WELLBUTRIN SR Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.5 (997 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELLBUTRIN SR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN SR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Low sex drive | Nausea, mild anxiety, loss of appetite, I can feel my heart beating in my chest, mild headache, metallic taste in mouth at times | I originally started taking this to stop smoking (which worked beautifully, I've been smoke free for 8 years!). I noticed that while taking this my SAD went away and I was able to think better (ADD). I went off of this medication because I lost my insurance and started taking again two days ago when it was prescribed to help with my low sex drive after hysterectomy. I didn't notice any side effects the first time I took this, but I am feeling them now unfortunately. I know they go away, so I will be patient. My life is better with this med after the side effects stop. | F | 40 | 2 days | 8/21/2008 | 4 | Depression, smoking cessation | Dramatically improves my depression. Improves my lethargy. Improves my sleep from being tired during the day and sleeping 12 to 16 hrs per day to sleeping normally and being able to stay awake all day. Side effects: zyban allergy (cysts under skin and rash on chin -- severity depends on dose), homicidal thoughts and aggressive actions, increased spectrum of feelings especially joy and anger, irritability and feeling of being out of control like yelling at service people over sometimes insignificant things, adrenaline rush, flushing face, crying when I wake up, tears when I laugh, burning pain in head when I'm startled, panic at the dentist, ready for a fight, sexual promiscuity and intense orgasms, fear of heights, overstimulation under pressure (like while speaking in public). | Started taking this med for smoking cessation and did quit smoking. I've taken all forms: zyban, wellbutrin, and bupropion -- all the same. Stopped this med but started again a few times with no change in effectiveness. I took Prozac in the past which didn't help much. I only take Wellbutrin and no other medicines except vitamins. I'm normally a calm and mild-mannered person and never experienced such physical anger, hatred, or panic as I have on this medicine. Lowering the dose helps. The side effects go away when I stop taking the medicine, but my depression (sleeping all the time, feeling of overwhelming sadness) returns. People with any kind of violent or aggressive past shouldn't take it. People who are normally anxious probably shouldn't take it. | F | 40 | 12 years 100 2X day | 3/10/2014 | 4 | smoking | upset stomach, nervousness,sweaty | it is working for smoking.Had rough start then it started working. Was told take the 2nd dose before 5p.m.. Could effect sleep, stay up all night. have almost no cravings for cigs. Have to quit for back surgery. | M | 40 | 7 days | 10/3/2001 | 4 | quit smoking/anxiety | the 1st week I had severe mood swings//anger outbursts! I have felt so spacey and like I can't talk--even when I need to talk such as in my college classes when my Prof. asks me a question! I also can't stop moving my hands/arms/legs for a couple hrs after taking it--so now I take it in the evening-it's embarressing at school ! I have also lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks! I love how it makes me not want to eat and also my OCD is back BIGTIME! All I do is clean like a fiend and exercise--I love the energy !! The only bad thing is that I smoke even more now! I am so anxious and nervous that I smoke more :( | F | 40 | 14 days 150mg 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 4 | going thru divorce | dry mouth | F | 40 | 1 months | 11/4/2003 | 3 | Smoking | Serious insomnia | It's already starting to turn me off against cigarettes but I cannot continue taking it because I cannot sleep at night. I used to be a great sleeper but I cannot fall asleep and/or maintain sleep since being on Wellbutrin. | F | 40 | 1 weeks | 4/4/2003 | 3 | Stop Smoking & Weight Loss | First week I thought I was going out of my mind. Called doctor & he said to stick with it. I didn't have any desire to smoke whatsoever. Metal taste in my mouth, diet soda tastes flat, have no interest in food, could easily become anorexic. After four weeks I was down 8 pounds, these last two weeks I've lost another 9 pounds. I have pain/pressure in my head that the doctor didn't seem to be too concerned with. After the first week I noticed that three days in a row I periodically saw verticle lines in my vision (if that makes sense). He switched me from 300 MG XL to 150 SR 2x's a day, which I now lowered myself to only once a day, also put me on topamax 25 mgs for one week, then 50 mgs for one week, 75 mgs for one week, now 100 mg's everyday. Researched it and people are calling it dopamax. My short term memory is zilch and I don't know if it's from the topamax or the Wellbutrin. My bloodpressure usually runs over 60 