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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN SR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | GAD | Vivid dreams and increased energy after I took the medicine. Decreased appetite. | The vivd dreams stopped after about two weeks, they were crazy, apocolyptic dreams. I was told that I may suffer insomnia (I have actually taken naps after I have taken the drug)My sex drive has stayed normal. This is the first med I have taken for GAD so I cannot compare it to anything else. I am only hungry if I work out. If I don't work out, I can go a whole day with out eating. | M | 39 | 30 days | 5/8/2009 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Crazy vivid dreams. Racing Heart, paranoid episodes, headache, insomnia, increased energy, emotinal, increased sex drive. | I have been taking this for 1 month and so far I like it. The side efeect went away after the first couple weeks. Still have increased energy, increased sex drive, and less irritation and anxiety. Taking 150 2 x a day. So far so good | F | 30 | 1 months | 4/30/2009 | 5 | Depression | While taking Budeprion SR 100 (Generic Wellbutrin SR made by Teva )I had a terrible headache all day and was extremely anxious and emotional. Even more so if I had any coffee. | I read on another site that some people weren't doing well with the generic Wellbutrin made by Teva. I requested the name brand from my doctor, Wellbutrin by Glaxo Smith Cline, and I feel so much better. My headache is barely there and my feeling of well being is great. I am also calmer now. This is the feeling I remember when I took Wellbutrin 5 years a go. I have learned to ask my doctor for the lowest strength of what ever she prescribes and slowly work my way up if needed. I started with 75 mgs. for two weeks and I am now taking 100 mgs. of Wellbutrin SR once in the morning. At this time I feel great and plan to just stay at this dosage for a long time and see if I can function normally. So many doctor's seem to over medicate very quickly. Control what goes into your body. I recommend to do it extremely slow. Take care and God bless. | F | 51 | 4 days | 4/28/2009 | 3 | s.a.d,anxiety,mania,agoraphobia,smo | increased energy.Excruciating constant headache,stabbing pains in head while having orgasm.less hungry,hoping the weight loss side effect kicks in,if not I will definitly discontinue. | Find myself doing things-like cleaning up the entire yard,walking the dogs more often.Much more motivation.(taking generic,budeprion sr 300mgs,twice a day}I`m trying to give it time. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 4/26/2009 | 2 | stress/depression | tiredness,lightheadedness,menstrual-like cramps, flu-like symptoms | This is only my second dose of Wellbutrin (150mg) after years of being off antidepressants. I didn't feel anything after the first dose, but about 24 hours after the second dose I was standing in line at Subway last night and got kind of dizzy and just wanted to sleep. Also this morning I am having pretty strong menstrual-like cramps although I am not due for it for now. After reading about others having problems with periods on this drug I am going to stop taking it and try to something else. For the second dose to be this powerful just kind of scares me, even if the symptoms will wear off. I just feel strange, hard to put a finger on it. I also thought I was catching a cold but then read about flu-like symptoms too. I know it's still to early to determine how this drug will help me, but after reading about the side effects and what I experienced I am going to ask my dr. if I can try something else. I did well on Celexa about 5 years ago before it just stopped working and will ask my doctor if I can try that again. Hopefully it will work now that it's been a while. | F | 35 | 2 days | 4/1/2009 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | Tingling in hands, increased sweating during sleep, increased agitation, euphoria, brain fog, seizure | I started taking generic buproprion sr to augment my therapy. My doctor said that it should work well for me. The first 3 days I took 150mg a day, then I was instructed to take 300mg after that. The first day that I had taken the 300mg, I had a panic attack followed by a partial seizure. My doctor then lowered my dose to 150mg once a day. Overall, the meds worked well to bring me out of my funk. I found myself attending class more regularly and doing better in my school work. The euphoria that came with it was pretty nice :) However, I find myself more agitated with people and worked up over silly things | M | 22 | 7 days | 3/31/2009 | 1 | Depression | Constant headache for the first week and a half, increased energy, very vivid dreams/nightmares, social anxiety, unbearable insomnia, increased appetite/weight gain, decreased sex drive, irritability, slight dizziness, lack of concentration, nervousness & nausea. | I took 150 mg of Wellbutrin SR twice a day for about 6 weeks. I tried suffering through the constant 24/7 headache in hopes that the depression would get better but