WELLBUTRIN SR Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.5 (997 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELLBUTRIN SR with similar:
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| 4 | Mild depression, Adult ADD | At first, none. After 6 weeks I started breaking out in hives. | Though I have a family history of depression, meds were not for me. I used to be very negative and irritable. I was also gloomy at the end of summer. For the first time I can remember, this was not the case this fall. My mood improved while on Wellbutrin SR 150mg, twice daily. My wife noticed a marked improvement in my temperament. I did have trouble remembering things before Wellbutrin, so I’m not sure if it got worse with use. I was very tired all the time at work, but with the WB and Adderall, not the case! After about 6 weeks, I noticed the hives. I eliminated everything new, including the Wellbutrin and Adderall and changed my diet. The hives subsided after about 2 weeks. Started to reintroduce the Wellbutrin, this time with a white pill as I had heard that the plum colored coating of my other generic might be a problem. The hives came back after 4 days. Now I’m searching for a new drug without the sexual side effect I had with Effexor. | M | 45 | 2 months | 11/5/2008 | 5 | insomnia, anxiety | None | I haven't read all the posts here, but I noticed that there are a lot of people who took or are taking wellbutrin for just a few days or weeks and are experiencing side effects like feeling buzzed or spacey. It needs to be noted that any antidepressant takes 6 to 8 weeks to work. I do remember feeling spacey or buzzed initially with those symptoms decreasing over time. So except for those who experience really bad reactions to it, it might be good to keep taking it and give it time. | F | 50 | 5 years | 11/4/2008 | 1 | Adult ADD/ depression | Excruciating headaches that could not be curbed with maximum dosage of acetaminophen. | I also could not last the first week. I am throwing the pills away after day 3. | F | 45 | 3 days | 11/4/2008 | 1 | Depression | Severe presbyopia; weight loss; Sleep disturbances (not quite insomnia, just less-restful sleep overall, and more difficulty getting back to sleep once awoken). | The American Optometric Association has documented the fact that antidepressant medication can cause what they call "premature presbyopia". When I was 34, a 5-week period of use of fluoxetine gave me premature presbyopia, and although I promptly stopped taking fluoxetine, the symptoms never went away (even after nearly 4 years of total cessation). Within 2 days of taking 150 mg per day of bupropion, I started having intermittent problems with visual focus. And within 10 total days of taking bupropion (7 days at 150 mg/day, and 3 days at 300 mg/day), my presbyopia became severe, such that I could not even focus on 24-point text in good lighting. Fortunately, upon ceasing bupropion immediately, my vision seems to have returned to its former state of fluoxetine-induced presbyopia. With regard to my aforementioned sleep disturbances, those symptoms improved immediately after I stopped taking bupropion. Had my vision remained as it was during my brief period of bupropi | M | 38 | 10 days | 11/3/2008 | 1 | Bipolar II | At 100 mg: Excruciating head aches, muscles aches/stiffness in my neck, shoulder, and back; blurry vision; inability to focus or concentrate on task at hand; felt very spacey; memory lapses (forgot words, couldn't finish sentences); irritability. At 200 mg: full-blown mixed states with headache. | I did my best to make it through the first week on 100mg per day, hearing that the side effects would go away after the first few days. But when I moved up to 200mg, I went into a full-blown mixed state 4 hours after taking the 200 mg dose. My anger and irritation felt completely out of control and I had to leave work because I knew I wouldn't be able to contain my state if anything ticked me off. Simply didn't work for me and my body chemistry. Knew it right away. | F | 34 | 14 days | 10/31/2008 | 5 | depression | increased sex drive, increased energy and focus, dry mouth, ear aches, weight loss-which for me is bad because i am already slim, but I just eat more so i cans tay on top of it. | it makes me motivated to get out of bed which is somehting I struggled with before. I feel alive and in control. Before I felt as if i was in space just wondering, now I can make choices and be productive. | F | 23 | 1.5 years | 