and it was over 80, again, doctor wasn't concerned. Been having anxiety and feel as if I'm crawling out of my skin. Also can't sleep, averaging 4 hours a night. Heard you can't stop cold turkey. Any suggestions from anyone taking the same combinations will be appreciated. Thanks... | F | 40 | 6 weeks | 8/30/2004 | 3 | anxiety | migraine, headache, nausea, hungover feeling, ear popping, electric flashes, eye pain (chronic) blurred vision. | When I first began taking The Wellbutrin, I experienced massive nausea and spacy feeling. About three oclock in the afternoon, I would feel "amped up" like I had drank 10 cups of coffee. I take the extended release so it is supposed to dissolve throughout the day. I liked it at first, but after about a year, I developed massive headaches. (perhaps I had them before and just never associated them to the drug). The headaches became more and more frequent, and felt like a really bad hangover complete with dizziness and nausea. I was getting about two a month. I discovered that I was taking the generic (buproprion). After checking on the internet (and as many claim in this site) I found out that they do not dissolve in your body the same! DO NOT TAKE THE GENERIC< THERE ARE LAWSUITS OUT REGARDING THE WAY IT DISSOLVES IN THE BODY. I switched back to brand name, and headaches subsided to about one every month or two. I recently switched back to generic because it was breaking the bank to buy name brand, and just as before, massive headaches. I recently decided to get off the medication all together, and haven't taken one in about two weeks. Withdrawal symptoms are bad! - same headache/hungover feeling that has lasted about 5 days. If I decide I can't make it off of the medication, I will definately get the name brand kind from canada. | F | 40 | 4 years 300 mg XR 1X day | 12/23/2011 | 3 | quitting smoking / depression | insomnia, aches and pains, twitching, zoning out, occasional misspelling, slight headache, depression? | i've taken wellbutrin xl 37 days now. my doctor said to up the dose to twice a day spaced out, after 2 weeks which i did. i feel the second dose gives me a lift in the evening but not sure if its worth the side effects. might be better to lower my dosage to 150 mg a day if not discontinue altogether. when i first started taking it i felt somewhat a lift but eventually it subsides as more a pill you have to have, i.e. addiction. not sure its worth it, could be my natural self is better or maybe its not good to be tired as i am today after little sleep last night | M | 40 | 37 days 150mg 2X day | 5/18/2011 | 3 | depression | 1st few days - Sleepy, funny taste in mouth .. Only slightly jittery - BIG decrease in hunger and desire for food and pain meds. | I have high hopes for this med to work. I've taken Cymbalta, Prozac, Efexor, Lithiam .. Cymbalta worked great this first time I took it .. Then I became pregnant and stopped cold turkey. What a nightmare! After giving birth, I went back to Cymbalta for 7 months with no improvement. Switched to Prozac and only slight improvement. So here I am with Wellbutrin SR - High hopes! | F | 40 | 3 days 150mg 2X day | 10/27/2010 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | just started - not sure about any side effects. Maybe neck pain | F | 40 | 6 days | 5/29/2002 | 3 | depression | OK, it is 3am...insomnia, dry, dry, mouth, headaches, nervousness and a foggy feeling and slight itching | I am hoping that all the | F | 40 | 12 days | 3/31/2005 | 2 | Depression | spacey, dizziness, anxiety, feel light headed sometimes, heart palpitations | Was on Lexparo, which worked great, however, it was impacting my sex drive. Switched to celexa, and then finally my Dr. decided to switch me to Wellbutrin-SR. I am taking 100mg/day. Sex drive is back to normal, however, I feel spacey, less focused and agitated most of the time. Not sure if I want to stay on it. | M | 40 | 2 weeks | 2/18/2003 | 2 | To even out mood swings/weight loss | Only side effect has been horrible itching/rash/hives | I started with 150 mg. once a day for the first week, then moved to twice a day. Mood swings evened out and I've been sleeping great, but sadly, appetite was unaffected as was sex drive (which wasn't bad to begin with). After two weeks, I got super-itchy bumps on my left ankle which I thought were bug bites until they started spreading. My arms also itched horribly after every shower, but I didn't make the connection to the medicine until yesterday, when I started itching all over my body. Now I have a rash all over the place and hives everywhere I itch (ribs, breasts, arms, small of back, groin, neck, behind ears)... I can't stand it. Of course it's Saturday and the Dr. isn't it, but I'm stopping it NOW until I can talk to him Monday. | F | 40 | 18 days | 7/29/2006 | 1 | Major Depression | Muscle/nerve pain, fever, intense sweating, hot and cold flashes. | I am not on any other medication, taking this alone. I was prescribed Wellbutrin SR 100mg