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 |
| 5 | anxiety | loss of appetite, some weight loss, no emotions | wellbutrin has completely changed my life for the better. i can finally go out without being anxious all the time. i don't fight with my parents anymore. im less hungry. i would deffinetly recomend this for anyone with anxiety. | F | 16 | 6 weeks | 8/2/2007 | 5 | anxiety, low libido, depression | None that lasted more than 2 weeks | This drug has changed my life for the better. I have had a history of anxiety and depression extending back 25 years into my teens. I have been on several different meds over the years and was not looking forward to going through it again; dealing with the side effects, then all the drugs to counteract all the side effects. I also had a very low libido which was really killing my marriage. I started at 150mg a month ago and the few side effects that I did have: too much caffeine feeling, stomach ache and constipation went away after 2 weeks. Now tell me why I couldn't have the weight loss too! I feel better, I can think more clearly, I can leave my baggage at work, I can prioritize what's really important and focus on family rather than work or my hobbies. I don't feel like everyone is pulling at me at once and I can relax enough to spend time with my husband again. I am at a much better place than I was a month ago. Thanks Wellbutrin XL | F | 39 | 32 days | 9/20/2007 | 5 | depression, fatigue | No bad side effects, but the key is to adjust gradually. I took 150 for almost a month, and then upped it to 300. (A while back I had a lot of bad side effects when I went from 150 to 300 in only 4 days.) Before taking Wellbutrin I was bone-tired, but on the 5th day (150) I began to feel more energetic. I felt more alive, but during the first couple weeks I also felt a bit more anxious. The anxiety gradually went away. My libido, which I thought was dead, has returned, and my appetite for food has decreased. I take it in the morning, and occasionally it takes me a little while to fall asleep in the evening. Occasional slight dizziness, but only very occasionally. | After being on 300 for a few days I felt like the sun had come out. I still have the same worries and concerns, but they are no longer all-consuming. I don't feel jittery, I just have sustained energy and have been getting a lot done. I used to procrastinate doing everything, and now I look for things to do. The worries don't go around and around on the worry track, and I feel more at peace, but not in a sedated way. My emotions do not feel flattened. I just feel so normal. I want to do things now. (Celexa (low dose) took the edge off, but slowed me down. Higher dose Celexa was like a sleeping pill and I gained weight on it because I didn't want to work out. Cymbalta soothed my emotions, but made my heart race and made my legs hurt (circulation??) I've kept a journal since I've been on Wellbutrin and I just feel so much better now. A counselor and healthy lifestyle helped, but it was a physical thing...I just felt like I was spinning my wheels, stuck in a rut, and now I f | F | 57 | 6 days | 7/29/2007 | 5 | depression | none on the reg release, hives on the SR. Enjoyed the SEs of the SR of increased energy and decreased appetite. | I adored the SR - within 2 hours of taking the first dose it was like the sun rose. I loved it's side effects and was bummed when I discovered I was allergic. A few years later after a cancer diagnosis I wanted to retry it because it had worked so well but was afraid of the SR. I take 100 mg of regular release (I call it homeopathic) and it works great. Energy is good. Unfortunately, it doesn't decrease my appetite! If I take two I get kinda jittery but not bad. Overall, I love it. | F | 50 | 8 months | 7/29/2007 | 5 | major depression, bipolar 2 | Initial side effects (subside after 1st few weeks): insomnia, hypomania symptoms. FEW LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS: hands tremble, less interested in sex. | Wellbutrin has worked quite well for me in keeping symptoms of depression at bay. For several years, it was difficult to keep taking it when depressive symptoms broke through. Now I take it in combination with another antidepressant. I've stuck with the SR formulation of Wellbutrin once daily in the morning. I think the XL stays in my system too long, raising peak blood levels too high each day. The unfortunate truth is that it should take MONTHS (at the very least) to determine if an antidepressant drug is the right one for managing YOUR chronic or recurring clinical depression. Fine-tuning your medications requires a great deal of patience, a skilled psychiatrist, and your continued commitment to your own care and healing. You must be prepared to WORK in partnership with your psychiatrist to pursue all the best treatment options available to you: find reliable information in books and on the web; try support groups, workshops, group therapy, individual therapy. People really do | F | 31 | 6 years | 7/26/2007 | 5 | depression/ lack of motivation | insomia, i cannot go to sleep without taking a sleeping pill! Otherwise it has been great!! | I have been on Wellbutrin for about 