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 |
| 1 | Depression | Increased activation, mild insomnia, decreased appetite at 150mg; extreme insomnia, mania, behavioral changes, increased libido, psychosis at 300mg. | This medication initially worked wonders on my depression - I went from major depression and the brink of suicide to apparent relative normalcy in the space of several weeks, and with no serious side effects. I was upped to 300mg, experienced even higher activation, which was a nice lift, but eventually sent me through the roof. I have never experienced psychosis before and am not really qualified to diagnose it, but very strange things happened that I only fully recognized after coming off it. This drug has probably ruined my life. I used to joke about warning labels and the wacky symptoms .001% of patients may experience. No more. Maybe on balance this drug helps more people than it hurts, but I am lost and so angry right now at how warnings are not more stringent/effective and how I couldn't see this coming. | M | 29 | 80 days | 10/27/2009 | 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 | ocd, depression, smoking cigs | dizzy, light headed, heart raced, could not breath properly, minor sweating, anger, EXTREME anxiety, EXTREME mood shifting | WOW... I felt like I was on a trip...a Dizzy trip in the morning about 1 hour after taking it and it lasted for 3 hours. (150mg 2x per day at 7-8hr seperation). At the beginning of taking this medication, I was very hyper, always cleaning, finishing up college work, doing lots of things in stead of just sitting around being sad. That lasted for about 10 days. (I was at 150 for 3 days then upped to 300 on 4th). After a week or so, I actually felt as though I was loosing my mind. It was very scary. I didn't even want to explain what I was feeling to friends or family because it was freaky. Always dizzy, always nervous with extreme anxiety. Maybe what wellbutrin (and generic) do is create the ability for the brain to take in and process more data from using our normal sensory systems and it creates an overload and one of the ways to deal with an overload is to freak out and want to just close our eyes. This, I can understand....what I don't understand is that this medication is not consistent with a lot of people. One week it is great, the next week it can be an igniter for battles between loved ones, friends and your very own self. Three days off the stuff, alive, smiling, eating better, working 2x per day, going for walks with my puppy...and most importantly...living only in the NOW. Don't borrow trouble from the future! reality doesn't want to hurt you...it's too busy trying to understand what its reality is! | M | 31 | 3 months | 7/19/2009 | 1 | Depression, OCD, Anxiety | I started hallucinating, I was apathetic, paranoia, decreased appetite, rage, fatigue. | This medicine put me in a psych ward. | M | 16 | 4 months | 7/12/2009 | 1 | Severe depression | My boyfriend has been taking this drug now for quite some time. At first it seemed to work. He seemed happier, had a better attitude, less anger. His concentration level was much better. Everything was going great. But we are now about five months in and I am scared. He is a mess. Wants to sleep all the time. Has completely disconnected himself from me and our children. His anger is back but it is accompanied by a great sense of "I don't give a f***". He is foggy headed and very dramatic about how it is that he perceives daily encounters with people. The slightest noises send him over the edge. He wakes up at about two in the morning and stays awake for at least an hour because he can't sleep. He has no pleasure in anything but work (and even the I don't think he is very happy with that). Wants to be alone all the time, when he is honestly a great people person. He has an appointment to see his doctor in a week, and because he isn't hurting himself or anyone else (even though I'm scared for him and can't reach him because I am nothing but an annoyance to him at the moment) they won't push the appointment ahead any sooner. Does this sound even remotely close to anything anyone else has experienced on this drug?? I urge STRONG CAUTION in trying any psychiatric medication, this one, or any at all, and proper knowledge of changes to your mental state and how to seek help at the first signs!!! Because as much as the people around you love you, they can't do it for you! | M | 37 | 5 months 300 mg | 10/23/2014 | 1 | Smoking cessation | Irrational thoughts. Mood swings, lack of motivation to high activity. Anger, frustration. | I started the drug with some trepidation but after a day or two noticed more restful sleep and an increased