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 |
| 5 | Depression | Jittery, but mostly only with caffeine,crying jags, more talkative, and possibly severe dizziness and nausea. | I finally (after several years of various antidepressants)feel "normal" again. Alcohol doesn't bother me with this med, although I don't drink much anyway. Caffeine definitely gets me uncomfortably jittery. Main concern is I suddenly (after 5 weeks)developed nausea and extreme dizziness, but not sure if that's from Wellbutrin. | F | 60 | 5 weeks | 11/16/2007 | 5 | depression & bipolar type II | at first, very shaky, jittery, felt terrible when smoking cigarettes, distant, some sexual effects, all went away after about two months | Helped me tremendously but had to go up to 450 mg after a couple years. Tried to back down the dose twice with no success - each time I would lose it. However, I just got pregnant and stopped abruptly and withdrawl is pretty bad - shakes, insomnia, vivid dreams/nightmares. | F | 33 | 3 years | 11/10/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression/Smoking | Gas (I think this is a side effect, but with the holidays and all the stuff I've been eating, I can't be sure). My libido has returned. Got monster headaches the first few days, but they stopped by day 4. I forget to eat until my hands start shaking. | The first couple of days on this stuff, I smoked about a half a pack more than usual because the cigs just weren't doing anything. Right now, I'm at about 1/3 a pack a day. The cravings are just going away like magic, feels like. As far as depression and anxiety, I was on Zoloft before. Wellbutrin's effects aren't nearly as straightforward and pronounced. I feel more relaxed, though, not terrified of social interaction like I usually am. I've also been doing more laundry. No real complaints with this one. | F | 32 | 8 days | 12/27/2007 | 5 | Anxiety & Depression | So far, nothing except for vivid dreams and somewhat escalated sex drive (this is incorporated into my dreams). I am not sure if this is a direct result of the Wellbutrin (generic) but I suspect that it is. | I do feel a slight increase of energy and not so gloomy, but will wait until my dose is doubled to 300mg the day after tomorrow and see if any new side effects and/or results turn up. | F | 25 | 3 days | 1/2/2008 | 5 | Depression for Ten years | Loss of appetite or that feeling that I have to eat to fill the bottomless pit. I can stop once I reach full. Increased libido. May have had insomnia in the beginning, but no longer a problem. | I have only tried Zoloft and Wellbutrin SR (I take the generic bupropion hcl sr 100mg 2xday) With Zoloft, for me, I felt sort of zombied, not like myself. With Wellbutrin SR, I feel myself but even better. Less depression, can handle life better. Can get out of bed, make goals and actually reach them. My plan is to be on this med for 1 year while I make life changes. I am doing the footwork for spiritual/emotional growth and exercising and eating right. None of which I could accomplish without getting this cloud lifted. It has enhanced my sex life. I've lost 20 pounds since I started and I believe the lack of appetite has helped with eating less. I still enjoy food, just eat less of it. If you are researching medications, I would receommend trying Wellbutrin SR. | F | 40 | 6 months | 5/2/2007 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, insomnia | dizziness, nausea, lack of appetite, vivid dreams, ear ringing, horrible hangover | This medication helped me a lot, and has so far been worth the side effects. The first week or so I was dizzy and nauseous and occasionally would feel totally out of it (kind of like I was drunk). Recently, I twitch while falling asleep and have been having extremely vivid dreams. They're not usually bad dreams, but they are oddly disturbing. Because I only drink occasionally, my doctor did not tell me to not drink, and after doing some research I decided it would be okay to drink a little bit. Unfortunately, one night I drank much more than I intended and experienced the absolute WORST HANGOVER OF ALL TIME. It lasted two days and I thought I was going to die. Luckily, I was fine, no seizure or anything. | F | 23 | 2 months | 5/5/2007 | 5 | depression, anxiety, insomnia | dizziness, nausea, ear ringing, vivid dreams, increased motion sickness | I just posted, but forgot a very strange side effect: motion sickness. I've had terrible motion sickness my whole life (can't even sit in a rocking chair), but it's much worse now. I get carsick every time I'm in a car unless I'm driving, and occasionally feel sick when watching movies or TV from the motion. My psychiatrist says she has never heard of this side effect. Anyone else? | F | 23 | 2 months | 5/5/2007 | 5 | Depression | Would keep me up if i took near bedtime, cannot drink or you get dizzy | This drug may change your life. I had severe clinical depression with an extensive family history of the disease. It helped me a lot for 6 years and just recently I think it's not working as well. This is a long time for an antidepressant to work on a person as patients normally develop tolerances to antidepressants | F | 24 | 6 years | 5/4/2007 | 5 | mild depression/weight loss | Initially (first week) I felt a little spacey and I had some chest pain (short spasms) which went away after 2 weeks. My blood pressure is up 140/90 but with weight loss it should come back down. Constant thirst, so I'm drinking extra water which is accelerating my weight loss. First week dropped 4lbs and lost total of 6lbs that month. No food cravings! | My doctor put me on bupropion SR, 150mg daily as I was depressed about not being able to lose any weight. My efforts in exercising and watching what I eat were going nowhere. I'm happy that this is helping me on my weight loss. Can't say anything negative about this drug. | F | 44 | 37 days | 5/2/2007 | 5 | major depression | none | has kept my head above water for 4 yrs; tried many other antidepressants and ECT before Wellbutrin SR. It has worked very well. Only recently added Zoloft & Deplin because some symptoms of depression were returning. | F | 49 | 4 years | 9/20/2007 | 5 | PMDD, mood swings, depression | Side effects lasted less than a week and were tolerable. This included dizziness, tunnel vision and a rash that started on my ankles and worked up my legs. | This has been a wonderful drug for me. I have PMDD (which means super PMS that makes me temporarily insane and horrible to be around) and a history of depression. This drug has helped stabilize my moods to where I don't get overwhelming anxiety or depression. I started off on 150 mg for 6 weeks and felt no better so went up to 300 mg which is where I am now. | F | 29 | 8 months | 7/19/2007 | 5 | To quit smoking | Metallic taste in mouth, head "buzz" on high dose...lower dose has no adverse effects at all! | Taking this to quit smoking, I found it to be a "gift"...it killed all cravings for so many other things like food - I lost over 60 lbs in 18 months which was much needed! There did come a time where my dose became too strong, as I felt a bit ill, hyper-energy and headaches were starting....my doc lowered the dose at my request and there's been absolutely no problems since. To anyone taking this, just be careful in stopping it...I was told it's not the type of drug that causes any type of withdrawl problems, but once I did stop it for 2 weeks and felt almost suicidal and *horrible* beyond description. Possibly it did me so much good that my regressing into an old me is what caused those feelings....but I think it was the abrupt stopping of the drug. There are days I do not take it, like if we are going to have a few drinks, as they warn of seizure risks, but I have never had that happen to me. I think it's a great thing to take, especially in pre-menopausal age like I am, but | F | 45 | 2 years | 6/23/2007 | 5 | depression & anxiety | loss of appetite | It has been a wonder for me! I went on it last week after I was being to have thoughts of suidcide. I've tried paxil, effexor & zoloft - I gained weight and had other side effects with those drugs. Wellbutrin SR has been great with very little side effects!! | F | 38 | 7 days | 5/22/2007 | 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 | Depression | None | Love this medication. Have been on it for 5 years. Helps take the edge off of my stress and helps me function like a normal person. Took it while I was pregnant with no side effects. Baby is fine. Do notice when I have missed a day or two. I get dizzy. Do drink occasionally on it and see no effect one way or another. No sexual side effects. Took Zoloft before and it made me so tired. Not tired on the Wellbutrin. Take 200mg at lunch daily. Great drug. Highly recommend it. | F | 38 | 5 years | 4/24/2008 | 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/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 | 5 | depression (bi-polar) | None if taken correctly. Too much at one time causes heart racing. | I believe Wellbutrin (coupled with counseling and a stimulus light I use in the winter) has given me a life I didn't think was possible. | F | 37 | 10 years | 6/23/2008 | 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 | bipolar II | hands shake, some manic episodes (although mild), sometimes I have so much energy it feels like I slammed a six-pack of Coke, has helped my depression and mood swings TREMENDOUSLY, helps me to better control my mood swings and overall deal with stress in my life. | I am so glad I found this site. I thought I had early symptoms of Parkinson's b/c my hands shake. I kept chalking it up to the Wellbutrin, and thankfully I am right. Before going on Wellbutrin SR, I tried Celexa and Zoloft, neither of which did much to improve my mental state. My doctor initially put me on 300mg, and I felt like a coke addict, horrible bags under my eyes, no appetite, constantly manic, insomnia, thoughts racing so fast, slurred speech, it was hell! He took it down to 150mg and that was perfect. My Bipolar II is mild, and this medicine has been a Godsend in taming the symptoms. I haven't met one person who has had anything positive to say about this drug; my sister just got on it for depression/anxiety and she hates it, she says it's not working. But, everyone is different. I love it. I was lucky to find the "perfect" drug so quickly. | F | 24 | 7 years | 6/9/2008 |