3 months, I am a happy camper, before I was disorganized, wanted to take naps all the time and did not have any pleasure interacting with my 2 kids. Wellbutrin is wonderful, and I finally have my life back. I tried 4-5 different medication before Wellbutrin. Oh, and I quit smoking, how wonderful is that(have not smoked in over two months) my libido has increased 1000%, and of course that makes my husband happy. Thanks for giving me my life back. | F | 40 | 3 months | 2/21/2007 | 5 | Depression | I have the ringing in the ears and the dry mouth. Some jittery feelings but those went away. Not sure if I have the stomach flu because the nausea started 9 days after taking the Wellbutrin. | I am so happy have finally found something that helps. I can deal with most of the side effects. I will take them over being depressed. The only one I can't handle now is the nausea - but not sure it is from the drug or stomach flu (living on gravol now). I hope stomach flu because I really want to keep taking it. I would really appreciate any comments that anyone has about the nausea. | F | 36 | 14 days | 3/7/2007 | 5 | Depression | A little trouble sleeping first few nights,after that no signifigant negative side effects noticed. | This drug helped lift me out of a deep, years long depression. Prozac only made me not care about my situation and feel apathetic. With Wellbutrin I feel so much better and back to my old self and energy levels. However I've only been taking it for about a month. | F | 50 | 1 months | 9/3/2007 | 5 | Depression/anxiety | First few weeks alot of headaches, itchy feeling on hands, insomnia, rapid heart beat off and on, a little ringing in the ears. Increased energy and motivation. At 4 weeks all side effects gone, except minor ringing in the ear. Sleep fine too now. | It may not work for some, but, it certainly works wonders for me. I've lost about 7 lbs and have no depression at all. My anxiety has improved greatly at 200mg taken early morning daily. I'll be on this long term. Highly recommend. | F | 36 | 2 months | 2/18/2007 | 5 | Major depression | I do have a 12 year history of migraines and was afraid this would make them worse after reading here, but after two migraines the first month, I only get very slight headaches occasionally which are zapped by Alleve or Advil - hardly ever need prescription meds for migraines anymore. | I've always been very sensitive to side effects of any drugs but especially AD's. For me to NOT have side effects from this is truly a blessing. I can only repeat what I feel is the key to my success - starting at a very very lose dose and very very gradually increasing dosage after at least 1-2 weeks - this I feel helped me in not having the side effects that have been posted by many. Jumping right in at 150 XL or more as I have seen posted may be why so many have bad side effects - the docs are starting them at too high a dose or moving up too quickly. Each of us has to be an advocate for ourselves and do research before filling a prescription. Just because the doctor said "take this" doesn't mean we should blindly trust them. My psych doc wanted to start me at 150 XL but I insisted on starting very low and upping gradually because I had researched Wellbutrin. Docs are influenced by pharmaceutical salesmen, this I know - my daughter is a pharmacist. | F | 46 | 3 months | 5/23/2007 | 5 | anxiety depression | Headaches but only on increasing from 150 mg to 300mg; mild increase in arthritic joint pain but only on increasing from 150 mg to 300mg; and very mild | Given the side effects I've had on going on other anti-depressants in the past, those above are very, very mild. And the positive effect of appetite control is fabulous. Even if it doesn't last, I'm grateful for any help I can get on this long journey to better health. | F | 61 | 1 months | 6/3/2005 | 5 | Anxiety, depression | low grade headache (ibuprofen works), dry mouth, shakiness at night, insomnia | give it time! Side effects should go away in a few months. It has taken away my unrealness feelings, anxiety and given me my life back. I take it with Lexapro, and use Ambien to sleep. | F | 44 | 5 months | 5/9/2007 | 5 | anxiety, weight, stop smoking | At first very anxious, and depressed. Scared to death from all that I read about switching meds. Then, weight loss, energy, didn't want to smoke, drink and eat so much. | Went off of Paxil 20mg for 6 weeks due to 70 pound weight gain and blah feeling. Then started Wellbutrin SR 150. Very anxious. So I added 1/2 the Paxil on my own with the 150 Wellbutrin, and all is great! No side affects. Lost desire to binge on food, butts, and wine. Give the Wellbutrin time (although I did add 1/2 the paxil). I did not let my doc know, but so far so good. I will let her know soon. I'm actually thinking about cutting the paxil down to 5mg then stopping. The Wellbutrin makes you very anxious at first. Hang in there! Anxiety means you are human, and not crazy! Trust yourself! | F | 43 | 2 months | 5/12/2007 | 5 | Severe Depression/ Severe Anxiety | Difficulty falling, staying asleep. fast heartbeat (comes and goes). | I recently posted on March 25th, Now I am 9 days into taking my medicine, and am