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 |
| 1 | PMDD/mild depression/libido loss | extreme dizziness whenever I would turn my head to either side, loss of depth perception and increase in color contrast [life looked as if I was watching tv], nausea, difficulty falling asleep and waking several times during the night, return of depression, no loss in appetite and only very mild gain in libido, unfortunately. | I was on Zoloft for a couple months before Wellbutrin and it worked wonderfully, but the sexual side effects were killing both me and my boyfriend. I began taking 150 mg of Wellbutrin twice a day for about a week before I couldn't stand being on it anymore. The side effects seemed to get worse with every passing day rather than better. On day 7 I turned my head and along with the dizziness I actually experienced tingling in my tongue and fingers; that's when I decided I definitely had to stop taking this. I was scared it was causing my brain to swell, or something else along those lines! Days 6 and 7 I was also depressed and couldn't stop crying. I didn't want to see anyone and didn't feel like leaving my bed or even getting dressed. I didn't lose any weight and the only way the drug affected me sexually was an increase in sexual dreams at night- but I'm still experiencing loss of genital sensitivity. | F | 19 | 7 days | 4/11/2007 | 1 | depression, pain | Turned into psycho woman, anger, manic, increased sex drive, anxiety. | I switched from Lexapro to Welbutrin because I was tired of the low sex drive issue. I wished I would have never switched, it turned me into a mean terrible woman. The sex drive did increase, but my husband definitely didn't want any part of me because I was so psycho. When I switched back to Lexapro I was much happier. | F | 41 | 1 months | 12/9/2007 | 1 | Anxiety/peri-menopausal/quit smokin | anxiety, shaking both internally and externally, crying uncontrollably about nothing, paranoia, the feeling I could 'walk it off', ate the equivalent to 1 hamburger in 1 week,Lost 10 lbs in 6 weeks, dry mouth, didn't sleep in 4 days. , great fear of what was happening to me. Guilt for the way I was behaving, embarrassment, no thoughts of killing myself, - but thoughts of how nice it would be to go to sleep and never have to deal with these syptoms again - lost site of any hope. | make sure you have a friend/spouse monitor you when you try a new drug. Allow them to be your patient advocate when the Dr gives a new drug to you. new Doc didn't like that I smoked & took BC pills to ease peri-menopause. I had taken Prozac and Effexor in the past for peri-menopause (no problems but sleepiness)but wasn't on anything at the tim e. . She then prescribed Wellbutrin SR 200 mg and kept increasing the dosage when I told her of the side effects I was having. She did this 3 times in 4 weeks and then wrote script for prozac and xanax on top. My body couldn't take all this. she then told me I could be bi-polar and referred me to a psych . I knew I was FINE before taking Wellbutrin.My husband made me an emergency appt to my old GP who I had been to for years. He immediately began weening me from Wellbutrin. 24 hours later I was 85% back to myself. Not only do the drugs scare me, but the unacknowledged 'scientists' who are handing them out like candy/ don't know what to d | F | 41 | 6 weeks | 11/11/2007 | 1 | quit smoking, anxiety/depression | MANY. Before taking it I was functional & not even that depressed or anxious but Wellbutrin caused extreme anxiety for me, coupled with DEBILITATING PANIC ATTACKS, bizarre waking dreams, auditory hallucinations, terrible insomnia, violent, raging outbursts. BY FAR THE WORST MED I HAVE EVER TRIED, I'm talking worse than tri-cyclic anti-depressants like Pamelor..ENDED UP IN A PSYCH WARD & it's taken me a year to get back on track from that. | DO NOT! DO NOT! DO NOT TAKE WELLBUTRIN IF YOU ARE PRONE TO PANIC ATTACKS OR ANXIETY!!! I posted about Wellbutrin back on 10/29/2006, my comments begin with: "I am a small woman (5'4"-104 lbs) & 150 mg/day definitely was too much for me.." & then I mentioned how I felt I might have to admit myself to the hospital.. WELL it's a over a year later & yes, I ended up in the psych ward from the panic attacks caused by taking Wellbutrin for just ONE MONTH. The panicky feeling & rage continued for WEEKS after I discontinued the Wellbutrin until I just couldn't stand it any loner & admitted myself to the hosptal because of panic attacks & I was worried I might try to physically hurt someone in a rage. Pretty funny story: the last straw for me was one morning I woke up around 5am & 'Saved by the Bell' was on the TV. I