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 | My anxiety went off the charts. I loved that Wellbutrin gave me energy, but the burden of anxiety wasn't worth it. I also had spikes in my blood pressure. Overall I would only recommend this to the depressed who can't get out of bed. | M | 40 | 4 months 150 | 5/31/2013 | 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 | M | 37 | 4 days 150 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 2 | Mild depressin very mild ADHD | Feeling detached and withdrawn. Actually feel like I have a head full of water and can't focus on much. Irritable and very on edge. Slight anxiety and starting to get A funky taste in my mouth. Oh and most of my relationships are falling apart. | Wondered if this stuff will improve? | M | 34 | 6 days 150 1X day | 3/11/2012 | 2 | depression & anxiety | Night sweats, slight nausea. | Did not work. If there was any effect it was very subtle. Switched to valium 10mg, twice per day and the VALIUM WORKS great. | M | 41 | 2 months 150 mg 2X day | 6/9/2011 | 2 | Depression/ADHD | tingling sensation in hands and feet, pain in my knees, mild headache, slight irritability, drowsiness | In all fairness I was given the generic version of Wellbutrin. I was told to take half a pill for the first week and then to take the whole 75mg dose after this. The first day I took it I felt fantastic. I was focused and happy. For the next 3 days, though I felt awful. I was very lethargic and by the third day I started feeling tingling in my hands, feet, and in my elbows even for extended periods. It was extremely distracted and when I told my physician told me to discontinue the medication. Today is my first day off it and the tingling and joint pain has not yet subsided. I will never take this again. | M | 20 | 4 days >75 MG 1X day | 11/9/2011 | 2 | depression/anxiety | anxiety. | It made me want to go out and do more but it made my anxiety really bad and caused panic attacks. no weight gain on it, i bet it works great for some people but not me | M | 19 | 1 months 100mg? 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 2 | Depression | Itching, Itching, Oh my Itching!! No taste buds. | I gotta say that it makes me feel better. I don't want to go out and beat up bad drivers and butt heads. BUT, I am itching all over my back and front chest area. I wish I could just peel my skin off at this point. I have took Lexapro and Zolft with some itching and rash problems but this is the worst yet. I also can not taste very much at this point. It sucks. So, can we all get together and sue these people? The FDA has no clue and we need to stop this now. What effects am I going to have in 20 years? Cancer? They need 30 years research before any drug hits the shelves. We are all monkeys... | M | 40 | 2 months 150 1X day | 11/16/2010 | 2 | Depression, AD-induced SSEs | Agitation, Agitation, agitation, sexual side effects (!) | If you like speed, this just might be your thing | M | 27 | 10 days 150mg 2X day | 8/31/2010 | 2 | Depression/ADD | Tightness in my chest and biceps; fast heartbeat (92 bpm resting rate last night); body weakness; insomnia; anxiety; sensation in left hand as if I could not make a tight fist; feelings of tremors in my hand/arms - like they are vibrating - right now if I remain still I can see my right hand shaking a little bit and have to concentrate to keep it still; difficulty concentrating; (not sure if I am more paranoid about my relationships more than I usually am); overall body sensation of being medicated/ maybe a tingling or sloshiness;dizziness, out of balance; loss of appetite; occasional issues with vision/focusing | Didn't experience much on 300mg other than the body tingling; can't take it any more at 450mg regardless of reading that it can take a number of weeks before the body adjusts to it in your system - that shouldn't be a factor. I don't think I am any less depressed - maybe and only if my time thinking about the sad things going on in my life have been replaced to worrying about whether this medicine is going make me more likely to have a heart attack or seizure! (and some background to judge this review - paranoia, health issues and depression are NOT my normal state - started taking this MED with Concerta as issues came up in marital counseling about ADD. So after a year of stress from running my own business and fending off a divorce, feeling down in the dumps about my life and possible effect of a divorce on my kids, I thought I'd try an ADD drug that also covered depression to see if there were positive changes. Nothing yet.) | M | 42 | 30 days 450 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 2 | Moderate depression, PTSD | Greatly increased irritability and anxiety. Excessive sweating. Weight