libido. After a couple weeks I began to question everything around me like there was,this conspiracy against me. My thoughts would swing from general happiness and calm to being suspicious and untrusting. I lashed out at my wife , accusing her of being unfaithful creating this whole cheating scenario in my head. Rational thinking went right out the window. I didn't think delusions were a side effect but they are. My personality is generally confident and good natured but after a few weeks on this drug I find myself feeling insecure and at times emotional. These bad feelings come on out of nowhere and last for a few minutes to a few hours. I'm not taking this drug ever again. | M | 48 | 1 months 100mg | 5/25/2016 | 1 | depression | insomnia, mania, paranoia, psychosis, auditory hallucinations | bad stuff for a lot of people | M | 39 | 2 months 1X day | 9/10/2016 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety, ADD | Mild nervousness if I don't eat frequenly | It takes about 2 months to see noticeable results. You may become agitated briefly for the first few days. My depression is gone. My anxiety is better. My ADD is better. I have more patience and I'm more social. Since taking Wellbutrin I have started taking yoga, going to the gym. I have not experienced the weight loss that many do. I think this may be due to being on Vyvanse and losing weight while taking that. | F | 46 | 6 months 30 mg | 5/31/2016 | 5 | Severe Depression | I am quite often overwhelmed by the urge to cry- for no reason. Do I feel nervous? Better cry about it. Read some heartfelt thing on the Internet? Here come the tears. I experience roughly 5-6 episodes of tearing up over nothing every day since I started taking Wellbutrin. My sex drive has returned full force, so that's pretty cool. | The crying spells are totally worth it. I have been chronically, severely depressed for well over 20 years. My first suicide attempt was at 13 years old. Taking Wellbutrin feels like shutting the door on that part of me that is dissociated, numb, and uninterested. I used to feel like I was watching life through someone else's eyes, I felt detached. It was like living in a very realistic and uneasy dream. Effexor helped for a few months and then suddenly stopped being effective. Wellbutrin seems to be making me feel emotions again, and while the last few days have been a weird and wild emotional spree it is wonderful to feel something other than hopelessness. | F | 34 | 10 days 300mg | 8/31/2016 | 5 | Depression | Dry mouth, bugged out moments similar to ecstasy the first few weeks, clentch my teeth, loss of appetite, I catch myself making a weird face I never have before ...its a frowning look. Very unattractive and it's something I am constantly having to make an effort to be conscious of and remind myself to smile or smirk. My son pointed it out to me. | When I was 27 this saved my life. I mean literally saved my life. After my post pard. I took it a little over a year but noticed after about 8 months it not working as well. Tried increasing to 400 mg but too many side effects. 6 years later I am trying it again and finding that its having zero effect on me. Its really weird. I swore by this medication and should have been a spokesman for it with the way I recommended to anyone I knew struggling. I am in the process of finding something that can help me as much as wellbutrin did so many years ago. Trying Lexapro now and it works very well But it doesnt give me that boost to get out andbe social and do stuff like wellbutrin did. So I am still searching. But I would still recommend for a first time patient. | F | 27 | 1 years 300mg | 2/16/2016 | 5 | Depression anxiety | Twitching in my thumb muscle aches in my calves | It's been a miracle drug for me I take care of my mom has Alzheimer's and dementia and I just couldn't make it through the day without being very upset now I remain calm and I can deal with anything | F | 55 | 1 years | 2/25/2016 | 5 | depression | Insomnia, tremor, dizziness, ADHD | My doc prescribed bc SSRI's help my anxiety but make me more depressed in an apathetic way (it's not just teens world!) Wellbutrin at 150 mg is the perfect dose for me (I'm a low dose person, 25mg Zoloft is also perfect for me). It gave me back my energy, prevents me from getting severely depressed. At 300 mg I was way too wired, go-go-go! Unfortunately, it gives me insomnia, which made my circadian sleep disorder worse (DSPS) and made the ADHD I didn't even realize I had severe even at a low dose. So, I have normal energy & motivation (mostly) again - yay! - but I'm very dysfunctional with doing anything. :-( Can't focus, horrific memory, takes forever to do anything, etc. The