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/anxiety | My doctor perscribed wellbutrin for me as an add on to my regular SSRI 7 weeks ago. I was just starting to feel some good results with a more stable, mellow mood. Until last tuesday when, while having an important meeting with some colleagues, I had a grand mal seizure lasting from one to two minutes. I have never had a seizure before. After going to the hospital and having a complete work-up it has been decided that it was the wellbutrin that caused the seizure. I smashed my face up, bit my tounge so hard that I cannot speak! It was a terrifying experience and I have since learned that it is not all that uncommon especially with people taking the generic extended release. I was happy with the results I was getting with wellbutrin until the seizure of corse. I would like to hear from others who have had seizures from this drug. How long were you on it before you had a seizure and did you ever have another seizure after the first one? | F | 44 | 2 months 150mg/day | 3/29/2012 | 1 | depression / anxiety | To whomever tried to email me regading my 3/29/12 post (I had a grand mal seizure on this stuff), please resend the email as I lost it before I could get it to open! | F | 44 | 100 1X day | 4/17/2012 | 1 | Depression | Very sick to stomach, head ache, tiredness, Steven Johnson's syndrome | I had been on this 21 days when I broke out in huge blisters. Started on my shoulders and progressed. By the time this reaction was over I had been put in an induced coma, on life support system, had kidney failure and my skin sloughed from HEAD to TOE!!! | F | 45 | 21 days 150mg 1X day | 7/11/2012 | 1 | Depression | Increased anxiety, jittery, felt like I was on speed, changed the taste of food ad beverages, trouble sleeping | This medicine cause my anxiety to increase drastically. I felt like I was racing on speed while taking it and caused my hands to shake constantly. I got no relief from this medicine at all, but instead it made things worse. | F | 37 | 3 weeks 150 2X day | 7/14/2012 | 1 | Dizziness, Numbness and tingling in face. Blurred vision. A headache that lasted several days. Difficulty sleeping. Crazy dreams. | I took t his drug for all of 4 days and I will never take it again. By the fourth day I felt like I was going to have a stroke! Even as I'm writing this I still have a headache. It is not a good drug. I took it to stop smoking - I think i'd rather smoke than be on this drug! | F | 27 | 1X day | 11/15/2011 | 1 | depression.mood swings.pmdd | feelings of despair,very tired,muscle aches,headaches,strange thoughts,vomitting,easily bruising,loose stool without warning.Horrible med for me.I was on paxil and loved it however reeked havic with labido. | F | 47 | 18 days 150 mg 1X day | 5/31/2012 | 1 | depression.mood swings.pmdd | feelings of despair,very tired,muscle aches,headaches,strange thoughts,vomitting,easily bruising,loose stool without warning.Horrible med for me.I was on paxil and loved it however reeked havic with labido. | F | 47 | 18 days 150 mg 1X day | 5/31/2012 | 1 | Anxiety, depression | Dizziness, dry mouth, insomnia, neck pain or tightness,bad headaches, sick to my stomach, constipated, jittery, agitated, stomach pain, chest pain, rise in blood pressure. Basically miserable 24/7 nearly passed out once. | F | 43 | 2 months 150 | 11/21/2011 | 1 | Depression/ADHD | Very nauseous, dizzy, crying for no reasons, mood swings, short temper, spotting, upset stomach, memory loss and lack of concentration | I switched to wellbutrin from Zoloft as I thought it would help treat both depression and ADHD. After one week I feel ten times worse. I constantly feel sea sick, feel like I'm on auto pilot, very shaky. I'm supposed to go up to 300 mg tomorrow but I am going to stop taking this. It's making me feel awful! | F | 33 | 7 days 150 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 1 | depression anxiety | symptoms like food poisoning severe stomach cramps and headaches | did not help anxiety made it worse actually | F | 29 | 30 days 1mg 1X day | 6/19/2011 | 1 | Depression, weight loss | Severe allergic reaction; hives. Doctor put me on 40mg Prednisone for a week. Also dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, heart palpitations and anxiety. Appetite was suppressed. Felt jittery. Stopped taking this drug. | F | 36 | 10 days 300mg XL 1X day | 4/6/2011 | 1 | Weight loss | Ringing in ears started after the first week. Discontinued Wellbutrin after 2 months. Did nothing...except the ringing in my ears has continued to this day after stopping the med 6 years ago. | Not worth taking because of ringing in ears. | F | 53 | 2 months 180 1X day | 1/26/2011 | 1 | Quit smoking | It started out excessive energy the first day, followed by angry outbursts. The next three days I experienced a horrible toothache, gum irritation and inflammation, swelling in my throat and face, swelling in my arms, loss of appetite, no desire to move, and dizziness. I also felt like I was out of this world, really zoned out. | This is the first method I tried to quit smoking, and I will never touch another drug like this again in my life. The only drug I will use is good ol will power. The possible side effects is just not worth it. Even after discontinuation the inside of my mouth is still healing. I am taking 10 tylenol 1's a day, and it is still not taking away the pain fully! | F | 22 | 4 days 150 mg 1X day | 1/27/2011 | 1 | Anxiety/depression/panic disorder | When i first started taking the medication it would feel like i was high, i