loss. | Increased energy/irritability with accompanying weight loss. Did nothing for my symptoms/condition. Just been switched to Remeron. Good luck to me. | M | 46 | 8 months 100 MG 4X day | 3/21/2010 | 2 | Depression | Very itchy rashes, increased loss of short term memory, heart palpitations, sense of smell changed, sore muscles | I was put back on this drug to help with the low sex drive side effects of Lexapro. It did help somewhat, but now I had a host of new side effects. Worse one being bad rashes where ever you tend to sweat. Another one is things smell weird (mostly bad) Does it increase your sense of smell? If so, there are lots of bad smells out there and I shower every day. I also found myself wandering around all the time looking for my car keys etc. I never had this problem and once I stopped taking the Wellbutrin memory improved greatly. I have been off it for 3 weeks now, rashes are still there, not quite as bad but still a problem. Sore muscles was my first reason to go off this medication last year. After 3 months of taking this stuff I could barely move my left arm. It took another 3 months for the pain to go completely away. But now I could tell that this problem was returning with very sore elboes. Time to stop and throw away the bottle. | M | 57 | 1 months 10 MG 1X day | 2/9/2010 | 2 | irritation, lack of motivation | Ears ringing beginning at 9pm each night. Feel like I have a constant hang over. Takes 3 Advil to kill the headache. Dry mouth, but not bad. | So far, I don't notice much else at all. Not much improvement. The headaches sure don't make me want to increase it all. | M | 46 | 10 days 150 xl 1X day | 2/16/2010 | 2 | achoholism, depression. | i am very confused and paranoid i had to lock the bedroom door because im wigging so hard. im hearing things and i seen them in the dark of the hallway. hence, the locked doors. | would not recommend. its about trial and error. this one is a big fat ERRRRRRRORRRR for me. have heard some good recovery stories while taking this | M | 21 | 1 days 100 mg 2X day | 3/30/2017 | 1 | Depression & Bi Polar disorder | EXTREME anger. I was a "High Strung" person anyway when the Dr put me on it...Under a TREMENDOUS amount of stress. I would have beat a person to death had I not been stopped by 2 other people and not even known what I was doing. The person I beat was a great source of irritation to me and had caused me much agitation for many years. I had never gone beyond cursing anyone prior to taking Wellbutrin. I immediately stopped taking it a few days after this upon reading that it could cause anger. I stopped Wellbutrin and the problem went away. I now take Prozac 60 Mg and Lamictal 300Mg daily and doing good. | From my experience a patient should be VERY CLOSELY screened before taking it and monitored closely after starting it...BAD STUFF!!! | M | 50 | 1.5 months 60mg 1X day | 4/24/2017 | 1 | Depression | Wellbutrin XL Users Filing Class Action in 2020: I took Wellbutrin XL for only 5 days. I soon developed odd patches on my skin resembling abrasions and pinpoint bleeding. I developed severe itching, primarily at night, that lasted for a month-and-a-half. Now, a full three months later, my skin still exhibits markedly slower healing from cuts and abrasions. If you have had skin problems and/or itching as a result of taking Wellbutrin XL (also called Bupropion XR) and would like to add your name to a Class Action suit against the makers of it, please email me at [email protected]. Put the word “itching” in the subject line. I had to organize a Class Action suit against a major US automaker in 2010 and succeeded. We will get results. | M | 59 | 5 days 150 1X day | 11/23/2019 | 1 | I dont know | Irritability insomnia | M | 24 | 22 days 100 1X day | 4/10/2021 | 1 | stress anxiety | caused me permanent sexual dysfunction and anhedonia after just 14 days of use. Body numb, no reward, no emotion. Destroyed my life, disabled in bed 4,5 years now. | not safe for permanent sexual dysfunction and anhedonia even if falsely marketed so. I have seen tens of cases of really bad damage over the years I have been disabled myself | M | 47 | 14 days 300 1X day | 5/12/2021 | 1 | Depression | Irritable first few days. | I may as well taken a placebo. Did nothing. When I stopped, from 300mg to zero in one day, no problem whatever. Miracle drug my ass | M | 57 | 8 months 300mg 1X day | 7/22/2021 | 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 | 1 | Smoking cessation | Extreme anxiety, panick attacks, dizziness, brain fog, derealization, blurred vision. | Sides kept getting worse. Stopped after 12th day. 3 days off and sides are finally getting better. It's gradual but each day is noticeably better than the last. | M | 53 | 12 days 150mg 1X day | 11/10/2023 |