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 |
| 2 | Depression | Major Headache, diziness | I am taking the 100mg tab, and I know not long enough to see real results. | M | 50 | 2 days | 1/27/2007 | 2 | dysautonomia, difficulty focusing | Don't fall asleep until later than usual, but then sleep ok. First few days were fine, but then have had one bout of anxiety and 2 of dizziness in the last couple days. The weird thing is that I also feel like I'm sick when I take it: feverish, with hot/cold flashes, nauseaus, muscle pain, and even have a weird taste in my mouth that is just like when I'm sick. The one day I didn't take the drug, these didn't happen. | I don't think it's been long enough for the benefits to kick in. I'm just wondering if these side effects are at all normal or whether they're a sign that this isn't for me. | M | 27 | 6 days | 1/27/2007 | 2 | Dysthymia/Moderate Depression | Tinitus after 3 days, insomnia and shaking after 5 days. | Did not work for me. I felt like my blood sugar had dropped or I had drunk WAY to much coffee. My hands were shaking and I felt on edge all the time. My ears felt like I had just come from the front row of a Motorhead concert. Stopped taking it after 7 days. | M | 32 | 7 days | 3/7/2006 | 2 | penile problems, smoking | pooping ALOT, peeing CONSTANTLY, gave me dry mouth, i kept feeling like i was getting tickled but nobody was there, my amount of erections INCREASED TOTALLY, made me want to smoke so bad that i would actually light another cigarette before i was was done with one, i had a strange habit of scratching my genitals, and VERY BAD ANGER PROBLEMS | Well, first i must tell you mwhat happened to me after taking wellbutrin for about 3 1/2 weeks. I was in the conference room where i worked(as in past tense) and i was giving a presentation. but everyone was acting very wierd and looking at me. well, i slightly noticed where they were looking and then i looked down. i had an erection. when everyone knew that i noticed my problem, they started to laugh(even my boss!!!)so i covered it up with my presentation papers, yelled at everybody(i was just screaming and yelling!)so 2 minutes later my boss told me to leave and to come back when i werent such an asshole. thats when i thought "this is the line", so i walked up to my boss, lit up a cigarette, and blew the smoke in his face. thats when i was laid off. | M | 28 | 5 weeks | 2/25/2006 | 2 | depression/some anxiety | I have felt horrid on this medication. I feel aggressive, I am short tempered, and generally in poor head space. | I was on Wellbutrin SR sometime back, and it seemed to be fine. I switched to 150 mg. of XL to start, and no problems. Then I hit 300 mg. and it's been downhill for the last month. I'm now back on 150 for a week, and then off of this med. There must be something else. Has anyone else experienced the same symptons as I have? | M | 53 | 45 days | 3/21/2007 | 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 | nonspecific moderate depression | Persistent extreme hunger 24/7. Constipation. Highly emotional.Confused.Dizzy. | The 100mg Zoloft I had taken for 7 yrs was losing its effectiveness, 100 mg Wellbutrin 2X daily was added . Day 1: upbeat/hopeful HUNGRY. Bowels stopped dead. Day 2: not as happy. irritable, HUNGRY, had fight with husband (unusual, we've been together 18 yrs), bowels dead to world. Day 3: HUNGRY, vowed not to argue with husband. But had 2 vicious arguements - and impulsively asked him 4 divorce! Shocked at myself & now estranged from husband; spent PM alone, crying - asking why am I doing this?!?? HUNGRY. No BM. Day 4: Stopped Wellbutrin - med impacting my life SO negatively. Day 5: Feel MUCH better again.. | M | 57 | 4 days | 3/4/2007 | 2 | bipolar depression | headaches, head pressure (as if my brain was being squeezed), irritability, negativity, fatigue, increased libido and sensitivity for the 1st 3 days and then slight decrease today. also noticed a heavier depression when drinking | First day was like a stimulating coke high w/out all the extraneous nonsense (i.e. drips, making brunch plans with losers you've never met). I was smiling, laughing, yapping away, complimenting everyone and had a bright and beautiful outlook on the future. The next day, the excitement died, like an inevitable come down. Very aggravating since I was so excited about the initial effects. My prolific doctor girlfriend says I need to stick it out for at least a month. That the side effects will subside and the drug will kick in. I'll give this bullshit 3 more weeks, and if i'm not singing to the moon and laughing at garbage cans, i go back to fish oil, exercise, and percaset champagne. | M | 27 | 4 days | 6/30/2005 | 2 | Alcholism | Vertigo, Cluster Headaches and about after a week into starting I began to develop a rash under both of my arms. Thought I just needed to get past the initial adjusting. I continued to take it for a few more days. The rash got worse and I stopped taking it. A week after stopping the rash is still getting worse. Now all over my torso, down my arms, a little on my back and now starting on the back of my lower legs. Unbelievable. | Increased my sex drive like nobodys business. Liked that part of it. But unfortunatly, I'm