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 |
| 4 | tired | none | provided a gentler wakeup that provigil | M | 51 | 1 months | 2/24/2008 | 4 | depression | The first few weeks were tough. "Speeding" feeling, anxious, and still depressed. | After about 3 weeks things started to feel better.After 60 days it seems to have helped but I still don't feel that I'm "there" yet. Does it get any better as the months go on? | M | 52 | 9 weeks | 3/9/2008 | 4 | depression | agitation primarily... | I just wanted to suggest to those who have not been taking wellbutrin very long (shorter than a month)that it may get much better. I have been taking it more than a year, and it pretty much saved me initially .. and is still helping. I had very bad experiences with other medications (paxil, lexapro) but my doctor kept working with me. We have to realize that we are individuals and so it may be different for everyone, but for me things did not improve for a couple of weeks -- and then got much better. Talk to your doctor and people you trust. Good luck to everyone --- hang in there! | M | 57 | 18 months | 4/7/2008 | 4 | Depression/fatigue | insomnia, ringing ears, anxiety, occasionally headaches | In my experience wellbutrin has addressed the fatigue that accompanies my depression rather than the mood––its a perfect fit for this most recent bout of depression--my mood was fine, but my energy was low. I also took it in my early twenties. At the time I had both mood and energy symptoms––wellbutrin seemed to help with the energy which in-turn got me out exercising which in-turn helped my mood a bit. Overall a pretty good drug. | M | 31 | 3 months | 1/14/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | I have started having the most awesome vivid dreams of calm, cool sexual encounters and best of all, even better than the sex...... everything I own is neat, clean, organized and in it's proper place. VERY Fulfilling dreams!! | Have used it a eight years ago to quit smoking. It worked and seems to be helping with the anxiety and it's related problems. | M | 44 | 2 months | 11/7/2007 | 4 | Schizoaffective(Depressive) | No side effects really, I took this along with Seroquel, and I was doing alright. The only mild side effect I had at first was mild states of anxiety that were only temporary. Was prescribed 75 mg twice daily. | It helped a lot with my depression, even though took awhile for my body to adjust to it. You just gotta keep taking it. | M | 18 | 2 months | 6/2/2007 | 4 | Weight Loss | Paranoid episode, weight loss, numbness to pain | First of all, let me admit I went to the Doctor for weigh loss, because I want to lose 40lbs. And he asked me if being heavy made me sad: of course. So, I got this anti-depressent. And I loved it. Suddenly I could exercise for a long time and feel no pain. It didn't hurt my memory, in fact, I was sleeping better, and doing better with my memory too. I was losing weight. And I liked it so much, I decided to increase my dosage from 200mg a day to 400mg. After all I read on the internet, that 450mg was the max and that in test groups, those on the max dosage had lost the most weight. This contravened my doctor's advice, and boy, was he right, and I, wrong. On that day, I went into a severe paranoid episode, I thought I was going to die. Now, I'm happy to just take 200mg a day, and it works great. | M | 37 | 120 days | 6/7/2007 | 4 | Depression | Switched from Wellbutrin 300mg XL to Budeprion 300mg XL in January. Not sure if this is 'real' side effect; seem to be having a bout with hypo-mania/impulsive spending. Restless, hard to stay focused on one thing without getting up and wondering around. Some nausea & less appetite. | Quit alcohol about 3 weeks ago, started on Naltrexone & Campral for craving & GABA reuptake balance. (These drugs work!) Not sure of the nausea because they both have that side effect listed too. Anxiety is also listed. So my perceptions are skewed. My doc is concerned I've been treating mania with alcohol for past 4 years. I choose 4-Satisfied because I am better but still have nagging issues which I feel are not being treated. Libido is good but not relaxed or what I'd call maritally normal. [No affairs - married almost 15yrs.] | M | 52 | 13 years | 4/12/2007 | 4 | dysthymia | Insomnia, Shakiness, Narcissism (lol) | I love how Wellbutrin makes me feel -- I've been in a funk for over a year now and I suddenly feel like I have a personality again, I want to be more social and I have a LOT more self-confidence. Here are the two complaints: I started it to help with focus & concentration and if anything I feel more distracted now (esp. by sex), also I love coffee but caffeine doesnt play well with Wellbutrin -- I feel really shaky, almost like having a petit mal seizure and I worry that too much caffeine or Wellbutrin could cause one. Now switching to decaf. Still pretty happy with the med -- Zoloft did nothing for me so it is so nice to have energy, ambition, confidence in excess. | M | 20 | 2 weeks | 4/12/2007 | 4 | menopause | M | 51 | 30 days | 8/8/2007 | 4 | Feeling sluggish/lack of motivation | Some insomnia, lack of appetite. | This is my 3rd day taking it, and at 3AM this morning, it hit me. I feel like I have a rocket pack strapped to my back. I lied in bed, trying to fall asleep again but meanwhile, all I could do was think about anything and everything. The good thing was I could direct and focus my mind on anything I wanted. So I tried to think of the most boring thing possible, (creating a new cover letter for the job hunt) and I created it all in my head in a matter of 5 minutes in bed!!! I used to sit in front of my computer for hours trying to design a new one! Anyway Im liking this stuff, and I feel a productive day of work ahead of me....aaahhhhh!!! The only thing that concerns me so far is the inability to sleep for more than 3 hours a night. Otherwise its doing EXACTLY what I want it to do. | M | 30 | 3 days | 6/7/2005 | 4 | Depression and Social Anxiety | 2 weeks: Sudden, intense headaches. Irritability. Strained breathing (felt as if I could not take a full deep breath). 