watched the show for a minute or two then suddenly watching SBTB frightened me so badly I was literally terrified. Like I was about to | F | 39 | 1 months | 1/12/2008 | 1 | ADD Attention Deficit | When I first started on the medication, I did not notice any change in my concentration. After a few weeks I began to realize that something was not right. I noticed on more than a few occasions that I was losing entire days. I would go to school in the morning and not be aware of anything else until I got home. While I discussed these issues with my doctor he thought that it had more to do with a lack of sleep. Which I also decided must have been caused by the medication because I had never had that problem before. A few days before I stopped taking it I remembered leaving the school building. The rest of this story was a blank until about a year ago when it came back to me in a flashback. When I went to get on the bus I had an intense hallucination which made me think that the bus had turned into a monster. I apparently refused to board the bus and froze in place about 10 feet from the door. The secretary came and ushered me back to the school building where she called my mom. | Please consult your doctor about ALL possible symptoms! If you are under 18 I would recommend you seek a second opinion. | F | 22 | 3 months | 2/19/2008 | 1 | Severe depression | At first I was so down that I was happy for any pill to do ANYTHING to help me. But I noticed after a few weeks that I was still depressed, although less so. I figured I'd wait a few more months. Well after 8 months of taking it, I can tell you now that I have never been so angry and raging in all my life. I thought it was me. I did not think it was the pill. I nearly lost my relationship as a result of the Wellbutrin's effect on me. After doing research and speaking to my doctor, I found out that Wellbutrin is known to cause irritability and in some cases intense feelings of anger and extreme RAGE. I mean the kind of RAGE where you feel like something has totally gripped you during the time you're raging. I now am off Wellbutrin and am on Lexapro. I would not suggest Wellbutrin if you're prone to any kind of irritability. I also could not sleep b/c of the medicine. For months now my sleep has been interrupted and it was very hard getting to sleep. Doctors won't tell you about the RAGI | If you want to quit smoking, then it's a good fix for that but not for really severe depression. I took Wellbutrin in two separate time periods and the RAGING and crying fits happened all the time. | F | 43 | 8 months | 7/11/2007 | 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 | 1 | depression and energy loss | for the first (and I hope only) time in my life I had persistant visual hallucinations. Having never had them I thought the "worms" I was seeing when my eyes were closed were real and then I thought I saw them moving on my face. It was very scary and I am going off it now. Not slowly Now. My GP thinks I am delusional and I have had a lot of funny looks because I told a few people about this when I thought it was real and I had some strange tropical illness. I don't know if others have had this problem, but it scared me a lot | F | 60 | 3 months | 1/12/2009 | 1 | Depression | Constant headache for the first week and a half, increased energy, very vivid dreams/nightmares, social anxiety, unbearable insomnia, increased appetite/weight gain, decreased sex drive, irritability, slight dizziness, lack of concentration, nervousness & nausea. | I took 150 mg of Wellbutrin SR twice a day for about 6 weeks. I tried suffering through the constant 24/7 headache in hopes that the depression would get better but it didn't, I actually felt more depressed. I could not wait to get off this medication. The insomnia was unbearable. I could not leave my house for a full 2 weeks due to social anxiety which I did not have before taking this medication. After going off this I went on Paxil...no luck just more side effects. I am currently taking Cymbalta and am very happy with the results. No side effects other than night sweats. | F | 41 | 6 weeks | 3/30/2009 | 1 | anxiety/low energy | swelling of hands,feet,ankles,legs,muscle pain | I began to get severe pressure headaches and discontinued the drug but I became so ill I am now on disability. I have developed severe memory problems and muscle twitching and muscle loss. I have now developed an undiagnosed neurological condition and am on disabilty. I am not sure if coincidence but I was the picture of health and my problems started when on wellbutrin. Anyone else with long term health effects while on wellbutrin? | F | 32 | 