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 |
| 3 | bupropion ER | no side effects that I know of. | I have been taking Bupropion 200 MG once a day. The first week I have noticed an up in my mood, but later on (about 4 days later) I experienced one day when I was at the gym euphoria, I was extremely happy and smiling at everyone, I was making great plans for my business and everything was fine. Later there on, I have been noticing a huge lift in my mood, and also days of severe depression and hopelessness. One day I'm happy, the next no hope at all. This really far from what I was hoping for. I think this drug is making me realize more and more that I have bipolar disorder, I haven't experienced any euphoria before the meds, but now. It's rediculous. | M | 23 | 34 days 200 MG 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 3 | Major Depression | Wellbutrin XL 150 once a day- insomina Generic Bupropion SR 150 mg twice a day (300mg total)-nausea, itchness, constipation, and slight shakiness. | The first week was brand name samples from my Dr. The second week is the 300mgs a day. Due to expense, I filled my prescription with the generic SR version. I liked the brand name better, but maybe things will change. I was on Lexapro (20mg a day) for years and had no libido, but it worked well enough for the depression. I'm recently married and wanted to change that. So far, it seems like it will help. I'm out of Lexapro now and am noticing my anxiety levels rising. I may ask to be put on a lower dose of lexapro in order to help that. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 1/30/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, Seasonal Affect. Disorder | On 150mg: Weight loss (about 10lbs) On 300mg: So many! Jittery, heart palpitations, insomnia, ringing in my ears, memory issues, confusion, possibly MORE anxiety than before. | I am definitely switching back to the 150mg dose. I thought I would experience better anxiety relief on the 300mg dose, but there are so many side effects I just can't continue taking it. I really loved the 150mg dose - no side effects, really! I have tried about every other anti-anxiety/depression pill out there, and Wellbutrin is definitely the best. Just don't go too high on the dosage! | F | 23 | 2 months | 11/5/2006 | 2 | depression, loss of libido(lexapro) | Very vivid dreams, jitterniness, EXTREME increase in sexual feelings | I am currently taking Wellbutrin XL as 300 mg in addition to 200 mg of Lexapro each day. I just switched to the XL from the SR version and am not happy at all. My Dr. recommended I do this because I was taking 2 of the SR pills once a day which isn't really safe (you're supposed to spread them out over the course of the day). I felt fine with the SR and it helped bring back a bit of my libido which had been lagging from being on lexapro. However, in the past few days I have so many sexual feelings and inclinations it is not good. I am putting a previously great relationship in jeprody (1 yr.) and am scared of whats to come because of this. Be CAREFUL if switching from the SR to the XL...i'm not sure what it is about the XL but it increased my libido a million fold and it's not good to be that increased. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and tell her i need to go back on the SR version. I don't feel comfortable or good at all on the XL. Has anybody else had this problem to t | F | 23 | 4 days | 9/10/2006 | 2 | depression, anxiety | at first, dry mouth, blurred vision. headaches persistent throughout time that i was on it. Confusion and short term memory problems. I had to stop becasue i was worried about the heart pain and palpitations | for the time that i was one it, it made feel like couple a couple of days. I didn't notice anything for my depression expect increased energy. the heart palplitations and stupidity, I can't have in my life. | M | 23 | 11 days | 2/13/2006 | 2 | Anxiety/mild depression/mild OCD | all my severe sypmtoms of Aniexty came back, there was the shortness of breath or feeling like an elephant was constantly sitting on my chest, there was panic attacks, racing heartbeat, paranoia, the obessive thinking came back, difficulty swallowing when eating, constant panic and then there were some new ones like clenching my jaw without realizing it, no appetite, feeling of hopelessness and like I would die at any moment, feeling like there was a lump of food in my throat all the time that wouldn't come out, feel like I drank a lot of coffee. BUT...I already felt an increase in libido and wetness down there (which was what I got on this med for) | So, from what I read below, I am going to keep trying this medicine, though I already stopped it per my doctor's orders after just the first 4 days because after just that short period of time I had all those side effects I just mentioned! I freaked out. But then again, my doctor did not warn me about any of these side effect and she did not ween me slowly onto this medicine. I jumped right in at 150mg. Clearly, that was too much too soon. So I am going to try again, only very slowly and with a small dosage, increasing it by 50 weekly and see what happens. Maybe my body just needs to get used to it. I hope that's the case. I really want this drug to work because I see other people are thriving with it. I am also on Zoloft (after being on Paxil for 5+ years) and both those drugs make me have NO sex drive. I got on this to counteract that, but it is worth all these crazy side effect? I'm not sure. Please contact me if you have a similar experience or advice. | F | 23 | 6 days | 12/20/2007 | 2 | depression | mini seizures, muscle flinches | I felt this medication worked helped me start to overcome my depression. Unfortunately after about six months of taking this drug. I felt uneasy all the time. I couldn't keep my head in a comfortable position. I felt like my head was always twitching. I went to the doctor and he told me he had recently seen a patient on the same medication with the same side effects and she was having mini seizures from this medication. If this medication works for you, great, but be careful. | F | 23 | 6 months | 10/11/2006 | 1 | anxiety | Visual hallucinations, Itchy skin, bad body sensations, speech inhibition and an inhibited feeling. Couldn't stand it. | Didn't work for me. | M | 23 | 1 days | 11/4/2004 | 1 | Depression | Unbearable nausea. The psychiatrists kept insisting that I try it, so I gave Wellbutrin