3-4 weeks: Now at about 275mg (I cut my pills into portions, so i dont take too much too fast) Slight irritability, but wearing off. Weight loss, approx. 6 lbs so far. Decreased appetite | I started out very slow with this medicine. I had bad experiences in the past with other meds, so i wanted to start at a low dosage and move up slowly. I started at 1/4 of the 150, and moved up by 1/4 about every four days. After about a month now, I am at 275mg. My side effects have definitely faded. I experience occasional irritability. My appetite has remained smaller, and I've lost about 6-8lbs. I am already feeling better. More motivated, more energy, generally happy and satisfied. I would like to see more improvements though on my social anxiety. But, so far, I am very satisfied! | M | 19 | 1 days | 5/27/2005 | 4 | ADD, Depression | Dry mouth, constipation, insomnia, joint pain, agitation, increased frequency of urination. | This drug commonly requires 4-6 weeks to achieve full effect. Until then, the side-effects seemed to outweigh the benefit. All side-effects except for joint pain have ceased. For me, this is a wonder drug. I have been taking it for over a year, and it has changed my life. | M | 49 | 18 months | 3/7/2007 | 4 | depression | i began with wellbutrin xl (150) and i had the typical side effects like little waves of nausaea here and there and the feeling of being on caffeine and not being able to get to sleep till around 2 or 3 in the morning. these side effects went away when i switch to wellbutrin 75mg. i've been on it for 4 months now and i'm noticing that i'm getting really tired around 5 pm and have stopped going to the gym. i'm more social in the mornings but tend to avoid social situations after work and on the weekends. i'm usually in the gym at least an hour a day 6 or 7 days a week so this is a little unusual. i'm also really into cycling but the last two times i have ridden, i've ended up throwing up like crazy and then barely have the strength to pedal back to my car. i can't tell if these issues are due to the drug or due to something else - like getting older. otherwise, i'm happy with the drug - feel great emotionally (good spirits) | do my current side effects sound familiar to anyone? i've been on 75mg for a few months now so my body should be used to it. just not sure if what i am experiencing is due to getting older (33) or if its due to the drug. i'm usually known for being mr in shape, mr outdoors, mr adventure - now i'm content to come straight home from work and watch tv or play video games (something i have never been into). i'm wondering if this drug is taking more away from my life than adding to it - or if i've become lazy. | M | 33 | 4 months | 2/14/2007 | 4 | Stop smoking | Chest heaviness. Hard to catch a breath | M | 42 | 3 days | 5/30/2002 | 4 | Quit smoking and depression | Disturbing chest pains and uptight feeling, insomnia which is no worse than my normal insomnia. I take 75 or 150mg of SR formulation 3 to 5 mornings a week to minimize these affects. | Originally prescribed to quit smoking, I took the recommended 300mg a day for that purpose when I was not depressed, and it made quitting very easy. I'd tried only twice before, and both failed attempts were really agonizing. 300mg a day was damned unpleasant, and I discontinued Wellbutrin ASAP after about 2 months, but it really did just make me almost indifferent to cigarettes, after 30 years of smoking 2 - 3 packs a day. About 6 months later, I started to get really depressed; I had some Wellbutrin left over, so I tried it, and it literally relieved depression in a matter of a half hour like an amphetamine without any addictive or "crash" affect. I used Prozac for 3 months after running out of it, but I now take the small dosage of Wellbutrin I use now as maintainance/relapse prevention. It's affects are energizing for 3-5 days in a row, then it turns "mean" and I take a few days off it. I remain in a good mood for 2-3 days during these "drug holidays", then resume taking it again when I start feeling down. It continues to bring virtually instant relief whenever I resume taking it. (If I felt that I could stop, I would.) I have ADHD also; Wellbutrin has slightly helped some of those symptoms, but is far inferior to amphetamines for that purpose. | M | 44 | 6 months | 6/29/2002 | 4 | Stop Smoking | I would be up till 2 in the morning and wake up for no reason like 2 hrs before my alarm went off but not be tired all day, after several days lost desire to smoke, now smoke free for 1month 1 week and have stopped taking wellbutrin 2 weeks ago | For some reason while taking it i never got mad! | M | 19 | 3 weeks | 11/27/2001 | 4 | depression | could not sleep | 300 mg , overall very good, lately it's been tapering off might need to up the dose. | M | 33 | 6 months | 12/30/2004 | 4 | Smoking Cessation | First Week: Difficult sleeping thru the night. Vivid dreams (not bad ones, just intense). Wake every couple of hours. Get up early. Feel energetic, sleep 2 hours less per night. Third Week: Sleeping more | This is an AWESOME aid to quit smoking. Using Wellbutrin and a good program, it has worked beautifully for me. Also, I think I have been mildly depressed for a large part of my life, and taking Wellbutrin has provided a welcome side effect of lifting that | M | 50 | 6 months | 2/6/2005 | 4 | stop smoking & depression | felt great on 150mg for two weeks, switched to 300mg for the last week, and tried to quit smoking. Since trying to quit have been increasingly irritable, developed a head cold, may be unrelated but isn't making things any better. Felt better on 150mg but want the cigs even less on 300. | I like it, hope these aches and pains don't have anything to do with it. When that wasn't around I felt great. | M | 30 | 23 days | 7/1/2004 |