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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN SR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Depression + Anxiety/Panic Attacks | Very few. Maybe increased libido (it this bad? ;-). Don't worry too much about side effects listed here and on the med's sheet; they happen to certain people some of the time and usually completely disappear within a few (1 or 2) weeks. Stick with your medication and talk to your doctor. | This is a great medication! After trying about all SSRIs out there I was started on Prozac (up to 40mg daily) + Wellbutrin (up to 300mg daily) and it FINALLY happened within 2 months of starting this med! I was ALIVE again! Concentration was back, I was enjoying life again and most importantly for me I was not anxious about everything. After 3 years on leave from work I was back (and good at it) and 50 pounds lighter too due to decreased appetite. At one point we (my psy and I) increased my Wellbutrin to 450mg daily but it didn't do anything more so we lowered it back to 300mg daily. Wellbutrin clearly gave me a boost of energy; at one point I did a home project that lasted 6 weeks at 10 hours/day and I was full of energy (no, I'm not bipolar). I had never experienced soi much energy. Then the energy decreased to a more normal level. A note about Prozac in this context: when I was started on Prozac alone (10mg daily) my panic attacks ceased completely within a week. Maybe also | M | 45 | 700 days | 3/12/2006 | 5 | Depression + Anxiety/Panic Attacks | See my other post... | (continued from first part) A note about Prozac in this context: when I was started on Prozac alone (10mg daily) my panic attacks ceased completely within a week. Maybe also the feeling of taking charge medically of my problem helped with the helplessness I was feeling and the anxiety it created. I don't know. After 6 months of going well on 40mg Prozac + 300mg Wellbutrin we (actually I) decided to decrease all medication *very progressively* and then stop completely. After 6 months of being OK (no depression, no anxiety) anxiety crept back again so I'm considering getting back on the meds now. STICK WITH YOUR TREATMENT and follow your health pro's advice. It does work! | M | 45 | 700 days | 3/12/2006 | 5 | severe depression | Even after 6 years on this I still have very vivid dreams. As one doctor said, "you don't have to go to the movies anymore." This is good thing in general, though sometimes nightmares are slighty more frightening. But most of my vivid dreams are amazing! You really experience them. It's quite a treat. Wellbutrin also makes me sweat easily though I'm very active. As far as sex, that was the reason I chose this over all the others. Indeed, it has made my libido strong, which like the exciting dreams is a nice side effect. | I never tried another anti-depressant and I have no regrets. Some people say Wellbutrin doesn't work well but I disagree. It has saved my life. After 5+ years on 200mg 2x/day I'm now on 150mg 2x/day. I notice the difference - I can get more depressed than I was used to - but it has also freed me. I hope to keep lowering my dose over the next few years, though I don't know if I can ever get off this because my depression was drug-abuse related and there's probably some permanent chemical imbalance upstairs. But it's ok. Wellbutrin is so innocuous and works well. | M | 31 | 6 years | 4/13/2006 | 5 | Major Depression | I've only been taking Wellbutrin for five days now, and I have a migrane like headeche the second day, and each day since I feel spacy. (However I am not sure if this is the drug causing this, or I am hyper sensitive, because I am focusing more on my day to day feelings). | I was on Paxil for major depression. I took it for eight months then decided to quite, b/c of apathetic feelings. I felt good, ambitious, euphoric, totally what I wanted, but I started to realize that I was feeling much to 'un-attached' to my feelings towards others. I also had sexual dysfunctions, high libido, but major impotency problems. I read one persons comments on "memory recall", and as you can witness by my 'poor' spelling, I too find my 'witts' to have flattened out, as well. I will be sure to up-date again after 6 weeks, when the effects (positive and negative) start to surface more. | M | 26 | 5 days | 9/19/2005 | 5 | depression & Bi-polar disorder | none at all except ringing in the ears. | Over a period of time, I started developing strong and multiple suicide thoughts - very unusual for me. The doc put me on Wellbutrin. A couple of years later I erronously thought that I could handle this situation by myself and so I tapered off on my meds... Boy, how wrong I was!!! Some months later the suiside thoughts came back very strongly and after a visit to the ER, I was back on Wellbutrin. This time, I suspect, for life. And as it is a generic drug, that works with me just fine. As part of the cocktail, wellbutrin does