10/29/2008 | 5 | ADHD, Balancing SSRI side-effects | Increased sex drive; improved mood. At higher doses: mania; mild anxiety. | Wellbutrin (150-300 mg) has helped tremendously countering the side-effects of Lexapro. Lexapro decreased my sex drive and made me apathetic, which 150 mg definitely fixes. When I was diagnosed with ADHD my dosage was increased. The first day I took 300 mg I was completely manic! My friends asked if I was on drugs (which I guess technically I was), and I had a hard time getting to sleep with all of the excess energy. After continuing for several weeks I became very sexually aroused all the time, which was more of a bonus than anything, and the trouble getting to sleep subsided. I now take 150mg daily, and occasionally 300mg if I have a lot of work to do or need something to boost my mood. I've taken a one-week holiday from this drug, and experienced no withdrawal symptoms. | M | 20 | 7 months | 10/22/2008 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Felt manic for hours after taking it, and this isn't necessarily a good thing. Mood shifts with this added energy. Worsened anxiety. Had hand tremors everyday past the first few days. Sleep was impossible. | The only way Wellbutrin helped with my depression was that it made me so insanely hyper that I didn't have time to feel depressed.....but I never felt like myself either and the side effects were too much. | M | 23 | 2 weeks | 10/21/2008 | 5 | Quit Smoking | Loss of appetite, stopped craving nicotine, went crazy | I could feel that something was not right about 4 days into the medicine. My emotions completely went out of whack.. I could cry at the drop of hat, which I did.. I freaked out on family and friends, before I threw the pills away.. will never take it again.. would rather quit smoking on my own | F | 23 | 7 days | 10/20/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | Possibly a lowered sex drive, slight depression and very spacey when I first started this drug. | All in all it's a very good drug for people who are depressed. It made my OCD calm down. I didn't stress over little things and it didn't make me gain any weight like many of the other anti-depression drugs. I recently stopped taking it because it made me feel depressed and I think my body just got used to it after 6 months. I would recomend it to people, its a very mild drug and I'm not having any withdrawls. | F | 23 | 6 months | 10/15/2008 | 4 | depression | one is that I did not really care so much abt keeping relations with other people- and before I was more sociable; the good side effects:helped me in school- made me more conscious on what I was doing and I started to really care- I never before got grades that were that good even though I studies a lot; now when Im on it I feel like Im very smart- and everything makes sense to me. Im starting to get very good grades when before I never did (and I tried very hard before)- I think that possibly I had some sort of learning disability that got fixed by this drug.... other side effects: I started to really care abt school, and became faster in writing tests and doing my work.. but the only thing is now im trying to add Cymbalta to it, and I think that they work well, but not sure exactly abt the result yet of their interaction... if anyone else has those kind of effects plse e-mail me [email protected] | F | 24 | 1 days | 10/13/2008 | 2 | depression | muscle pain,swelling,pressure headache,neurological side effects,muscle loss | Wellbutrin was like a wonder drug for my depression until I increased my dose and experienced muscle pain and swelling as well as severe pressure type headache. My reaction seemed to trigger my illness. I had the swelling the pain and the muscle twitching. I was a vibrant young women and am now on disability and have significant muscle loss that Dr.'s can't explain as well as multiple sclerosis symptoms with a normal mri. The Dr.'s are baffled. I can't say for sure if wellbutrin caused this but the reaction seemed to trigger this. Please contact me if you have heard of anything like this or if anyone has sustained long term health effects as a result of wellbutrin use. | F | 32 | 2 years | 9/30/2008 | 5 | Depression, Ruminating thoughts | Headaches at first, irritable about 1-2 hours after taken (both subsided), more in control of food intake, less carbs | I have been on AD's for 3 years since losing my daughter and decided to washout completely - I was off all meds for 4 weeks - but slowly started to