had no emotions and worsened panic attacks, i figured i would give it some more time for my body to get used to and what a mistake that was, now im having 4 or 5 panic attacks a day, irregular heartbeat, night terrors, im having bad thoughts about my son and husband being hurt and yesterday while driving down the road the thought popped into my head that i wanted to drive my suv into a swamp.. When i was on prozac i had never had a thought like that I would not recommened anyone to take this med. the side effects are scary!! | F | 25 | 40 days 150mg 1X day | 3/10/2011 | 1 | depression and anxiety | anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, panic attacks, paranoia | My first shrink put me on this drug. When I started taking it, I felt fine - then the side effects kicked in. For 2 years I was completely agoraphobic. I could NOT leave my house to do something as simple as getting the mail from the box on the side of the house. I begged my doctor to take me off this drug - he REFUSED - he just prescribed Valium and told me the side effects would be tolerable over time. LOL!!!! I lost 30 lbs in a month because of the valium. Anything I ate came out immediately afterward. Being young (23 y/o) and uninformed, I did what I was told. I lost 2 years of my life because of this drug.I had 2 small children at the time and I missed 2 years of their childhood!!! It wasn't until I found a new shrink that I was finally taken off of it. It was then that I finally got a medication that worked and no side effects! I will NEVER listen to another doctor or take this medication ever again! | F | 43 | 2 years 200 1X day | 3/14/2011 | 1 | Panic Disorder, Depression, Anxiety | Insomnia, Nausea, Dizziness, Irritability, Felt very indifferent, was emotionless..didn't care about anyone or anything, had more frequent panic attacks than before, constant fast heart rate, sweating, confusion...actually stopped in middle of road because I thought I saw a stop sign on a familiar street, occasional hallucinations. | I have tried many different medications for depression and anxiety, and this one was the worst for me. It made me into someone I wasn't and completely effected my work and social life. I felt very sick when I didn't take it the first few days, but was always confused whenever I did take it, and had several panic attacks while on the medication. It made every symptom that I had that was supposed to be treated worsen, except depression, because I couldn't even think enough to be depressed, let alone drive my car properly. | F | 22 | 3 weeks 100 MG 3X day | 2/22/2011 | 1 | anxiety/depression | insomnia, nausea, dizziness, crying spells, rapid heartbeat, racing mind, irritability, brain feels stuck in a fog/dream state, increased anxiety and depression, loss of appetite | Do not start taking this drug while looking for a job/trying to make good impressions; I've been taking it for 7 days now and I feel like I'm going crazy. Due to all of the side effects I've experienced, I've had to cancel a job interview, and I feel completely stuck and unproductive. I can't even think clearly enough to continue with my job search, let alone type this sentence. I have NO appetite; I basically have to force feed myself and I CANNOT handle another sleepless night! I gather that it seems to take at least a month for the side effects to subside, but I literally can't afford to wait that long to feel like myself again, so I'm done with it. | F | 27 | 7 days 150 mg 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 1 | seasonal effective disorder | It is making me anxious, can't concentrate on anything, dry mouth,can't sleep at nite-restless legs, just cry for no reason,last 3 days took 1/2 still the same. Only good thing lost weight, NO appetite | I am taking what is called Alpenzen supposed to be the same as Wellbutrin. I am quiting it. It is awful, If I'm crying anyway, may as well crying without it. | F | 60 | 20 days 348mg 1X day | 3/21/2010 | 1 | depression | Did not work, depression more intense, anxiety, insomnia, irritable, emotional | I was put on wellbutrin to try and fix the sexual side effects from lexapro....which I was still on. This medication made my depression basically come back. I cried for no reason, could care less about anything, and it did not come close to helping me. I got off wellbutrin after just 3weeks. I've been off it for 2 days now. Back to lexapro and things are already so much better. Id rather deal with 1 side effect with lex than spiral back into my depression with wellbutrin | F | 26 | 3 weeks 150mg 1X day | 3/19/2010 | 1 | Severe Depression | vicious amount of adrenalyn running through my body almost all of the time, absolutely no appetite, severe anxiety, and unable to sleep more than a couple of hours a night. | This drug turned me into a jittering mess, i had an incredible amount of energy and it was not good, it made me shake and uncomfortable all the time and also severely increased my anxiety. Not even for the love of God could I get myself to relax, I felt like I was on coke or speed all the time. Eating made me feel like puking, I couldn't eat more than a spoonful or two a day and had no appetite at all. I also could not get to sleep, and was never tired! I guess it's a good drug if you wanna lose weight and get a lot of work done, but people are going to think you're an addict because you wont be able to disguise your anxiety. Apparently this drug messes with your adrenalyn levels so that explains the massive energy all the time. | F | 25 | 8 days 1X day | 3/5/2010 |