it didn't, I actually felt more depressed. I could not wait to get off this medication. The insomnia was unbearable. I could not leave my house for a full 2 weeks due to social anxiety which I did not have before taking this medication. After going off this I went on Paxil...no luck just more side effects. I am currently taking Cymbalta and am very happy with the results. No side effects other than night sweats. | F | 41 | 6 weeks | 3/30/2009 | 5 | Depression/ADD | A little sleeplessness in beginning, but then virtually none | I love Wellbutrin. A nice side-effect is also that it reduces food cravings. Works great for ADD. Without it, i lose focus. My mom was on it briefly and couldn't tolerate it, unfortunately. Made her constipated. One drug I want to caution people about is CYMBALTA. It works great for depression, but there are side effects you should look into before going on it, AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE TO GET OFF OF!!!!!! Please look up comments on Cymbalta before considering it. Best wishes for mental health to us all. | F | 42 | 14 years | 3/19/2009 | 4 | major depression, | increased sweating (especially hands and feet),insomina, increased energy (Whoa! It's like I'm on meth or something),no appetite whatsoever, sex drive is back (Hurray!) | I am taking 150 mgs of the generic SR daily. My doctor wants me to go up to 300 mgs daily, but I tried it and its too much for me. I didn't sleep at all those couple of nights that I took the increased dosage. It's amazing how much better I feel. I have loads of energy. I feel really calm and focused and no longer spend days in the bed. My sex drive is back (previously was taking zoloft and sex drive went away) and my husband is estastic. No appetite at all! Lost weight and its wierd how I have no interest in food at all. This is a great drug but I can see how it would not work for some people. Feel like I'm getting my life back. | F | 29 | 4 days | 3/16/2009 | 3 | depression, anxiety disorder | insomnia, lack of appetite | so far things have improved a little... except random emotions coming from nowhere... and struggling to sleep and when i do fall asleep waking up every hour... im not hungry and eating because i know have to... but only getting hungry at night.. am also shaking a little.. but i think that is due to lack of eating. | M | 23 | 9 days | 3/16/2009 | 2 | Depression/anxiety | After being on generic Wellbutrin SR for three days, I thought I had gone completely off the deep end. My mind was racing. Looking at my beautiful wife and son made the depression worse because I knew I was so lucky to have them, yet the anxiety was so bad after taking this I couldn't handle it. I ended up in the hospital for 5 days. | In a 6 month period I lost my dad, job and my mom was diagnosed with cancer and of course had to go through the first round of holidays without my dad. My family doc put me on wellbutrin. Bad idea. From what my psych. said the wellbutrin increased dopamine, which made the racing thoughts worse. This may be good for depression, but HORRIBLE for anxiety. I really like my family doc, but for mental health problems, see a specialist. Once I got started on Lexapro/Seroquil combo my whole life came back to me. | M | 28 | 1 weeks | 3/14/2009 | 3 | anxiety | 150/daily. first three days- heart palpitations (way scary/loud/uncomfortable), immediate energy/could focus better, increased aniety/apetite suppressant/stiff neck/dry mouth/felt like knot in my throat/nightmares. | on the 4th day i was suyppose to increase my dosage to twice daily 150...however due to the initail heart palpitations my dr said to stay on one dose for a few more weeks. the heart papitations subsided about the 4th day, now after 8 days my aniety seems to be fading away slowy...i still remain pretty focused but not as much as day 1 and 2 (pretty sure i have ADD)... and the sleep is gradually getting better although i was perscribed ambien and yet still wake up 3times a night. i am staying positive and hoping to see gradual change in my mood since it has currently made me kinda feel seclusive and lonesome which i think is wierd. | F | 30 | 8 days | 3/12/2009 | 4 | extreme sleepiness/depression | increased energy, vivid dreams if taken at night, a little more irritable but does not last as long as it used too. | So far i love it. It's only been 2 months. I started out on the 150XL and was feeling almost "cracked out" It was too much. So they put me on zoloft, hated it. SO I asked to be put on the SR 150 once daily insted of twice daily. (I work in a pharmacy so I know a bit about this stuff) and I love this dose. I take it in the am otherwise I get crazy dreams. I feel much better. I wake up with energy, I am a little more crabby but I don't stay crabby as long as I used too. I get over it now. Before I would stay mad for months. I love it so far. | F | 25 | 2 months | 2/23/2009 | 4 | ADHD | cramping, loss of appetite which leads to the shakes from not eating, odd dreams, and being bloated | I've been on WB SR for almost a week now. I take 150 mg a day and am supposed to go