several chances and wound up vomiting endlessly each time. | F | 23 | 14 days | 2/19/2005 | 1 | depression | Very anxious... would worry about everything | F | 23 | 4 months | 1/5/2009 | 1 | fatigue, depression | high anxiety, heart palpitaions, overly excited behavior, depersonalization | I was really hoping for good things but I did have a fear of wellbutrin before I got on it. Although I was depressed going on it, there were good things happening in my life, I was feeling in touch with my heart, more compassionate and interested in various subjects-still fatigue, anxiety, depresion were enough to get me to try it. Right away my anxiety sky rocketed and my heart palpitations seemed to break my connection to my heart. It has been three weeks since I've been off it and i feel like a different person-more depersonalized then ever, out of touch with emotions that I was in touch with just months ago. I'm not saying this medication is bad for everyone but be careul and take into consideration how feel about medications before you get on them, your attitude makes a difference. | M | 23 | 4 months | 12/14/2005 | 1 | Quit Smoking / Mood Swings | My hands started to swell so i took Benadril to stop it and it worked. Woke up one night and was not able to breathe. Got hives on my legs and went to the ER and they gave me some meds. Was fine the next day. Woke up and had a seizure and the hives came back all over my body, had to go to the ER again and have an IV in me for 5 hours. | Do not take this. Not worth the side effects, let alone the ER and medicine to fix it expences. It stays in your system for atleast 10 days, im on day 2 right now of not taking it and i have 8 more days to look foward to which 2 docs have told me i could relapse a third time. | F | 23 | 1 weeks | 7/31/2005 | 1 | depression | severe rash, nausea, sudden and severe onset of muscle and joint pain, frequent urination, severe migraine, severely dry mouth, nose, and eyes. | TERRIBLE DRUG! do not take this without being prepared for the possibility of awful things happening. i've reacted harshly to other antidepressants/mood stabilizers but never this severely. also wellbutrin takes a long time to clear your system so if there is a reaction to it, its hell for quite a while. | F | 23 | 6 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, low libido | I'm no longer taking this medication. I switched to Prozac due to weight loss and unpleasant symptoms on Wellbutrin. I now take Strattera. | F | 23 | 200, 400 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 1 | depression, adhd alternative trtmt. | hallucinations,psychosis,vivid dreams,serious cognitive difficulties, anxiety | Dangerous, ruin or change your life type of crutch. Little known fact chemically it is exactly a "designer drug" circa 2013. Only take it if you really need to quit smoking (fast) and becoming sad during withdrawal or maybe for recurrent, ongoing melancholic major depression (actually quite rare) to getting out of bed, but it sure can bring a basket of disaster if you combine this with anything other than food. | M | 23 | 1 years 150 1X day | 3/3/2023 | 5 | Depression | First off I was taking the GENERIC Wellbutrin 300mg XL made by Teva and had to stop it because of the horrible side effects. My moods turned from suicidal to extremely violent like wanting to kill people for them taking too long in line and throwing things at people. It also made me HORRIBLY constipated, and I have never been constipated before in my life. I couldn't sleep well and was foggy. I stopped taking it and everything went back to 'normal'. Then I heard about people taking the brand, and so I ordered the brand name drug instead (cost 40$ instead of 10$ for the co-pay) and I have not been constipated, or violent and can sleep relatively well. It is criminal that the generic is so disgustingly bad. If you have had horrible side effects from Wellbutrin try the brand name. I didn't believe it either but I was desperate since I have tried SSRIs and I felt like I had a dopamine problem and this is the only drug (minus MAOIs and some tricyclics which both have horrible side e | With the BRAND name, I feel a little speedy sometimes and I don't want to eat as much and my mouth gets a little dry. All very tolerable compared with the generic's side effects. | M | 22 | 3 weeks 300 mg 1X day | 4/3/2010 | 5 | Depression, Excessive hunger | Dry mouth-for the first few weeks or so | I truly believe that Wellbutrin has saved my life. | F | 22 | 3.5 years | 8/13/2009 | 5 | Anixety | When I started it I felt abit nausea (no vomiting), I had hot flashes, some weird dreams, didn't sleep too well, but my depression (because of my anxiety) dissapeard after only 1-2 weeks!! I felt better and had so much more energy already. I had side effects in around 4 weeks, after that they all were gone :) | This meds changed my life.. I could finally live again!!! So much energy, I slept well (I slept way too much before I started this med), I felt more awake.. I love it. This saved my life for real. I have adhd aswell, so this also made it easier for me to Focus :) Now after 1 year I quit these meds, not too happy with that, but doc said I had to try, and if I got "sick" again I could start on wellbutrin again if I wanted.. So we will see how this goes. :) | F | 22 | 1 years 300mg | 5/5/2015 | 4 | Depression | I am currently taking this medication. I am coming off of Effexor XR 150mg and having a hard time of it. Wellbutrin is helping to lessen the horrible withdrawal and is curbing my appetite and giving me more energy. I am not eating emotionally like I used to. While I am not severely overweight, I have already begun losing weight. It does cause me some dizziness if I don't take it around the same time every day, but so far through the withdrawal I am seeing positive changes. | F | 22 | 2 weeks 150mg | 3/8/2014 | 4 | ADHD, depression, quit smoking | Gross taste in mouth, the pills smell, and decreased appetite and hard to fall asleep for the first 3 days then it went away and I'm hungrier more often now and can sleep. Crazy, intense, cool dreams. Can have bursts of anger. | This helps me a bit with attention. Although, I blew up at my bf and freaked out once or twice. I also dont like that I can't drink alcohol on it - I miss that. I dont know how long I will stay on this but it has made me more level, more likely to exercise and take care of myself, and less depressed. | F | 22 | 1 months | 12/3/2008 |