the trick. Note: I also take lithium (12 months) and Citalopram (1 month) | M | 64 | 5 years | 11/13/2006 | 5 | moderate to severe depression | Dryness in mouth, increased thirst. Decrease in inhibition, with marked increase in sexual desire. | Depression is waning, feeling better every day. Don't feel like the world is so against me anymore, just coping with folks everyday is easier and a bit more relaxed. Becoming much less inhibited though, like to strip naked in house and in backyard (as long as offspring or neighbors are not around). WXL may or may not be the direct cause of inhibition, but I am much less inhibited nonetheless if that makes any sense. Enjoying sex much more now, and a definite increase in sexual desire. Wellbutrin XL has been very helpful in my life, I was on the verge of divorce or other devastating life changes prior to starting this treatment, but life has definitely improved since starting W-XL. | M | 46 | 4 months | 9/9/2006 | 5 | severe depression/bi-polar | In the beginning headaches and extreme dry mouth, tapered after a couple of weeks. Slight tremors but went away after a few days. Now, no side effects! | The best "drug" that has happened to me. In conjuction with remeron, celexa and ativan(only when needed), it is a wonder cocktail. I've lost unwanted weight, thank goodness. Along with the cocktail, I live a very healthy lifestyle. Good nutrition and plenty of exercise makes a gigantic difference. Don't expect the medication to do wonders while you sit idle. You have to do your part and you will see extraordinary results, I promise. You have to find what works for you and what doesn't. Don't be afraid to discuss other options/meds with your Doctor. Prayer also helps! In short, do whatever helps! I've been severely depressed almost all my life, this drug gives me the hope to keep going on in life! Don't give up on treatment, most especially, don't give up on yourself. You are worth everything and are very precious to life. It is a daily struggle but you have the support and love of family, friends and the entire living universe. God Bless!! | M | 38 | 6 months | 11/8/2006 | 5 | depression & Bi-polar disorder | none at all | Overe a period of time, I started developing strong and multiple suicide thoughts - very unusual for me. The doc put me on Wellbutrin. A couple of years later I erronously thought that I could handle this situation by myself and so I tapered off on my meds... Boy, how wrong I was!!! Some months later the suiside thoughts came back very strongly and after a visit to the ER, I was back on Wellbutrin. This time, I suspect, for life. And as it is a generic drug, that works with me just fine. As part of the cocktail, wellbutrin does the trick. Note: I also take lithium (12 months) and Citalopram (1 month) | M | 64 | 5 years | 11/13/2006 | 5 | Depression , Libido | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | M | 30 days | 12/8/2006 | 5 | Depression , Libido | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | M | 30 days | 12/8/2006 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | WELLBUTRIN BENEFICIAL: Initially experienced some insomnia,racy/anxious feelings,confusion but these slowly past and rapidly diminished at the beginning of week 5. BE PATIENT, these type of drugs can take time to reset the brain chemistry. The Wellbutrin has minimal effect on Serotonin and primarily acts on Dopamine and Norepinephirine; in my case, this has worked. | I am now in week 5 of using Wellbutrin (one week as a mono med) and I am finding it very effective in lifting mood and energy levels; plus,I have had an increase in concentration. As a number of other posters cautioned, it did take a full 4 weeks for the Wellbutrin to begin to achieve a good level of treatment effectiveness (and I certainly did want to throw the towel in a few times). My sincere thanks to everyone who shared their own experiences and emphasised the need to BE PATIENT and allow the drug time to level out the brain chemistry. As my anxiety seems to have improved with the Wellbutrin alone, I am now comfortable that, should I experience a serious anxiety increase, I can, per others experience and my discussions with my doctor, use Xanax to manage such a moment. My tip: If you are starting out on a new anti-depressant, copy and paste snippets of some of the postive med experiences you read about here and elsewhere. Print these words of encouragement out and post th | M | 48 | 5 weeks | 11/15/2005 | 5 | Depression | seems minor. Perhaps some constipation, but maybe that's just from disrupted schedule. Minor tremor is gone now. On 300mg (2x150mg daily). WB is the only drug I take, seems like many others are dealing with interactions of this drug and others. I am slightly worried about 'floaters' in visual field of my left eye right now, but those may or may not have anything to do with WB. In the past (years ago) I've tried Zoloft (wore off after a few months), Effexor (yeach - and