2 years | 7/9/2008 | 1 | depression | started off great for several months. after about 5 months started having olfactory hallucinations but blew it off. after about 2 years or so, started with major, major paranoia and started becoming afraid of even the dark. out of nowhere i experienced a seizure which resulted in a car accident. now i am not allowed to drive. i am so angry at the manufacturers. | this was removed from the market a few times due to the high incidence of seizures. please, please change medications. it has ruined my life. | F | 32 | 2 years | 6/27/2008 | 1 | smoking | Side effects started the second day. I was a zombie. I was non-functional, slept 16-20 hours a day, felt totally drugged. I was miserable! I had to go back in a week to have my blood pressure checked and had to open all the car windows in the dead of winter to stay awake. It had raised my blood pressure and I had to stop taking it. I say good riddance! | Be SURE to have your blood pressure checked when you are taking this! Oh, it had absolutely no effect on smoking. | F | 50 | 7 days | 3/13/2008 | 1 | depression...anxiety disorder | by day 5 I couldn't sleep, shaking, heart pounding, tore through the house like a maniac....straightening labels facing forward.....3 sleepless nights....QUIT! | F | 37 | 7 days | 3/13/2008 | 1 | stop smoking | SEIZURES | Could not laugh could not cry. Every minute seemed to go by very very slowly. Most of all I had two seizures the second day on this medicine. My sister also took this medicine for about three weeks and suddenly she just blacked out and hit her face on a hard object and almost cut her eye open. Her blood pressure was also very very high. She was 45 then and I was 27. They said the side effect of seizure is rare which is obviously not true! | F | 32 | 2 days | 3/4/2008 | 1 | fix sexual side effects of Zoloft | Side splitting, vomitting headache | AHHHHH!!! Wouldn't take it again if it was the last pill on earth! | F | 27 | 2 days | 4/1/2008 | 1 | anxiety and mild depression | None, first 2 days. Then on the 3rd day they all kicked in. Stomach pain for hours after I take it, even if I eat first. Nausea, abdominal cramping and discomfort, gas, increased bowel movements, really bad insomnia, sleepiness/zombie/drugged feeling | Switched to this from zoloft in hopes of remedying sexual side effects. However, I am now going back to the zoloft. This drug made me feel very sick and did not help at all with anxiety. But everyone is different. A friend of mine loves it. | F | 27 | 7 days | 4/15/2008 | 1 | to augment Luvox | SEIZURE Without ever having history of epilepsy. I had an EEG last month and DO NOT HAVE EPILEPSY.....so it was the Wellbutrin. DO NOT MIX WITH ALCOHOL, especially straight liquor. A lot of what I call "zaps", "zings", I would be having a conversation with somebody and all of the sudden I would feel this electric JOLT and it would be visibly noticeable to other people. My hands would seize up and my muscles in my eyes would twitch. Really scary. | Be very careful with this medication....I was on the lowest possible dose EVERY OTHER DAY and I still experienced a grand-mal seizure. I did feel somewhat of an increase in mood and energy with this medication, but not worth it once I experienced all of those things. | F | 20 | 7 months | 1/6/2009 | 1 | Anxiety/Small panic attacks | Restlessness, Tremors,Heart racing,Panic attacks. | This is the first time I went to the doctor for my anxiety.I got prescribed Hupropion Sr 150 mg twice a day. I took this medicine for 4 days, and it was the worst thing ever..My heart wouldn't stop racing and it would hit me so hard and quick and go away I thought I was kinda dead, scared me to death. so I went to the doctor and had a full blown panic attack there. My blood pressure was 150/80 and it's normally around 117/65, and my heart rate was 120 bpm, and it's usually around 80. They did an EKG on me and said they believe I was just sensitive to the medicine, so now I got prescribed Hupropion hcl, 75mg. I hope this workss.. If you start feeling like I did, get to the doctor ASAP please. | F | 24 | 4 days | 11/12/2008 | 1 | depression | stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, weakness | I just started it yesterday and felt fine. Today I took it at 7am., went to work and started having nausea and stomach pain. I had to leave work which I have never done and I have been vomiting since and the pain is just now subsiding. I am also allergic to most other anti-depressants so I was hopeful about this one but I'm not taking it any more | F | 58 | 2 days | 4/21/2008 | 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 |