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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN SR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Depression | When I was first prescribed Wellbutrin in college, I was on 25 mg and experienced severe headaches. To the point of when I took my Wellbutrin, I had to accompany it with an Advil. However, after switching my psych and finding a perfect combination of medication for myself - I do not experience any bad side effects; even with such a high dose (450mg/day). | I would highly recommend Wellbutrin SR to anyone with depression or depressive tendencies. Most drugs have iffy side effects in the beginning as your body is getting used to the chemical balancing, however, after the initial period, this drug works wonders. The only thing - if I miss a dose, my attitude becomes poor & I become very unpleasant. As soon as I am back on schedule, it's back to normal and NO side effects to go through again. | F | 28 | 4 years 450mg 1X day | 7/10/2010 | 5 | Depression | Meth mouth or metallic taste/dry mouth. Loss of appetite and nausea first couple of weeks but that goes away. Insomnia if I took the pills as instructed: two in morning, two at night. I started taking all of them before 3:00 PM and had no problems. | I take Bupropion but I think it's the same thing. I am also very surprised because I have tried about 7 different AD drugs over the last 30 years, the latest were Prozac which was awful, then Cymbalta which had little to no effect like the others. Wellbutrin was suggested to me by a friend, so I asked my doctor for it thinking, it can't hurt anything. I'm very glad I did. It has no noticeable side effects besides the dry mouth, and it helps me focus as well as lifting my mood. | F | 52 | 2 years 150 MG 2X day | 7/10/2010 | 5 | depression | Dry mouth, loss of appetite, constipation. | Wellbutrin SR has helped me so much. As well as major depression I have SAD, and before WB there were many days I just didn't want to get out of bed. | F | 33 | 4 years 200 2X day | 6/30/2010 | 4 | Bi-Polar II | Increase energy during initial titration. At 300 mg (or as the dose approaches 300 mg from 200 mg), I hear voices. At 400 mg, I went into full-blown mania with memory loss (I did not remember what I did in mania, whereas past episodes I remembered). | 200 mg seems to be the mainstay for my extremely drug sensitive body. Approaching higher doses to 400 mg gets increasing variations of the above side effects. | M | 43 | 2.5 years 200 mg 1X day | 6/27/2010 | 3 | Depression | week one:euphoria. Week 2: Horrible headaches, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, calm mood, crying spells, muscle weakness in arms and legs, insomnia, vision improved, loss of appetite, weight loss, muscle twitching, flat affect of my personality, less anger | I feel like I am on a roller coaster with my emotions on this med. I have never taken any meds for depression or any psych meds. My mother committed suicide 3 yrs. ago and I am still depressed. The first day/week on the drug, I felt WONDERFUL. I thought this was my miracle drug. The second week I could not stop crying and all I thought about was suicide. Now I feel very anxious and the muscle weakness scares me. I am going to ride this out for a while and see if things get better. Really weird that my vision improved so much that I don't need glasses to see my cell phone! | F | 50 | 14 days 150 1X day | 6/24/2010 | 3 | Depression | Tingling sensation and numbing in the facial area. | I do not think i adjust well to antidepressants because this is my 3rd one in 2 months but so far this has been the best one so i think im going to give it a shot. | F | 18 | 100mg 2X day | 6/23/2010 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | Very mild nausea, tremors, irritability | I just started 2 days ago. I'm taking 150MG 1x per day for the first week then increasing to 150MG 2x per day. Based on a lot of the previous comments, I'm going to give it some time to work. I had more energy and got more cleaning and organizing done today than I have in weeks, but I also felt irritable and was short with my husband and son. I'll report back in a few weeks. | F | 38 | 2 days 150 1X day | 6/18/2010 | 5 | fibromylgia | I only have negative side effects when I do not take this med properly - you have to eat a meal after or before taking a pill and drinking alot of water with a pill helps greatly! | I am eating alot healthier now, more energy -just having more drive and motivation to do alot more than I used to. I still have to take pain meds for fibro, however my mood and outlook is so much better - I am slowely moving up to 300 mg per day now. | F | 53 | 5 months 200mg 1X day | 6/7/2010 | 4 | Depression | It tastes a little weird but it's nothing I can't handle.It does make a big difference. My family tried to get me off of it and when I had stop I was completly DEAD, crying all the time, feeling deeply depressed. So, I started it back up. And good thing I did, It just makes my life "normal" or whatever people cal normal. But likfe doesn't seem like there's a cloud hanging over me following me everywhere. But other than that I'm good. As for weight gain/loss I'm kinda stuck from the weight gain that ZOLOFT gave me. | F | 21 | 7 months 100 2X day | 5/27/2010 | 5 | depression/ SAD | headache(but only for the first week or two), decreased appetite, weight loss(YAY!), increased libido(big-time!), heightened sensitivty/sexual response, slight insomnia | After a hysterectomy, I was really messed up hormonally, emotionally, physically. This has helped me to feel sooo much better and "normal" again. It has really helped with the sexual problems I developed after the surgery, and has made things in that department AWESOME for the first time in years! Try to stick out any side effects through the beginning, you may find that it works for you, too. BTW, I take generic Bupropion made by EON labs and have had no problems. | F | 37 | 7 months 150mg 2X day | 5/26/2010 | 4 | major depression | terrible hives, bad taste in mouth | mentally i felt a change after the first day. much more energy and optimism. it was great until i broke out in hives. i look like i have leprosy and i itch constantly. i also have that taste in my mouth like when you accidentally