very hard to get off of), and also Depakote (not sure this did a darn thing other than make me gain weight). Of all these WB is definitely the best thing so far. | At this point I'd say it is definitely helping my depression. I feel normal again. I have hey, ambition, again! My mood around my family is greatly improved. I am much less irritable and on-edge. The overwealming anger is gone. | M | 45 | 30 days | 3/2/2006 | 5 | depression | Initially ringing in ears, general stimulation, mild tensing of muscles, mild increased libido, crying. All subsided quickly. | Virtually free of side effects compared to previous nortriptyline, paxil, zoloft, serzone, remeron, effexor, lexapro. Improved mood and motivation. Now taking 450mg/day in combination with 600mg/day trazodone. | M | 44 | 1 years | 2/26/2006 | 5 | Depressed, smoking cessation. | Short outburst of anger. | I'm at day four starting on 150mgs. I noticed a sharp increase of energy on day one. Today I had a short outburst of anger and broke a good Power Drill... I do notice that I am not thinking of cigarettes as much. I am supposed to increase dosage to 300 mgs in 3 days. All and all, I am feeling pretty good. The anger was short lived, and probably due to an increase in brain stimulation. I'm not hungry,but will force myself to eat healthy and regulary. I'm thin as it is and do not want to loss any weight. | M | 46 | 4 days | 8/14/2005 | 5 | bipolar | none | M | 19 | 1 days | 8/20/2005 | 5 | depression | nausea | i'm not at all depressed after about 6 weeks. I haven't lost any weight nor have I had any problems with insomnia. My energy levels have increased notably. But I hate the constant nausea. Does it go away? | M | 29 | 6 weeks | 1/23/2007 | 5 | to Quit Smoking | first day/week was absolutely great. The day my dosage was upped from 1 to 2 pills/day I experienced diziness. A bit moody / angry after two weeks. After reading the input on this site, I am going to stop my caffiene intake and see how I feel. (prior to taking this drug I was at 1+ pot of coffee a day. Now, it's 1-2 cups of coffee a day - soon to be 0 cups of coffee per day) My dreams have been vivid throughout this experience - I now remember having dreams every night. | My doc said to take this (while smoking) 1 per day for a week, then 2 per day for another week. Then quit smoking. I talked with some friends and they suggested cutting my smokes down during the last week, which I did (every day, 2 or 3 fewer smokes). Happy to say it workd like a charm. I am blown away having not smoked in 44 days - with no desire to do so. I can't even really relate to having been a nasty one-and-a-half-pack a day smoker. Two weeks ago, I dropped my dose back to 1 pill/day and have had no ill effects. | M | 37 | 60 days | 1/25/2007 | 5 | Depression | I don't think I had any. Girlfriend seemed to think I'm a little too restless, to the point of annoying her. ENTP personality, I've been annoying people for years, anyway. | Well prozac did nothing for me. It seemed like concentration, motivation, and organization was better on all fronts. It took a long time to get what I consider in top form, maybe a year but it was noticable and sustainable. I've been on it 3 years and I would never go off. | M | 50 | 3 years | 6/1/2006 | 5 | PTSD-Depression | Vivid Dreams,minor night sweats | Feel better, back pain which I've had for over three years is gone. Morning erections,erotic dreams. Good stuff.one week 75 mg. two weeks now 150 mg. | M | 58 | 3 weeks | 5/29/2006 | 5 | quit smoking | Honestly, not bad at all for me. Very vivid dreams! Long, intense rememberable dreams, but I wouldn't label this a bad thing. A definite loss of appetite, but I still eat regularly even though I may not be hungry. My sleep schedule is a mess, but just need to retrain myself. I may have had a bit of anxiety and I would say that its completely gone now. I feel happier and very focused throughout my day. Not much can bother me while on it. But if you forget to take it....hope nobody's around when it hits you INSTA-RAGE. Super, super angry outbursts. I have always had a temper, but this is like caveman rage. Tripping over words and very violent actions. All and all this is a very helpful little pill, and this is the first MED I have ever takin in my life. If you take it, stay with it and learn to make it work for you. I feel much healthier not smoking!! :) | I have been taking wellbutrin SR for almost 2 months now. I had to have a wrist fusion and the Dr. recommended it to me to quit smoking so the fusion would "heal" properly. The first and a little into the second week I cheated a couple times and smoked a drag or two. But now I can honestly say I hate even smelling cigarette smoke or seeing someone smoke. I have no urges to smoke and I think I can say after 8 years of smoking I have finally quit for good! Like I said before, not for the weak. Worked for me 100% and I will continue to take it. | M | 24 | 2 months | 4/5/2008 |