WELLBUTRIN XL Reviews (BUPROPION)Average Rating: 3.4 (1462 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELLBUTRIN XL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Major depression/ anxiety | Headache/ neck pain , loss of appetite, “Extreme Rage” crying spells throughout the day. When I’m not angry I am crying. I’m more upset/depressed/angrier than before I started them. | I want to switch right away, waiting on doctors appointment. | F | 23 | 5 days 150 | 12/2/2019 | 1 | weight loss | depression, anxiety, dizziness, nausea, shaking, heart palpitations | TRIGGERS: After day four of taking this medication, my entire world view altered itself. I'm a bright person who has never once contemplated suicide. After taking this medication, I was envisioning such things for no apparent reason at all. From day two I was shaking, nauseous, and my heart did weird flip-floppy things constantly. I was only on the "intro" dosage as a trial as my doctor wanted me to lose weight. I called the pharmacy and they stated I had nearly every well-known and lesser-known side-effect and to stop taking it immediately. Within 24 hours my head cleared up and within 48 the other side effects disappeared as well. Scary experience. | F | 32 | 5 days 1X day | 5/8/2015 | 1 | adjunct antidepressant bipolar NOS | tachycardia, hypertensive crisis - went to the ER with cardiac chest pain. Workup was all negative but I was put on Inderal (beta blocker) for a week just to 'undo' the cardiac and blood pressure issues. Absolutely will not take again. Will have it as an intolerance on my medical record. | What can I say? My pulse doubled (was @150 in the ER) and my BP went up from my norm of 110/60 to 200s/110s. NOT GOOD. For some this is a miracle pill. Not for me. | F | 34 | 5 days | 8/8/2008 | 1 | Anxiety, ADHD | Insomnia, severe jaw pain, decreased appetite, dizziness | I had a bad reaction immediately after taking my first dose, and have been having worsening side effects happen every day. This has honestly been some of the worst reactions I've had to a medication. | F | 27 | 5 days 150mg 2X day | 7/16/2021 | 5 | Anxiety and Depression | NAUSEA, SLIGHT DIZZINESS, DRY MOUTH, JITTERY WHEN CONSUMING TOO MUCH CAFFEINE. It's only day 6 and almost all side effects diminished. | I have tried many antidepressants over the past 20 years, and nothing seemed to work. Before taking wellutrin XL, I was taking 40 mg of Prozac which helped my anxiety but did nothing for my depression. I also felt like a zombie all the time on Prozac. IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THE SSRI,s make me feel super lazy. The wellbutrin gives me a slight burst of energy, which I like. MY MOOD AND MY ANXIETY SEEM TO BE RESPONDING Well so far on this med. I just have to watch how much coffee I am consuming because of the jittery feeling. OVERALL THIS MEDICATION WORKS GREAT FOR ME. | F | 38 | 6 days 150 | 11/21/2014 | 5 | PTSD | I am taking the generic version, however, I have taken the brand name as well in the past with same sides effects. First it took about 3 months of torture to get past the side effects: sweating, anxiety, angry, reactive and very little or no sleep. Then the benefits arrived. Happy, motivated, sexually driven, able to concentrate. All was well emotionally, though I still got a little gangster from time to time, it was not as bad. Overall, I was very satisfied with the benefits. Then out of nowhere came the itching, bumps and giant red welts all over my body. I had swollen lips like Kylie Jenner. I went the V.A hospital and of coarse they do not what the hell they are doing half the time. I was told to keep taking it but then take Benadryl ( probably not the best advice) I am hoping that there is something else similar that I can take. Anyone have any advice? | F | 50 | 6 days 150 xll | 1/9/2019 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | None... | Getting off of: - Effexor: (I've been on for 3 years) - Weaning off from 300 MG and now I am starting to take 75 MG after 1 week of 150 MG. Should be off totally in 2 weeks. So far no withdrawal symptoms. - Xanax (Alprazolam): I've gone from 4-5 MG/day to 3MG/day in the past 2 weeks, with hopes to getting rid of this destructive drug in the next month or so. Starting to take: - Wellbutrin