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 | Major Depression | A dry mouth for the first week. Mild agitation. | The first dose I took made me feel euphoric. I was hoping I was going to feel this way everyday. Unfortunately it was only the first dose that produced this feeling. After being on for 2 weeks the side effects went away and I started to feel less depressed. I seem to be getting better each and every day. In a couple of weeks I am going to ask my Dr if I can up the dose to 300mgs. This is the only drug that has worked so well for me. | M | 57 | 21 days 150MG 1X day | 2/21/2012 | 2 | thyroid problems | nothing | didnt do anything. I feel no differance at all | F | 57 | 4 weeks 150 2X day | 7/22/2011 | 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 | Depression | Lost weight and not hungry as much. Libido definitely increased, I had been on Zoloft and Celexa previously with negative results. | So far it's working | M | 56 | 1 years | 1/25/2002 | 3 | Depression | With my very high dose (over 600 mg / da) I get tremor. | The depression is controlled, more or less. It is hard for me to keep the level of Wellbutrin at maximum though. Also .. no hypomania. Kind of want the hypomania once in a while %^) | M | 56 | 4 years | 3/31/2005 | 3 | mild depression | Some insomnia, intense dreams, increased appetite, but exercising more. My head itches so much and I have a rash on the back of my neck. Is anyone else suffering from this particular side effect? | Just taking the one morning dose of 150 MG. I do feel better, but might stop taking it because of the itching problem. | F | 56 | 6 months | 8/13/2001 | 3 | quit smoking | tdtfk | hgjhg | F | 56 | 3 months | 10/9/2004 | 2 | Fatigue, supposed low dopamine | Heightened alertness, a little jumpy in fact, slight headache, sleepless nights. Decided to go off the drug after 2 nights with little sleep. Insomnia has never been a problem for me. Second night after discontinuing the drug I had an almost full night of sleep so it appears to be out of my system. This drug appears to be too strong even after 2 days - worried that continued use may cause permanent dependence or side effects. Going back to taking protein supplement L-Tyrosene which really appears to work at alleviating fatigue and allowing me to exercise at a higer level. This really works well for for gym work especially where I have increased my work rate by 50%. | M | 56 | 2 days 150 2X day | 3/21/2013 | 1 | Bipolar depression | Positive: increased sex drive Negative: increase in suicidal thoughts, increased negative thoughts, worse depression, crying, feeling disconnected from world, time distortion, stiff neck, vivid dreams. No effect on appetite, no effect on sleep after day 3. | I really wanted this to work, and the first two or three days were promising - I felt slightly wired, more awake, no desire to rest during day, but was able to sleep at night. Depression remained about the same. During the second week (still on 150mg), I started to feel disconnected from everybody else. Depression got worse, with feelings of total worthlessness and hopelessness, and could not concentrate on anything, constantly distracted. On day 14 I doubled the dose to 150mg twice a day. Big mistake. Thought about suicide all the time, felt I was already dead, like a ghost. Time moved very slowly, every minute felt like an effort to live through. Also became scared of being left alone and asked my husband not to leave me alone for a minute (very unusual for me, I'm usually quite independent). Stopped medication yesterday and already feel a bit better. | F | 56 | 17 days 150 1X day | 5/1/2016 | 5 | depression | stiff neck at first, anxiety at first, insomnia if taken too late in the day, increased libido | Of all the antidepressants I have tried (most of them) this one has been the most beneficial with the least side effects. One of the things I will never understand is why doctors continually try to start severely depressed and panicky/anxiety ridden patients on only an antidepressant instead of giving them an antianxiety drug at the the same time. It makes no sense to me. The drugs are such a shock to your system and my system would 100% of the time react with panic. I can't tell you how hard it is to get yourself to take a drug that you know is going to