allergic to it. It really evened me out though. The Dr. is having me take 300mg of St. Johns Wort, three times a day instead. I don't want any sexual side effects so we'll try this mode. He also gave me Campral to stop the Alchohol cravings. We'll see | M | 43 | 14 days | 2/10/2006 | 2 | depression | started with one pill per day (100mg) - seemed helpful but experienced euphoric bursts here and there - jumped to 2 pills (200mg) fairly serious short-term memory problems, confusion, anxiety, attention span of a gnat, real irration with everything and everyone. Taking with Lexapro. Scaled back to one Wellbutrin per day - much better but feel like I have been run over by a truck. A rough three weeks. | M | 43 | 120 days | 12/13/2006 | 2 | felt previous ssri's were not worki | First few days were nothing short of incredible! I felt like a new person. On the third day I knew I felt almost too good and that it couldn't possibly last, and I was right... Towards the evening things shifted and I felt INCREDIBLY depressed. The drug seems to be less effective each day and I just feel more and more anxious as time progresses (don't feel like talking to people, nervous, edgy). My libido went through the roof, but I feel as though that too is declining with time. I really don't know if this medication is right for me - I hate riding these emotional rollercoasters :( | Sexual intensity x 50. Woke up with a boner every morning for the first week. Had LOTS of energy waking up (it was really quite scary how energetic and raging horny I was). It seems as though after a week all of these things went away (sadly), and I feel more and more moody/anxious. | M | 21 | 14 days | 2/22/2006 | 2 | ADD | Immediate side effect was heartburn nearly all day, tightness in my chest. Intense orgasms as others have stated. After 4 weeks bad ringing in my ears, more intense chest pains. Bouts of anger - wanted to run over slow drivers. Car could not go fast enough. | Thought it worked first couple weeks. More focused, stayed on task. Listened better to others. Then the heratburn and LOUD ringing. I'm gonna have to stop. Can't deal with it. | M | 48 | 31 days | 4/10/2006 | 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 | 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 | ringing in ears (but this may be suggestion--I studied the side effect profile before beginning the drug and was particularly wary of tinnitus. Didn't notice anything for a few days until I remembered to check and now I've been hearing it since. Could very well be my own hyper-awareness and vigilance rather than a real side effect). | I've been on 150 mg xl for about 10 days. For the first 5 days I actually thought I was feeling better. But the past 3 days I have been getting more depressed and anxious. I'm not sure whether it is the drug or the current stress in my life. I would think 150 mg would be too little to affect one way or the other. | M | 51 | 10 days | 10/26/2005 | 2 | depression | bad headaches & neck pain. Nausea. Light headed feeling & dizziness. Blurred vision. Over sleeping assocaited with feeling so bad (when you're nauseaus and your head hurts all you want to do is sleep)and a dry unproductive cough that is very annoying. I have high blood pressure and take lisinopril, since taking wellbutrin my blood pressure has been higher. | Bad thing is that my doctor thinks the headaches, cough and higher blood pressure are not related to the wellbutrin but are separate. I know my body and I am convinced he is wrong. I want to stop taking it immediately as my quality of life is worse. | M | 34 | 30 days | 12/29/2006 | 2 | To stop smoking | Major hives. Iching all over. It's always moving. It started on the back of my hands, then inner elbows, back and buttocks, ears and shins. Yikes! I want to discontinue. Need to call doctor. | M | 38 | 6 days | 5/5/2006 | 2 | Severe facial acne | M | 56 | 5 days | 4/9/2006 | 2 | Depression | Started feeling rushes of panic and light-headedness. Also broke out with acne all over my torso and face, which hadn't been an issue for me in 10 years! I'm still battling with feelings of depression, but hope that all of these things will work themselves out after another few weeks | I was taking Lexapro for several months, and it worked fine except for decreased energy and almost complete inorgasmia. I was perscribed Wellbutrin because it doesn't have those side effects, but be aware that if you are succeptable to anxiety and light-headedness then you may end up feeling even worse. I'm still just starting out, and may even be suffering some side effects from going off the other drug simultaneously. | M | 28 | 21 days | 9/26/2005 | 2 | depression & anxiety | Upon moving to 300mg -- dry mouth, extreme itching, hives, rash | Nothing for the first two weeks -- started at 100mg, then moved up to 200mg. Experienced only dry mouth. Three days after increasing to 300mg, I broke out in hives. It looked like I'd been bitten in several places by a mosquito, then when I itched the spots, they turned into welts. That was 2 days ago. The welts/rash come and go -- migrating around my body. I'm dropping to 100mg -- haven't been able to talk to my psychologist about it, yet. | M | 34 | 14 days | 3/6/2006 |