already feeling great, aside from not having ANY panic attacks, My nausea is gone, my appetite is back (I didn't luck out there)...hehehe. But I still have some difficulties falling/staying asleep, but it is slowly improving. As i said in my previous post, I take 150 mg of Wellbutrin xl a day, along with my other meds. I do recommend this medicine, and I would say that I am VERY surprised that I feel better already and so soon. Also, I wanted to say good luck to everyone who goes through these types of things in their lives, it is hard, I know firsthand, but keep trying if this isn't right for you, You WILL find the right medicine. God bless everyone, and you are stronger for having endured what you have. | F | 26 | 9 days | 3/29/2007 | 5 | depression | I'm taking 400mg/day (200mg SR X 2). I sometimes experience insomnia, but not that badly or frequently. I also have very very faint little muscle twitches in my arms and legs when I'm sitting still. Not that noticeable at all, just kind of strange. increased sex drive (not a bad side effect at all). That's it. | This drug is a miracle for me. I'm not depressed at all anymore and I have very few side effects; no anxiety or anything like a lot of people have experienced on it. My sex drive is also really high, but it was pretty high before anyway. I don't think I'll hear any complaints about that! | F | 26 | 10 months | 2/12/2007 | 5 | postpartum/anxiety/ADD | The first week I felt like I was on speed. But I could still sleep. Not hungry at all. My doctor prescribed this to go with my Zoloft. | I was initally on Zoloft 150. But it totally killed my sex drive and I was sooo tired. My mood was ok. Not good, not bad. After the first week, my drive came back! I have been taking Wellbutrin XL 150 mixed with Zoloft 150 now for 3 weeks and I feel GREAT! | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 5/3/2004 | 5 | fatigue | none | i love it, its a miracle drug. | F | 45 | 1 months | 7/20/2004 | 5 | Depression, smoking cessation | Absolutely HORRIBLE taste in my mouth, most pronounced after drinking coffee or smoking a cigarette. Rapid heartbeat, hyperactivity, insomnia - these three may be the result of improper usage. Doctor neglected to tell me to take pills 8 hrs apart - I've been taking them together. BIG mistake and possibly quite dangerous according to the PDR. Glad I found out now! | Well, I don't have the crying marathons any more. I have more energy. Anger management has improved, no more sudden outbursts of irrational rage. Appetite has gone back to normal whereas while depressed I ate all the time - food was my comfort source. Though my doctor said it would be 5-6 wks before I noticed improvement, I'm noticing changes now in my 3rd week. Hopefully the side effects will go away. For now I don't mind the bad taste in the mouth as it's making me smoke less and NOT want a cigarette. Improvement of concentration, focus, and memory is minimal at this point but it's early yet. I would recommend to everyone to read the drug disclosure statement given by the pharmacy carefully and thoroughly. I skimmed it and missed dosing info. Had I paid more attention, I would have realized my doctor's oversight sooner. I'm lucky it didn't result in heart failure, seizures etc. PLEASE READ THE INFO. | F | 45 | 3 weeks | 10/10/2006 | 5 | Depression | For the first few weeks, increased insomnia, but the Dr. covered that with Lorazepam at night. Now, I am sleeping without meds to get to sleep. Possible increased libido, another month will tell. Decreased appetite, which is great since I need to lose some weight. | After a very bad 18 months where my son was in intensive care for 3 weeks in a coma and almost died from a traumatic brain injury after his jeep met a tree, then after he was on the road to recovery my husband almost died of a major heart attack at 44 years old, and now has significant heart damage and will be in chronic heart failure in a year or so, I was pretty much a basket case. Always prone to depression anyway, I was on a constant crying jag, and could not take any sort of stress at all. Zoloft wasn't doing the trick. Quick to anger and cry, had to do something. Dr. put me on Wellbutrin XL, now on 300 mg daily. It has been a major benefit. No "flattening" of my emotions as experienced with other anti-depressants, just a major ability to control them. Do not get irritated as easily, the edginess is gone. No drowsiness, I think I am finally getting a libido and I am sleeping for the first time in 18 months. Other than feeling "normal" and not depressed, | F | 51 | 3 months | 10/11/2006 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder | Insomnia, weight loss, decreased appetite, increased libido, rash, nausea | I haven't been taking it long, two days, and I woke up with a rash all over my body, it doesn't itch though. I just have small red spots all over. I have already noticed some weight loss. I feel a lot more emotionally stable, although a little nauseated. Have tried Zoloft and Prozac in the past with no relief, I think this one will do the trick, as long as the rash goes away. Does anyone have any experience with how long it will last? | F | 25 | 2 days | 10/12/2006 |