up to 300 today but i'm nervous. I feel energized for about 3 hours after taking it then i feel sluggish the rest of the day. I don't think it's helped me with my ADHD yet. I guess i've got to give it more time. Oh, I have no problem sleeping at night thankfully. Overall I'm somewhat satisfied because of the loss of appetite. Not sure how much I've lost so far. | F | 21 | 5 days | 2/22/2009 | 5 | depression | Took it for a year? with fantastic results. Then started getting very sharp stabbing pains in my eyes. And some light flashes. Very scary. It seemed to get worse when the prescription was changed to time release. Went to opthalmologist who told me I had very dry eyes and suggested different eyedrops. He didn't think the drug had any effect. The eyes got worse. I remembered that anti-depressants cause dry mouth, (which I didn't have), so I stopped the Wellbutrin right then. Within 2 days, my eyes were much improved and totally fine in a couple more. Even though I know it's not correct, I saved the drug, nd when I find that I am on the bottom, I take a tiny amount(half a pill) for a few days to correct my imbalance. The first time I did this, I used it for a week? and the eye stabs came back. I guess I am just super sensitive. | This was a miracle drug for me. It was about 4-5 years ago, before they changed it to time release. It acted almost instantly, within 2 -3 hours, there was a marked difference. Brought me out of a very low and panicky spot. It made me more able to focus. Had more energy. I stopped being paranoid, as in thinking other people didn't like me and was much more outgoing (valuable since I worked retail). Joyful. I could feel my mouth involuntarily pulling up into a smile. | F | 63 | 1 years | 2/21/2009 | 5 | Depression | Dizzy and light-headed upon standing up -- this effect has not gone away yet. No weight gain or loss! | This medicine helped take me out of a deep depression. It didn't happen overnight but eventually I got better with dose increases to 150 mg twice a day. Now I can go out and interact with people again. I just feel good now. | M | 36 | 3 months | 2/9/2009 | 3 | Alternative to Stimulant ADD meds. | Insomnia, Hyperactivity, Decreased Sex Drive, Impotence, Being Dried Out (itchy eyes, constantly sick), Noticed Increased Depression after drinking. | I'm on 200MG of Generic Bupropion SR, I also take it with 40MG Citalopram. Benefits: Mood is stable, reduced my highs and lows. Less interest in alcohol (as crutch). Less anxiety in general. Drawbacks: Has not helped with my focus (add symptoms). Initially caused insomnia and hyperactivity. Apathetic. Continue to be dried out, which I think has been keeping me sick. Within the last month, no sex drive and impotency. Considering discontinuing, I'm getting back into work out routine to see if I can combat being sick and the impotency. | M | 25 | 4 months | 2/9/2009 | 4 | Depression, Weight Loss | First let me say Ive only been on 100 Mg a day for 1 week so far. Nothing negative to say wish the weight loss effect would kick in. | Ive never been on an anti depressant before and used to take phentermine to control my weight. Then I heard Wellbutrin basically had the same results as far as weight loss goes and hey if it makes me happier im all for it. So far I have felt a definate increase in energy. And I would say my mood is somewhat inproved so far. One thing I can tell this drug really works for is smoking im not even trying to quit and it is definately hard to smoke so for those using it to quit smoking youll probably have good luck. Hoping the weight loss kicks in soon tho! | M | 28 | 7 days | 2/6/2009 | 4 | Chronic Depression | The first 3 weeks were awful. Major dry mouth, insomnia, and so much anxiety that I didn't even think about being depressed. Also have lost about 22 lbs which is a good thing. I stuck it out and almost all of the side effects went away. I still don't feel compelled to eat but I'm fine with that. Biggest difference is that I now feel hopeful not hopeless. Best advice is to stay on the meds for at least 2 months-it gets much better! | F | 49 | 4 months | 2/3/2009 | 4 | depression | Short term memory loss | The only side effect I have noticed in the last few years is memory loss. My dosage is 300mg SR daily. At first I chocked it up to stress but the memory loss has gotten worse. This seems to only have effected my short term memory. I forget things that have happened only moments ago. Like this morning in the shower, couldn't remember if I had washed my hair or yesterday on several occassions I was told things or handed something but couldn't remember. A few months ago while driving down the road I forgot what city I was in. This was a horrible feeling. Now this is a daily occurance for me and yes, it concerns me greatly. This is a catch 22 for me. The wellbutrin has helped me deal with life and enjoy it much more but now my short term memory failure is bother me greatly! Not sure what I will do about this but for now I am staying on the wellbutrin because I don't wont to go back to where I was. | 42 | 9 years | 2/1/2009 |