twice a day to start. First day was ok, felt some dizziness and relaxed, just wanted to lay down. 2nd day, started feeling muscle and nerve pain. Then came the slight fever flu symptoms towards the end of the day. 3rd day, felt like full blown flu. Had a lot of body aches and pain, sharp needle pin pain through random parts of the body, fever with a lot of sweating and intense hot/cold flashes. Unbearable, so I decided it wasn’t safe for me to continue and so I stopped. Next day, fever went away, still some sweating but felt much better. It was Saturday, so had to wait til Monday to call MD. Don’t think I will continue on it with those side effects. I’m very disappointed in this drug. I was so hopeful it would help me but instead gave me a very bad adverse reaction that I never felt before. All I can say now to those who wants to try this med is be cautious with it and take it with supervision in the first few days. | F | 40 | 3 days 100mg BID | 9/29/2019 | 5 | ADD Depression | metallic taste in my mouth, decreased hunger, vivid dreams, sometimes more than usual sleeplessness (but with my ADD I have always had some of that) | I was on Wellbutrin SR (round purple) 150 mg X 2 daily. 1st time was in 2000 and I loved what it did for me. I lost 15 lbs without trying in the 1st 2-3 months. My house was cleaner than it ever had been. I don't remember why I went off it. I went back on last year but used WB XL once daily. I used the name brand and most recently the generic by TEVA. For some reason, the WB XL name brand AND generic did nothing at all for me. I was using in combo with 50 mg Zoloft and then to 100 mg Zoloft which I am still on. The XL has none of the side effects or benefits like I experience with the WB SR. I felt like I was taking nothing at all. On top of that, I was lazier than ever not wanting to clean or get off the couch. This could be attributed to the Zoloft but I need that for anxiety. The SR is more expensive than the XL generic for me, but worth every penny. I just switched back to the SR and have been on for only 2 days but I have already lost 2 pounds. I also am experiencing the side effects I fondly remember. I don't mind the funky taste in my mouth because my weight attributes greatly to my depression. Overall Wellbutrin SR does WONDERS for me. | F | 39 | 3 days | 7/17/2009 | 5 | bipolar | elevated sweating during excersise & labour, initial headaches, dry mouth,very thirsty, weight lose,lose of appetite,very vivd real life variety of dreams, yahoo i have a great libido!major memory lose. | love this drug, it really helped with self confidence at work & socializing.weight lose is great,the sweating thing isn't that much of a drag.the weird action packed dreams that i ofcourse star in, have made me feel like i've been up all night living a whole other day.i must say that the strangest thing is the memory lose, i mean i have lost sections of my life. it's kinda scary. i completly wipe out things that happened last week or today. i can have a phone conversation w/someone and then be truly convinced that i never spoke to that person. i don't really mind any of that compaired to how i felt on anything else. oh and i love my smokes but i've really lost interest in it | F | 39 | 4 weeks | 8/9/2007 | 5 | Depression | Insomnia, dry mouth, headache, dizziness, increased sex drive, increased body sensation | Afer 2 years on Paxil felt like a living dead while nothing did worry me anymore but also nothing could excite me anymore. Switched to generic Wellbutrin SR taking 150mg once in the morning for 6 weeks now. After couple of days noticed a big change in mood since I was able once again to get excited about things. Also the first couple of days sex drive went through the roof together with a total increase in body sensation. This has somehow more normalized after a couple of weeks now. Depression almost completely went away with just very few occasional little spells of feeling depressed. Bottom line is that this is definitely a great drug that brought me back to life! | M | 39 | 6 weeks | 1/12/2008 | 5 | moderate depression/fatigue | vivid surreal dreams (not bad!) increased appetite slightly paranoid/over-sensitive/light headed after several months on drug | I've taken wellbutrin 2x for 5-6 months at a time. Result: Energy level back to normal, Mood back to normal, No sexual side-effects(Anorgasmic on Prozac), Deep restorative sleep (despite the dreams).It made me feel "normal" again, at least for the first 4 months or so. I quit (both times) after the side-effects became too bothersome and slowly but surely fell back into a "funk" with even less energy than I had before I took the drug. It acts like a stimulant in other words and is addictive. But for someone who gets sleepy on Prozac and is bothered by its sexual side-effects, Wellbutrin is a good anti-depressant. | F | 39 | 2 times | 9/20/2002 | 5 | Depression | Excess Energy and Alertness | Best AD taken | M | 39 | 6 months | 12/20/2003 |