go back to feeling depressed. I have tried Prozac, Lexapro, Effexor and Lamictal all of which put a tonne of weight on me. Decided to try Wellbutrin - so far so good :) | F | 47 | 11 days | 9/21/2008 | 5 | Depression | Mild side effects when I first started taking it, like dizziness and feeling "drugged". These side effects went away within 2 weeks. | Started on Wellbutrin in 2002 after many years of untreated depression. It has changed my life. I tried going off it earlier this year and started slipping into depression again. I have no plans to go off it, ever. No weight gain either! And no sexual side effects......YAY | F | 56 | 6 days | 9/19/2008 | 4 | Severe Depression | shaky hands, jumpy, headache, relief from depression, ill with alcohol consumption | I started with 150 mg for a month, then went up to 300. I had none of the severe side effects I've read on this post - probably because of the ease with which I went into it. An Army Ranger childhood friend was killed in Afghanistan and I just broke down. Could not even get out of bed or shower. The day after I started this med, I was able to go to work and it got better and better from there. Now, I can even do things I couldn't before the depression - like watch the doc give me a shot. Only problems for me are some headaches (not migraines), very shaky hands, and I'm pretty jumpy. If I drink, I get nauseous, so I just cut that out. Unfortunately, I have not lost any weight like some others. The only reason this got a 4 instead of the 5 is because of the shaky hands. I can't point a laser at a presentation at work or even at my Wii at home without everyone seeing the severe shaking. My handwriting is atrocious. | F | 35 | 5 months | 9/16/2008 | 3 | depression | headaches, secondary (left) hand tremor (once), pronounced wooziness if also having low blood sugar (instead of traditional irritability) but too soon to tell if addressing depression specifically | I have been more physically active since starting the drug 4 days ago so some of my body aches may be due to that increased activity (unthinkable to achieve prior to drug) but the headaches are unusual and unresponsive to the usual treatments (caffeine, food, excedrine). Experienced some "genital awakening" but have not yet had opportunity to test sexual improvement. Always have vivid dreams but had easier time remembering them in morning. Only on 100mg right now but historically I am sensitive to medication. 25mg of Zoloft gave me irrepressible hand wringing and clapping and I gained 30 lbs in a month. Wellbutrin so far just makes my head feel full and my eyes are blurrier than usual - need to monitor blood pressure. | F | 38 | 4 days | 9/15/2008 | 5 | PMS/ANXIETY | No adverse side effects while taking 150mg. I am able to take it in the morning and carry on with my day then fall asleep at night. | I was given the option of increasing to 300mg but chose not to as 150mg did the trick. Noticeable improvements in the areas of pms/anxiety and concentration (bonus!). | F | 33 | 3 months | 9/13/2008 | 2 | Depression, Bi Polar | tiredness, restlessness, weird sensation that my feet have been in hot water and are cooling and heating in waves, diziness when i sit and try to concentrate, sometimes i feel like my body has forgotten to take a breath and i have to gasp for a big breath it is slowly going away | taking for depression it works a bit, not satisfied but side effects are less than other meds, now on 200mg SR | M | 36 | 1 months | 9/12/2008 | 3 | * Symptoms of overdose fast heartbeat * hallucinations * loss of consciousness * nausea * seizures * vomiting | | 9/11/2008 | 3 | Depression | Tremors, sleeplessness, dizziness (for the first couple of weeks), weight loss, body aches (back/neck mostly), memory loss | Wellbutrin has helped me a great deal with my depression; however, I have noticed that my memory has gotten awful. I have been on the drug for 2.5 years and the tremors, aches, insomnia I can deal with, but the memory loss affected me at my job. It had gotten so bad that I had to transfer out of my position. I used to have an amazing memory to where I could recall anything. Now I have no focus and I my short term memory is nonexistent. It is quite scary. I couldn't even remember my niece's name the other day. I expressed concern to my doctor and he has prescribed Straterra to try to get my focus back on track. We'll see if it helps. Have only been on that for 2 weeks now with the Wellbutrin. | F | 30 | 2.5 years | 9/4/2008 |