put you in the panic state. As a psych nurse, I had to try to convince patients to take something that we both knew was going to put them through the wringer for the next several weeks until their body either got used to the drug or they just couldn't stand it any more and quit. It is cruel and counter-therapeutic. I suspect success rates would quadruple if you dealt with the anxiety/panic factor up front and then reduced and di | F | 55 | 3 years | 6/30/2008 | 5 | depression | almost none. It has lifted my mood. Helped me get a good nights sleep and not negatively affected my sex life like some other anti-depressants can. | M | 55 | 2 years | 5/25/2005 | 5 | depression | Dry mouth very hard to get started on this med. I had a lot of trouble sleeping. Increase in sex drive. | I am driving my wife nuts. She keeps telling me that I am not 18 anymore. That is true but I feel like I am. | M | 55 | 2 months | 1/10/2009 | 5 | depression/anxiety | First 10 days very mild side effects. Crazy but fun dreams, more energy, slept ok. Then at 10 days, about 3 days after I went to 300mg I broke out in SEVERE hives. All over the body, hands swollen like balloons hives. Backed off to 150mg and took benedryl because I didn't want to get off it. Waited about a week and hives toned down. Back on 300mg and only have mild itching which will welt if I scratch too much. Sex is great again! | I have tried many antidepressants and this one is by far the best for me. I couldn't deal with the tiredness and loss of sex drive that Paxil, Prozac, and Lexapro gave me. I love how I feel energetic and even if I sleep a little less I feel rested. Depression gone even though life problems are going on full force. I don't get so anxious and sad over it. I used to just lay in bed and wish each day would just get over. I'm glad I stuck through the hives... just a little itchy now. Waiting for the weight loss and cigarette smoking to stop. (I hope) Even though that is not why I take it, it would be a nice side benefit. Paxil made me feel dead sexually. I don't know if my libido is higher than it used to be but it is up there and great. | F | 55 | 2 months | 10/13/2006 | 4 | Mild depression | minimal at 150mg SR. Racy heart and insomnia at higher dose. | Has | F | 55 | 1 months | 12/27/2004 | 3 | for depression & smoking cessation | none | I did not quit smoking, but cut cigarette use in half. Didn't make any difference in mood. | F | 55 | 2 years | 8/13/2007 | 3 | anxiety, insomnia | Immediately more pep, which I liked. I was taking 150 twice a day and that made me want to jump out of my skin, so I stopped after a month. My food and sweet tooth cravings seemed to be taming down. Lovey-dovey deptartment was pretty good, especially after a disasterous try on Lexapro!! Sleep no, but then I only tried it a month. Seemed to notice joint pain too. | After being off for 2 months I think I am going to try it again and only take 150 once a day and really try and stick with it. Dr. seems to think the insomnia is depression related even though that really isn't a big symptom. From a lot of posts it seems like 4 weeks really isn't enough time to tell. | F | 55 | 4 weeks | 6/7/2008 | 1 | smoking cessation/mild depression | anxiety, ringing in ears, foul taste in mouth, anorexia, trippy in a bad way | makes me wonder if people that took lsd back in the hippie days have a different reaction to this drug. anxiety is more of a problem for me than depression and wellbutrin is NOT for anxiety. I'll stick to 100mg Zoloft. I'd rather be 20 lbs overweight and calm rather than skinny and insane! | F | 55 | 6 days | 9/15/2006 | 1 | smoking | Felt extremely strange, this drug scared the crap out of me | Perhaps if you don't suffer from depression or other illness, this is a bad way to go to quit smoking. I felt like I was in some unreal place and not myself, hard to describe. This drug should be researched more. I'll just have to suck it up and quit smoking cold turkey. I've done it before and didn't have to contend with mind games from a whacko drug. | F | 55 | 1 weeks | 9/15/2006 | 5 | anxiety and mild depression | More energy and no mood swings or anxiety. I am finally happy again...life is great! | F | 54 | 2 months | 7/29/2001 | 4 | depression | Drowsiness from it or from effexor or both. | M | 54 | 2 years | 8/16/2002 |