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 | Depression | Deep depressive episodes; severe premature ejaculation | The occasional "dark" feelings were more severe than with Paxil or Effexor--felt utterly hopeless, but would pass within a few hours. This was almost offset by fine periods of contentment and optimism. Hair-trigger sensitivity/ejaculation. Libidinous thoughts, however, increased. A curious situation: My interest in my wife's body rose above its usual high pitch, but since my "reaction time" was so fast, I wouldn't even bother with my needs, just focused exclusively on hers. She didn't mind at all, though it was still the usual scenario of man pestering woman for sex.... | M | 49 | 7 months | 11/29/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, Moderate Depression | Anorexia and migraines at first, and after about 4 to 5 months it is seeming like the side effects are worse. I have new ones -, nausea, constipation and frequent urination , and insomnia. Usually have to mediate myself to sleep. Sex drive is fantastic. | I am wondering if any one else has experienced long term or side effects that took a couple months to start up like me, such as the nausea and frequent urination. It didn't start with those. It seems to help my anxiety and depression but sometimes I wonder if its helping at all or its all in my head you know? ha ha. Please email if you can help me figure this out. [email protected] | M | 24 | 7 days | 10/17/2007 | 3 | depression | anxiety, dry mouth and a sinking feeling from my chest down to my stomach has anyone else had this happen? it like the feeling you get when you forgot something at home you needed or when you lean back on a chair and almost fall... | please help i need to know how long this sinking feeling from chest to stomach will last, if it keeps up i will have to stop taking this medication | M | 31 | 5 weeks | 1/3/2008 | 3 | Depression | Increased agitation. I have to take Valium (5-10 mg/day) to calm me down. Increased sweating indoors which causes me to be very cold when I go outside (I live in the NE). I have to wear summer clothes if I'm going to be indoors. And although I'm normally sensitive to fabrics, many of those fabrics I used to be able to wear are now uncomfortable. | I used to take Prozac (for 15 years) and increased to the maximum dose in the last few months I was taking it, but it wasn't having any good effect (lots of the side effects). Since I've started taking Wellbutrin, I've been a lot less depressed, I've been a lot more energetic, and my libido has significantly increased. Aside from having to pop Valium 2x per day and being uncomfortable in my clothes, the Wellbutrin has been a big help. I'm taking 150mg XL. | M | 48 | 6 months | 2/19/2008 | 3 | Quit Smoking/anxiety | Nausea, sweating, I go back and forth between feeling relaxed/normal and feeling jittery and anxious. | I have notice that the drug has significantly reduced my cravings for cigarettes, and when i do have them, i don't finish them. It has also reduced how often I think about the ridiculous things that worry me. Caffeine makes me jittery/anxious - I will phase it out of my life. Started with a week on 150mg XL and am now on my 6th day at 300mg XL. Am feeling it begin to work, hope side effects go away soon. | M | 22 | 13 days | 4/3/2008 | 3 | depression | headaches, increased suicidal thoughts, memory loss, cant sit still, takes 45 minutes and i feel out of control | Im gonna stick it out but its VERY tough. Any help from anyone is greatly appreciated | M | 21 | 3 days | 3/11/2008 | 3 | Dysthymia | Occasional bad headaches. Some dryness in mouth but not too serious. Some inattentiveness. Muscle stiffness. Causing big problems with visual acuity. | It has helped slightly with mood. The biggest benefit, and the reason why I have stayed on it for a year, is that I have no interest in alcohol which was my way of self-medicating depression. | M | 48 | 1 years | 8/18/2008 | 3 | depression, anxiety | nausea, light-headedness, insomnia | All of the side effects went away after a few days. Kinda of scary at first but it gets much better, unlike the SSRI's which just continue to suck (for me at least). I've been taking 200 mg for a couple of weeks and I have more energy and slightly better mood. I'm still depressed but I'm encouraged by the results so far. | M | 36 | 14 days | 7/29/2008 | 3 | Depression, to concentrate better, | bad teeth grinding at night, combined with alcohol or ritalin was not good. Combining alcohol would create a sever bout of depression in the morning. More pleasurable sex drive. You lose weight which is great. You also feel tired in the evenings. Insomnia is pretty common. | My girl-friend could not keep up with my sex-drive and it contributed to a break-up in the relationship. I have joint, muscle pains, and fatigue now and they may be psychosomatically related to getting off of wellbutrin. Strangely as it sounds, joint pains are a common side of anti-depressants. Because the pain is actually over-active circuits in the brain. Is this something I would always have to be on to avoid joint pain or is it a coincidence? Of all the anti-depressants this gets good marks, but I wish I never took these. I think my mind has never gotten used to not having them. | M | 34 | 10 