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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | NONE | NO SEXUAL SIDE AFFECTS | F | 50 | 9 days | 12/7/2009 | 4 | Depression | INSOMNIA!!!!!!! I cannot sleep. Headaches. Wish I had the other side effects like increased libido and loss of appetite | Despite my exhaustion, I feel myself again. the first few days I felt like I was energized but felt like it was too much. On day 9, I have finally settled down. | F | 37 | 9 days | 1/22/2009 | 4 | Depression, ADD | I just came off of 5+ years on Prozac and am now taking Bupropion. The first day I felt slightly speedy, but I welcomed this feeling since I am normally lethargic and unmotivated to do anything. The entire first week was AMAZING! I felt free from a mental prison I had been locked in for so many years. I was able to feel happiness, to focus, and to get a lot of basic things accomplished (which my ADD wouldn't allow me to do before). It has also done miraculous things to my body in such a short amount of time: It gave me energy to be active throughout the day, it made my digestive problems (acid reflux and Irritable Bowel Syndrome) completely disappear, and it has cleared and softened my skin tremendously. I have high hopes that this is the right medication for me. The increased sex drive and double strength orgasms are a bonus! | Today is my ninth day on this drug and I'm slightly worried because I've noticed some depression the past two days. I suffer from intensely emotional PMS and should be starting any day now, so I'm HOPING that this slump will pass and I'll feel that vibrancy and happiness again. I've read some ppl's reviews who have reported falling into a depression after the first week, so I am REALLY hoping that's not the case here. | F | 35 | 9 days 75 MG 1X day | 5/13/2010 | 3 | ADHD | Over the nine days I took it, I got more and more restless, and had severe outbursts of crying. Just sat there, listening to iTunes, crying, crying, crying. Felt good somehow, though. Like a release of suppressed feelings. So the cying was acceptable. I'd assume it would stop after a while. But on the 9'th day I had a panic attack. Couldn't sit still, was restless, and panicked. Felt really drugged. | I should maybe have continued, to see whether the panic attack was a one-time affair. Wellbutrin seems very unique in effect. Might have been worth it. | M | 33 | 9 days 150 MG 1X day | 3/7/2013 | 3 | anxiety/ celexa sde effects | initially- severe dizziness,increased anxiety and depression, ability to orgasm returned, loss of appetite, decreased desire to smoke, irritability, agression, hostility, severe nausea, increased desire to be alone | Initially I was ready to kick myself for switching from Celexa to WXL 300mg. I was wondering if ever having an orgasm again was important enough to feel like crap. The dizziness was unbearable as was agression, irritability, and hostility. Once those were gone, the nausea kicked in. Today is the first day I feel somewhat normal (for me). I can have an orgasm again, which is great. I am still waiting for my anxiety to be as subdued as it was when I took celexa 40 mg. I did feel increased depression and anxiety initially, which really pissed me off. I was ready to call it quits and then I read some of these postings and it made me feel better to know I wasn't alone. I actually am starting to feel better. If anyone is going through this and is feeling like it will never end, I have been there and in 9 days they are gone and now I can just sit back and let it do it's thing. I don't know yet if this is the medication for me, but at least I am feeling relief from the side effects. | F | 26 | 9 days | 2/11/2006 | 3 | Depression and severe anxiety | I am only on day nine, but I keep having jerky, shocks throughout my body....has anyone else experienced this??? I tried counting them and lost track after 120 in about 30 minutes. Sometimes it is like I am struck by lightning or electric shocks.. I also don't sleep..and tried ambien which I have used on and off since 9-11 (I was a flight attendant...quit after 16 years because I can't handle it...a lot due to being in NY before and after.) | M | 37 | 9 days | 7/2/2006 | 3 | Anxiety | Achiness in abdomen and intestional problems, shaky feeling like I just drank a lot of espresso, difficulty calming mind in order to sleep, zero patience with people, strange shuddering feeling when I bend over, irritated by little things, nauseaus, hot flashes | I am trying to go off Zoloft after several years 7+ due to low/no libido. I'm only taking 75mg per day and can't imaging taking 300mg per day since 75mg if throwing me so far off my game. I feel like I am pregnant and on a ship on the water. I was supposed to raise my dose to 150mg today, but forget it! Hopefully it will calm down soon. I went off the Zoloft slowly over 10 days time so I am not sure which symptoms are from the Wellbutrin and which might be from coming off the Zoloft. I wish I could keep with the Zoloft, but I am practically dead sexually on that stuff. | F | 44 | 9 days | 4/5/2007 | 3 | depression and anxiety | insomnia- trouble with twitching and restlessness at bedtime - this is the most troublesome side effect. | I need to know if anyone has had issues with sleep on this drug -I got off effexor XR 37.5 mg last week when I started Wellbutrin SR 100mg (Bupropion). I thought the dizziness was from the effexor withdrawl but I am wondering if it was the Wellbutrin? Anyway the dizzyness comes and goes now and is getting better. However- I cannot deal with the severe restlessness at night/bedtime. I use to fall asleep easily - I am now on day 9 of wellbutrin and I am really tired from the lack of sleep every night. Is this going to get better cause I am going crazy at night and want to know if it will get better cause if not I want off this stuff. How long till relief? Help? | F | 39 | 9 days | 4/6/2009 | 2 | smoking | Not able to sleep, rash on face, major stomach discomfort: within ten minutes of eating my stomach hurts so bad I'm in tears, then i'm