throw up a little. stopping it for my body but it was great for my mind. | F | 22 | 2 weeks 150mg 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 1 | depression | emotionally removed , lack of sympathy/empathy, decreased appetite, twitches, facial muscle spasms, SEIZUERE ... | Not sure if this medication actually helped more than it hurt. I functioned but, as a mom, I dont think the price to my family is worth it. Compassion and empathy sort of fall by the wayside..If a dose is missed, lethargy sets in quickly..so meds have to be taken on schedule... Ultimately I took all 400 mg at one dose , instead of spreeadung it out over the morning and wound up hospitolized from severe seizure.. woke up on a friends couch to ems, w bleeding mouth from biting it and my tongue, memory loss, unable to id the year or president or my friend by name or otherwise..very scary.. hospitolized for 2 days..very foggy for days, and muscle cramps.. seizures are no fun. stopped immediately | F | 43 | 6 months 400mg 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 1 | anxiety | Taken with 1mg. Klonopin. Metallic taste in mouth, sensitive gums, attempted suicide (stopped taking after waking up in hospital after overdose - had 4 drinks night before)After I came home from hospital, Husband and daughter stated they didn't like the was I was for the past 30 days, they could not explain it, stated I acted weird/funny. | I went to Dr. for Anxiety... After seeing her yesterday(3days after hospital release), she even went over my records and repeated that she wrote "Very upbeat" - so why was I put on a antidepressant?? Now she states I probably have Type II Bipolar & wants me to take something else!! Very Leary.... | F | 43 | 45 days 150mg 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 5 | Smoking Cessation | Slight tremors (probably from morning coffee); Dry mouth (not bad really - just needed to increase water intake) | Was really skeptical about this drug at first - so far at day three - have lost all desire for smoking - Will light up and then put out immediately. Looking forward to additional effects of the meds (elevated mood, more energy) I think it's important to note that I do not take any additional meds (with the exception of vitimans) which could be why the side effects have not been too bad. However, I have never been sensitive to stimulants and have always had really low or average blood pressure, which also may contribute to the low side effects. Personally, I think that if you fit into this category (low blood pressure, etc.), then it would work well for you too. | F | 39 | 3 days 150mg 1X day | 5/12/2010 | 5 | Smoking cessation | sometimes nausea when I take it on empty stomach | Tried to quit smoking for the second time and have been smoke free for a week. I felt like taking a placebo the first two weeks - no effects. I was depressed when I quit smoking before, but now I am not. My husband is taking it for smoking cessesion as well and we are happy as can be. WOW - how can I say it: WE REALLY ENJOY INTIMACY. We even sit together and talk more. Talk about a marriage drug! | F | 40 | 21 days 150 2X day | 5/10/2010 | 2 | Depression, Anxiety | Weight gain while on it, significant weight gain coming off. | Great drug. Helped my depression and anxiety. I slowly came off it after about 4 years. First down to 150 mg per day for about a month, then none. Been off it for about a month. A bit rough getting off -- bad mood, angry, slept a lot, almost no sex drive for a while, weak erections. All that passed and now feel absolutely great, better than when on it. Sex drive is back, confidence and focus better then ever. The problem is that I steadily gained 20 lbs. while on it (over about 2-3 years), and in the two months I've been off I've packed on 10+ lbs., despite almost daily exercise (either weight lifting, 1 hour cardio or 2 hours tennis - maybe 5-6 days per week). I am hungry beyond control. Almost reminds me of when I quit smoking 20 years ago. I really don't know what to do. | M | 45 | 4 years 150 2X day | 5/4/2010 | 5 | severe depression | My depression is finally manageable! I think it has really helped me live a 'normal' life these past few months. HOWEVER--I was thin before I started taking the medicine and have had significant weight loss since starting it. This would be fine if I weren't already a size 2--but now I get asked by friends and family if I have an eating disorder! It's annoying. I have to make sure to eat a certain amount of calories in a day to stay healthy. I feel when my stomach is hungry, but I really have no desire to eat. So make sure to keep up with the good calories even if eating feels like the last thing you want to do. I recommend protein smoothies! | F | 23 | 3 months 150mg 1X day | 4/28/2010 | 4 | quit smoking | Craving for cigarettes completely gone... In fact the sight or smell of them makes me irritable. No other changes other then I feel depressed the day after taking alcohol. Am going to stop that too. I don't want to start having the side effects others have experienced since I am very happy about the cessation of smoking. | M | 43 | 21 days 150 mg 2X day | 4/18/2010 | 3 | Bipolar 2/Anxiety/OCD | hieghtened anxiety, insomnia | I have always taken other meds with Wellbutrin, so I am actually not sure how effective it is on its own (starting to wonder if it is at all?)I do know that my anxiety level increases with every med increase of this drug. I developed periodic insomnia with Wellbutrin. | F | 29 | 3 years 300mg 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 4 | Mild Depression/smoking | weight loss, insomnia (one day)decreased and increased energy, constipation, depression with alcohol, reduced smoking and alcohol cravings, slight muscle aches, | I have been taking wellbutrin (Actavis generic)for mild depression for 14 days. In that time I have lost all desire to smoke (unbelievable) and lost 7 pounds. Side Note: this drug does not mix well with alcohol. I had three glasses of wine one night and became very tired. The next day I was so depressed that I could not get out of the bed. (more depressed than before the meds). Before the meds I reguarly self-medicated with alcohol and could not stop. Now no desire for it. Amazing! | F | 39 | 14 days 300 2X day | 4/12/2010 |