Zoloft seemed to balance it out, so the ADHD wasn't so bad. However, I'm hoping the seroquel (to help my insomnia) will help decrease the ADHD. | F | 47 | 3 months 150 mg | 4/10/2015 | 5 | Depression | No side effects. Have been taking this for 8 years | I am drug-sensitive. Wellbutrin HCL is the only antidepressant that has worked well for me! No weight-gain | F | 55 | 150 MG 1X day | 7/24/2015 | 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 | 5 | Depression | When I started bupropion in addition to the fluoxetine I'd been on, within 2 days I had side effects of chattering teeth (no chilled feelings though), general shakiness (handwriting got terrible), pretty significant loss of appetite, and worsened my already present insomnia. Also, my eyes would randomly become dialated as if I was high as a kite. It was a lot of weird side effects, but they did go away after a couple weeks. I find that the medication is worth it, it did a great job of regulating me and I feel like I was let of tiny cage ever since it kicked in, it's awesome to feel human again. | F | 26 | 10 months 150mg 2x d | 6/29/2014 | 5 | Chronic Depression, Anxiety, BPD | Good: Increased Energy, Increased libido, laugh more Bad: Headaches, Poor Concentration, Impulsivity, I drop things and stumble a lot | I was so scared to try meds again and this was my #1 choice to give a chance. I laugh at more stuff now. I don't obsess as bad anymore. My sex drive is kinda nuts. I can wake up easier. I have more motivation. But the first week I had bad headaches, they went away. I've had about 4 lbs of weight loss in 2 months so not as much as I was hoping. Ugh, I have more skin issues now than ever. Like rashy acne. And barely an appetite. My biggest thing is I keep dropping things. Like things fall from my hands. And my coordination is off in general. Frankly I think this is a wonder drug and I'm willing to deal with it to actually be happy. I don't remember ever feeling like this for so long. | F | 25 | 2 months 150 mg | 7/12/2015 | 5 | Anxiety, smoking cessation | None at first, but within a week or so after I switched to Wellbutrin from Paxil, I had some major mood swings, crying spells, dysphoria. In about 10 days or so, I noticed a major difference in my desire to smoke. I have absolutely no desire to smoke now, which is incredible, considering I was up to a pack a day at one point. Even when I do smoke, I don't enjoy, which also made it easier to quit. Wellbutrin has helped with depression a bit, but not as much with anxiety. My anxiety seem to be worse, actually, but I'm not sure if this is the Wellbutrin or something else. Other side effects: severe nausea and vomiting, complete loss of appetite, weight loss, racing thoughts. I'm sure these side effects will go away with time. | This medicine is amazing if you want to quit smoking. I'm willing to deal with any and all side effects in order to free myself from nicotine addiction. However, the therapeutic dose to quit smoking is lower than the typical dose for anxiety/depression, which might explain why it hasn't made a difference with those. | F | 24 | 21 days | 9/3/2009 | 5 | weight loss | Decrease in appetite. I actually have food left on my plate after a meal. Get full after 2 to 3 bites. Bad taste in my mouth only in the mornings. Nothing Crest and Listerine hasn't been able to fix. A little spacey, but not bad enough to stop the 2 (150ml) doses per day. No problem going and staying asleep. No sexual changes. | After i lost my mom the bingeing started. Hopefully W/B will continue to keep my over bearing appetite at bay long enough to lose the weight i gained in mourning. I was taking 1 a day but on PMS week I take 2 because I eat like a horse on salty and chocolatey junk foods. Not even adipex nor ephedra has been able to conquer my bingeing during PMS...Boyfriend says im easier to get a long with. I no longer pester him about our 13 year relationship & i havent gotten a ring nor a proposal. Nothing really even matters. Focusing wonderfully at work. not so much at school tho. Don't know why. Drastically curves cravings for sweets. Dry mouth. So drink a lot of water. | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 8/7/2009 | 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 | depression | none at all | Energizes me and makes me not be depressed. I tried the SR and XL versions and they made me feel terrible--anxious, nauseous, and just "not with it." Now on just plain Wellbutrin 100 mg. in the a.m. and feeling great. No more depression and lots of self confidence. It didn't help with anxiety though. Taking a small dose of antianxiety med in the evening. This combo works great for me. | F | 45 | 1 years | 8/26/2009 |