in the bathroom immediately. My boyfriend says I'm an emotional wreck, I don't see it, but I do cry easily. | This is the second time I'm on it to quit smoking it worked very well the first time 4 years ago, but I still have the urge to smoke this time. So i'm waiting until week two to see if it works for me. | F | 39 | 9 days | 4/10/2007 | 2 | Depression | Very dizzy, feel useless and dont want to communicate with people at all. Have suicidal thoughts and want to cry all the time. | Used Cipralex before, and I had to pee all the time while I used it. With Wellbutrin I dont need to pee all the time. | F | 22 | 9 days 1X day | 11/2/2017 | 1 | depression/anxiety | abdominal pain, diarrhea, insomnia, loss of appetite, nervousness, tinnitus, dry mouth, heart palpitations, weight loss | I had taken this medication 8 years ago and had no side effects from it. This time though I had a negative experience with this med. I had constant diarrhea, 3-4 times a day. I had a loss of appetite and had gotten to the point that I couldn't stand to even think about food. Thinking about what to eat or fix for my family actually caused anxiety. I lost 10 lbs in 9 nine days. About the 5th or 6th day I started to be unable to sleep during the night. I woke up every hour. During the day I would have waves of nervous energy, almost like the feeling you get when you experience the fight or flight response. The last day I took it I woke up at 4 am with diarrhea, left sided abdominal pain that radiated to my back and shoulder, and heart palpitations. A trip to the ER revealed that I had a large amount of stool and gas in my colon. I had a miserable experience with Wellbutrin. | F | 39 | 9 days 150 XL 1X day | 7/18/2015 | 1 | Depression | Buzzing in my head, migraine, wired, dizzy, more depressed than ever...but the increased sex drive and powerful orgasms were great | Not worth it | F | 37 | 9 days | 1/1/2010 | 1 | depression | Jitterness, trembling hands,nausea. Appetite loss, headaches, extreme anxiety and sadness, crying | F | 30 | 9 days 300 | 7/26/2012 | 1 | depression / anxiety | very violent dreams and remember them vividly next day insomnia excessive sweating at night shakey/tremor like heart palpitations aggitated and agressive behavior | this stuff is dangerous! made me worse and the effects are nasty! My heart is ready to quit its rythem is all over!!and I have only been on it for 9 days@ 150mg once every mourning with no other meds or alcohol or anything!!! | M | 38 | 9 days 150 1X day | 10/23/2010 | 5 | Depression and paranoia | A bit of insomnia that is neutralized by valerian; big increase in sex drive; much better focus; crisp dreams; lessening of paranoia. | Great medicine! Was taking Paxil for over 11 years. This is a lot better. Glad I asked my doctor to prescribe it for me! | F | 54 | 10 days 300 mg 1X day | 9/6/2011 | 5 | depression | I feel so much better in regards to depression. I have been beating my self up, saying I'm no good loser. I would never speak up at team meeting at work even though I had things to add, just a lot of self doubt. Now with Wellbutrin, at my last teem meeting I smiled and talked and felt amazing not an awkward lady. I did get rage bad in the begining. Threw a bag of chips at husband for example. Its calmed down but not gone away. My family would rather deal with a little anger than a depressed mom. Also dry mouth and heavier period than usual. | F | 37 | 10 days 150MG 2x | 5/7/2013 | 5 | Depression | Some irritability early on. | I took this med for several months a year ago, then quit. Began again 10 days ago. It's almost a miracle drug for me. Instead of drinking myself to sleep in front of the TV and going to bed at 3am, I'm sound asleep at 11pm and getting to work at 6:30am. This seemed to happen the last time I took the med but I think it may have lost that effect... at least I stopped going to work early! The most remarkable effect this time around is that I don't have the urge to drink alcohol. I'm an alcoholic and have been through rehab twice. Nothing helped. Suddenly on Wellbutrin, I'm acting like a normal person. Two beers is my "limit" and I don't feel like drinking... it just doesn't taste good. That was an unexpected result of the med. Other than that, I just feel "good" in general. For the first time in ages, I seem to have almost everything in order in my life. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. | M | 48 | 10 days | 1/21/2006 | 5 | depression | HORRIBLE insomnia, lack of appetite, feeling weird/spaced out but yet very awake, anxious and unhappy, tinnitus (ringing ears), can't ever feel "at rest" or "at peace". Feeling like I want my life back, even if I was depressed! | I'm on 150 mg in the morning of Wellbutrin XL. If the side effects don't go away, I'm quitting. I'd rather be depressed than have all this crap going on in my head. The insomnia is THE WORST! Not just "can't sleep" but feeling like 2000 cups of coffee--horrible brain stimulation, and can't stop it! Actually, insomnia was the worst when I tried 300 mg on day 7 as directed. OMG! NEVER AGAIN! But even the 150 is messing me up. I give it a 5 for stopping depression, but am tempted to give it a 2 for giving new problems that are worse than depression was. Did anyone have these bad side effects and they WENT AWAY? If so, I have a little bit of hope of staying on it. I just want to cry right now, it's so miserable. | F | 52 | 10 days | 1/17/2007 | 5 | Smoking cessation, mild depression | I had a lot of trouble sleeping the first few days, but was never tired. I'm noticing a loss of appetite and a decreased desire to smoke. And, I have been incredibly motivated. I've lost 5lbs. | I'm taking 300mg of the generic once a day. I read from other posts that it helped with the insomnia. The insomnia is finally tapering off. I'm working out more and having more fun with my daughter. I feel more present in the moment instead of just trying to get by. I feel like I have purpose again. I'm surprised it worked this quickly, unless it's psychosomatic. | F | 32 | 10 days | 11/24/2009 |