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 | Depression-Quit Smoking Aid | Weight gain, anger, binge eating, constipation, weird dreams | It did help take the edge off smoking, but the other side effects were too much. Plus I thought I'd lose weight but gained it instead and couldn't go to the bathroom and felt full of you know what all day.... | M | 39 | 18 days 150mg 1X day | 3/24/2014 Patient History | 1 | Depression, bipolar | In the beginning it worked well on the 3rd, I was increased to 450mg, had a Grand mal seizure, went to the er. Did all the tests EEG MRI ct scan. Everything came back normal. Neurologist thought it was the saphris, so my pdoc kept me on it lower to 150mg twice a day. 4months later 2nd grand mal seizure. This time not quite lucky last thing I remember, I was standing by kitchen top juicing (seizure happening here) then the next thing i remember in a extremely dream state, I was struggling with someone(my wife) trying to 'escape' to our front door. We struggled to door that's when I start to really come to and realize that person I was struggling with was my wife & she was repeating 'you had a seizure...' Over & over. I sat down in disbelief that it happen for a 2nd time. Went thru the same battery of tests everything was clear. Seizure could only been drug induced the neurologist said. When my pdoc say On a lower dose it is safe. I have no medical history of seizure nor tested positive for being epileptic. It's sad because this was the only drug that was working for me. But it's not worth the risk. It's 1 in every 1000 at low doses that's not a low. And the actual seizure that gets reported is way higher than that. So if you are on it or put on it watch your dosage closely. | M | 32 | 6 months 150mg 2x | 9/21/2013 | 1 | Depression | Severe presbyopia; weight loss; Sleep disturbances (not quite insomnia, just less-restful sleep overall, and more difficulty getting back to sleep once awoken). | The American Optometric Association has documented the fact that antidepressant medication can cause what they call "premature presbyopia". When I was 34, a 5-week period of use of fluoxetine gave me premature presbyopia, and although I promptly stopped taking fluoxetine, the symptoms never went away (even after nearly 4 years of total cessation). Within 2 days of taking 150 mg per day of bupropion, I started having intermittent problems with visual focus. And within 10 total days of taking bupropion (7 days at 150 mg/day, and 3 days at 300 mg/day), my presbyopia became severe, such that I could not even focus on 24-point text in good lighting. Fortunately, upon ceasing bupropion immediately, my vision seems to have returned to its former state of fluoxetine-induced presbyopia. With regard to my aforementioned sleep disturbances, those symptoms improved immediately after I stopped taking bupropion. Had my vision remained as it was during my brief period of bupropi | M | 38 | 10 days | 11/3/2008 | 1 | depression anxiety | loss of appetite. low labito, still depressed. anxiety is worse than before insomnia is worse than ever | this drug is not for me | M | 44 | 1 months | 2/14/2005 | 1 | Depression | Agitation, Insomnia. | Horrible. | M | 20 | 30 days | 10/5/2001 | 1 | depression | interstitial cystitis or chronic bladder inflammation | I believe this medication caused chronic bladder inflamation. It damaged the lining of my bladder. It is called interstitial cystitis and it may be a permanent and painful condition. It feel like you have a urinary tract infection, but it could be permanent and progressive. Now many things irritate my bladder tht didn't before. I can no longer drink coffee or alcohol. It feels like I constantly have to urinate. I had no idea this drug could do this much damage. It just says "frequent urination" for side effects. It doesn't say it could be damaging your bladder. I got a generic from Sandoz labs. Not sure if that makes a difference or not. | M | 53 | 60 days 150 2X day | 1/8/2011 | 1 | Depression | Rage, anger, some difficulty sleeping, vivid dreams | Incredible long-lasting orgasms.....better alertness then Lexapro, able to function well on 3-4 hrs sleep. Didn't do much to stop hunger. | M | 43 | 14 days 125 1X day | 7/17/2012 | 1 | smoking cessation | headache, insomnia, indigestion, blurred vision, ringing in ears,constipation, dry mouth, increased urination, nausea, dizziness, erectile dysfunction. | I'll figure how to quit smoking without this stuff. Not worth it. | M | 65 | 4 days 150 mg 2X day | 6/15/2012 | 1 | depression/GAD | A LITTLE DIZZINESS. Constipation. ED | I'm jealous of everyone who got ANY help from this stuff. 5 weeks (300MG) and I got NOTHING. ZERO. ZIP. NADA. This stuff blows chunks. | M | 54 | 5 weeks | 9/12/2006 | 1 | GAD | none | didnt do a thing | M | 27 | 1 months | 3/4/2007 | 1 | depression | there were a few , dry mouth difficulty sleeping , but these went after a week. the main warning i have is about violence. | this drug caused incredible amounts of extreeme outbursts violence and hostility....this is not me at all....you have moments of being clear where you wonder what the hell happened. but i really feel this drug could have lead me to do something serious.i have never been like this,,,while i considered that i was depressed and so am not acting well...this has made me act totally out of character. dont take it. | M | 27 | 6 weeks | 6/4/2006 | 1 | Depression, Vague Anxiety | The first 3 days were golden. I woke up with the energy of a beast and my libido was through the roof. I woke up feeling like I could scale a mountain or shotput a tank... But after less than half a week, things reversed and I felt very VERY down, edgy, anxious, teary, and exhausted. Things got so bad I was forced to go off the drug. I had to go off because the mood swings were getting too much. | The same medicine may work well for someone and very poorly for another. People respond differently to different medicines because we are all different, each of us with a unique brain chemisty. This medicine happened to work very POORLY for me, but that's just me. If you try it and you don't like it (after giving it a reasonable amount of time) then STOP. Try something else. Don't be afraid to see a doctor and experiment to see what works for you. and... Take care of yourself! | M | 22 | 21 days | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Long-Term Depression | Paranoia, anxiety, some jaw pain, headache | Wellbutrin was wonderful for the first 2-3 months. I did not think it was possible to feel that good and confident. However, 4 weeks after increasing my dose from 200mg to 300mg I found myself in the ER with my first panic attack. The doctors gave me Ativan to prevent the panic attacks but it was never the same. I decided to stop taking Wellbutrin after 6 months because I was in constant fear of having a seizure or another panic attack and using Ativan long term is not good. If I can find something other than Ativan to stop the panic attacks then I will try Wellbutrin again. Nothing worked on my depression like Wellbutrin did. It also gave me confidence and peace of mind in the beginning. I had some really wonderful days on this medication, but it did not work out. | M | 37 | 6 months | 10/12/2006 | 1 | anxiety | Hallucinations, bad body sensations and a fear of getting wet or ichy. | Didn't work for me. | M | 23 | 1 days | 11/4/2004 | 1 | anxiety | Hallucinations, body pain. | An hour after I took wellbutrin SR I started seeing all kinds of annying hallucinations and I was ichy as hell and it didn't ware off for a couple days. < Typical antidepressant reaction, but it lasted a little longer. | M | 23 | 1 times | 11/11/2004 | 1 | Major depression | Constant ears ringing. | Switched from Paxil which eventually became too sedating. Wellbutrin had no effectiveness at all on my depression. | M | 45 | 3 months | 5/19/2004 | 1 | Quit smoking | within 2 days became abnormally agitated (had not quit smoking yet..so not the lack of causing it!) Upset stomach, reduced appitite. | for quiting smoking go with the patch!! | M | 31 | 1 months | 6/4/2003 |