months | 7/31/2008 | 3 | smoking cessation | worked well for smoking cessation; also caused depression, irritability | Any time I have tried to quit smoking I have had extreme mood swings, from teary sadness to lashing out in anger. When I use wellbutrin, these moods swings do not happen, which is great. I would consider it a huge success when it comes to helping me to stop smoking (haven't smoked in 3 months and counting!). However, now at the end of 3 months, I am feeling extremely depressed, to the point even of contemplating suicide--very unlike me. I also have bouts of extreme almost uncontrollable anger. I have read others here on this site who tell of how they have broken out in rashes--this too is happening to me, and it has never happened before. Are the depression ,anger, and rashes due to the wellbutrin? Who knows? Bt I'm going to stop taking it anyway. I think it has done what it can to help me quit smoking. | M | 44 | 3 months | 9/9/2008 | 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 | Depression | agitated; manic; wide awake.. wanted to stay up. could not sleep without ambien or trazadone. I was really wired. I felt like I was going 200 miles an hour. ( I actually would not call these side affects.... I felt alive!!) | My belief is that I am the only person who could ultimately help myself, no matter what may have happened to me over the course of my life. I had a very happy childhood. I would like to tell you my story. I started 300 mg, Welbutrin 14 days ago. It worked the first few days like magic! My life was like it once was! Excited, motivated, focused. Welbutrin brought my libido back. Welbutrin was a miracle! It lasted one week. I suffer with OCD ADHD,PTSD and depression. I receive disability from my service during Viet Nam. I have long ago adjusted..thats that! Fast forward to 7 years ago..... I was falsely accused and arrested for a serious felony, although I maintained my innocence. I recently settled a Civil Suit and received an appology from the arresting authority who damaged my life. This story was actually picked up by many newspapers!! I am back to not wanting to live any longer. I feel VERY GUILTY that I complain about anything. I just have a broken mind. I sh | M | 56 | 14 days | 11/8/2008 | 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 | Sore joints, Muscle aches and spasms. Continued to get worse over time. Could barely bend my left arm anymore without serious pain. | I was placed on Wellbutrin to help with the side effects of Lexapro. It did help a lot, increased sex drive, and stopped the weight gain. But it was not to last, after the 7-8 week I was not right. I had a feeling it was not the Lexapro causing this muscle problems. Since I have now been off the Wellbutrin for about 6 weeks, my arm is almost normal. No more muscle aches. I guess I was right. | M | 57 | 10 weeks | 5/30/2009 | 3 | depression | none | Helped with mood relatively well, and somewhat with energy and motivation, though not a lot. | M | 28 | 6 months 450mg 1X day | 7/29/2014 | 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 | Depression | SEIZURE! | I took Wellbutrin for about 2 months. This past friday I had a grand mal seizure that lasted 5 minutes. I had never had a seizure in my life. The ER doctor told me to discontinue to the Welbutrin. This is a real side effect of this drug. I never would have guessed it would happen to me. | M | 34 | 2 months | 6/2/2008 | 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 | Depression and Anxiety | Anxiety, Restlessness, Jittery Feeling, Racing Thoughts, Weight Loss, Stomach Pains, Abdominal Pain, Significantly decreased libido, impaired sexual functioning | Was taking zoloft (75mg - 200mg) dosage dependent on stress or , for 5 yrs. Switched to Cymbalta this yr. Gained ~ 15 lbs on SSRIs. 7/08, I started Welbutrin---150mg SR, down to 100mg, now 75 mg (all doses 1x/day).Been on Klonopin for sleep .5 - 1mg pm. Sober from alcohol-20 years. Wanted to end the Klonopin - feel dependent for sleep. I feel SSRI's work great for Depression, OCD & anxiety, esp. if spinning thoughts cause anxiety but you may find fatigue, lethargy & decreased libido & decreased sex response. The discont. of Cymbalta was among the worst discontinuation I've ever had. Zoloft also has discontinuation syndrome. Now Wellbutrin is 75 mg 1x/day.I'm very anxious, restless due to the med- the jittery feeling & lack of any direct stimulus to produce anxiety. I'm going to go off the Wellbutrin & Klonopin. I lost 20 lbs (while going to gym, changing diet, reducing coffee to 2 cups before 10am) I hope w/ focused relaxation, exercise, journal, therapy, environme | M | 44 | 5 months | 12/16/2008 | 2 | no motivation, no real happiness | The first few days I felt a little more awake, I'm also on Klonopin for sleep anxiety. I got bumped up to 300mg and I accidently took a second a few hours later thinking it was a vitamin. Right now my head feels half numb and there is no emotion in my body that I can detect whatsoever. I'm pretty sure anti depressents aren't supposed to do that during the first week of usage. | there was ONE day where I felt it working and it was like a euphoric rush of energy and the desire to converse. so it's worked once in i think it's been two weeks? | M | 25 | 2 weeks | 4/17/2008 |