraction - Minor Grouchyness that comes and goes - Minor hand tremors. | So far after two days of 150mg in the morning the side effects have been minor. I have not had to bad of a ride so far. In two days I go to another 150mg in the afternoon and have set a quite chewing date for next Wednesday. I hope to not get the rash. I learned and read everyting I could about Wellbutrin before I started taking the script that I had filled. I decided that the side effect people are having for the most part is worth the risk but at the same time I aslo decided to only use this drug for no more than 4 weeks no matter what and plan to have another liver function test when I'm done. The one thing that I have noticed that I would like to mention to anyone thinkging about taking this drug is to be careful while driving. I almost ran off of the road twice since I started them. It sort of wierd that when you get distracted you don't realize how much time is actaully giong by. Good luck to all! | M | 30 | 2 days | 1/12/2006 | 3 | depression, anxiety | I've pretty much just started taking the wellbutrin about two weeks now, 150mg to start and today I started 300mg a day... but initially I've noticed a general "stupid" feeling? feeling un coordinated, walking into things, doing or saying things I don't normally do, or almost some-what forgeting how to speak on occasion and now noticing that typing has become more difficult. Also feeling easilly irritated, and very short temper. haven't noticed increase in sex drive or decreased appetite, but looking forward to it if possible. | I was about to talk with my doctor about possibly trying another med, but upon reading the other comments it seems as though some of my side effects may subside after a few weeks, so I will continue for a month or two to see.... | F | 30 | 13 days | 2/12/2006 | 3 | Depression | irritability, easily startled, difficulty falling asleep, anxiety, decreased appetite. | I was on Wellbutrin for about a year and when I tried to go off it I had a quick return of depressive symptoms so I started it again after a few months. This is when I have had the side effects I described. I have been on it again now for almost two months and the side effects havn't gone away. | F | 30 | | 12/31/2005 | 2 | Depression/ADD/Substance abuse | It gives me a really bad burn in my stomach when I take it. That is the worst part. | I'm 30, Male. I was on Prozac for 4 years, which did nothing but make me sleep, then Paxil for 3 years, which made me want to go out an party all the time, and do uppers. I started wellbutrtin to get help with quitting amphetamines. I think it did help to some degree. Although I agree with another writer on here it made me mad, and angry, and a jerk to people I lvoe sometimes. I stopped taking it 3 weeks ago and I want to see what it's like not to be on anything since I have been on something for years. So far I really don't notice much of a difference except I sleep longer. But for the first time it seems like ever I can put my thoughts to words easier, and explain things clearer to others. I also really enjoy music now. So I'm going to try taking nothing, eating healthy, vitamins, and exercise two days on, one day off. I'll report back in 3 months. | M | 30 | 1 years | 11/19/2005 | 2 | depression/anxiety | MAJOR INSOMNIA!! constant anger towards my family and anyone in my path! crying all the time, restless legs, and feeling just plain NUTS! | took zoloft 4 years...loved it, except the weight gain and teeth grinding. tried lexapro for 2 months, bad, bad stuff....this isn't helping either. it's been almost a week, still feeling lousy. how long do these side effects last?? very scary right now, but trying to stick it out... | F | 30 | 7 days | 8/28/2006 | 2 | depression | sore stomach, bloating, sweating, tiredness | I have heard great things about Wellbutrin but it did not have a positive effect on me. I experience a sore stomach, loose bowels and extreme sweating pretty much from the start. I kept taking it it hopes of things improving but they did not. | F | 30 | 6 months | 12/11/2007 | 2 | depression, OCD, anxiety/social | Aggression,rage, extreme fatigue, apathetic, withdrew from social situations, crying all the time, inability to concentrate, migraines with nausea,anxiety,restlessness, autopilot and boredom. No problem sleeping, it gave me no energy | I have tried just about every med for depression. The only one that did any good was Paxil and it wasn't enough. I would come home from work and scream at everybody.i didn't realize, my husband pointed it out to me, as well as other family members. I just want to feel some sense of normal. It did however, make me a lil more assertive | F | 30 | 4 months 200 mg | 1/19/2015 | 1 | depression | Horrible brain fog which eventually made me have to stop (only after 2 weeks.) I was fine at first but it gradually made me more and more in a zombie-like state. Awful experience. Also highly painful headaches numerous times a day. Had to basically overdose on painkillers to make them go away. Been constipated, too. GOOD side effects being loss of appetite and I have lost about 10 pounds in two weeks. I almost hesitated to quit because I was enjoying the rapid weight loss. In truth I would rather be depressed than have the brain fog from this terrible drug. I was only taking 100mg to boot! Very low dose. | M | 30 | 14 days | 9/14/2009 | 1 | Depression/anxiety | I started taking wellbutrin 2x a day as prescribed by my Dr. I am gittery, can not remember anything, I cant sleep up all through the night and have a feeling that something is wrong or going to happen, like a paranoia feeling. | I have to stop taking this medicine, Im scared to just stop taking it incase of any sort of with drawl. | F | 30 | 2 days | 1/20/2009 | 1 | smoking cessation | Total loss of appetite and decreased urge to smoke/cigs taste yucky--those are the great effects. Very angry/ irritable with everyone one moment and crying uncontrollably the next are the horrible side effects. | I started taking 150mg a day for 3 days then bumped up to 150mg x2 a day. I didn't notice any side effects good or bad until I increased my dose. The past 3 days I have felt like a crazy woman. I have been a raging bitch to my poor husband and daughter. When I'm not really mad I just cry for no reason at all. Today has been the worst and I cried almost all day and just wished I was dead and felt overwhelming despair. The good side effects make me want to try and stick it out to see if the bad ones go away, but I don't think I can live like this another day. Calling MD in the A.M. | F | 30 | 7 days | 3/26/2007 | 1 | depression | Jitterness, trembling hands,nausea. Appetite loss, headaches, extreme anxiety and sadness, crying | F | 30 | 9 days 300 | 7/26/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Trouble falling asleep. Waking up gasping as I'm just starting to fall asleep is scaring me. I'm not going to take it anymore. | F | 30 | 14 days 70mg 1X day | 8/25/2020 | 5 | severe depression/ADD | none | I have been on zoloft prozac and lexapro over the last few years and all have failed in many aspects. This is the first drug that has helped me ever. I can think clear I can get out of bed and go and I am not crying and wanting to die. Yes an increase in sex drive a major plus also not eating as much but since I had gained 50lbs from prozac over the last year (even exercing 6 days a week and a 1600 cal diet)this so called side effect was a good thing for me. I have not slept in years without taking tylenol ect for pain to go to sleep and I actually am sleeping without taking anything else to aide this problem so that is a plus as well. I am not yelling at my kids I am more calm like the real me.I have been depressed since the birth of my first child 10 years ago and I feel like I am finally starting to be myself again. I just thank God for it!!!I have not been on the drug very long but already have seen a difference and have already dropped 5 lbs. It worked fast for me really, a | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 3/20/2007 |