XL: I am taking 150 MG at noonn. I've only been on W XL for 6 days now but I am feeling a huge difference in my mood. I feel great and I'm very energetic and confident. However, you need to know that both exercise and eating 3 meals a day makes the medication work that much better. The med will help give you the energy to get out of bed or whatever your depressive state is and get you to exercise which is what has happened to me. The eating part I am still working on. - Remeron (Mirtazapine): I take 15 MG at night. This is also an anit-depressent (I've never heard of it unt | M | 31 | 6 days | 10/27/2006 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | None... | Getting off of: - Effexor: (I've been on for 3 years) - Weaning off from 300 MG and now I am starting to take 75 MG after 1 week of 150 MG. Should be off totally in 2 weeks. So far no withdrawal symptoms. - Xanax (Alprazolam): I've gone from 4-5 MG/day to 3MG/day in the past 2 weeks, with hopes to getting rid of this destructive drug in the next month or so. Starting to take: - Wellbutrin XL: I am taking 150 MG at noonn. I've only been on W XL for 6 days now but I am feeling a huge difference in my mood. I feel great and I'm very energetic and confident. However, you need to know that both exercise and eating 3 meals a day makes the medication work that much better. The med will help give you the energy to get out of bed or whatever your depressive state is and get you to exercise which is what has happened to me. The eating part I am still working on. - Remeron (Mirtazapine): I take 15 MG at night. This is also an anit-depressent (I've never heard of it unt | M | 31 | 6 days | 10/27/2006 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | agitation, insomnia, alittle disconnected | I am glad i decided to go back on a anti-depressant. I am able to handle stress at work. Wanting to be more social. More energy. I have been on Zoloft, Serzone/Wellbutrin and Lexapro and now back again on 150 mg or Wellbutrin XL by itself. The side effects seem minimal and i like that i don't feel like overeating. I am more focused. I have never been diagnosed with ADD but i think i might have some symptoms of that and i feel this medication helps me to keep my attention. | F | 42 | 6 days | 1/28/2007 | 5 | Depresseion | The first day I felt like I drank 10 cups of coffe, the second felt like I drank 2 or 3... but after that, no ill side effects. Although I did forget my age the other day for a minute (scary!). Once excellent side effect is increased libido!!! I went from no drive to mega-sex-drive. I also have very vivid dreams. | I'm so glad I found Wellbutrin. I took Effexor for 2 weeks and that drug was the devil! I haven't had any weight loss yet (hope that comes soon) | F | 23 | 6 days | 1/18/2007 | 4 | BDD/Anxiety | Spouts of dizziness, loss of appeite, LOTS OF ENERGY! | Helped me to control overeating as well as helping with BDD symptoms. I have so much energy and motivation to workout now! | F | 22 | 6 days | 1/17/2007 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety | Far less than I expected - Very little nausea, brief mild headache. Some dizziness, and now 5 days in I'm hitting some insomnia and weird sleeping | I've lost about 3lbs in 5 days, but I'm not sure that can be attributed to the drug since my appetite is still about the same (unfortunately). Lexapro made me gain 15 lbs, so whatever, on the right track. Wellbutrin on the whole will keep you pretty wired, so my dr wants me to take separate meds for anxiety as XL does nothing for it. Don't feel gloomy anymore though! | F | 23 | 6 days | 3/20/2006 | 4 | Bipolar II/Eating Disorder | First few days I was extremely "zoned out," but also felt like I had drank 10 cups of coffee. SO anxious and a bit dizzy. Increased irritability. Complete loss of interest in food...it's only been 6 days and I've already lost two pounds, which is fine by me! STRANGE dreams, but only mild insomnia. Slight increase in sex drive. SEVERE increase in eating disorder/OCD symptoms (restriction, counting, etc.) | I have been on several mood stabilizers such as Trileptal, Lamictal, and Abilify, but none of them helped my depression very much, but they did zap my manic stages! Abilify also made me gain 20 lbs in 5 months...no thank you! I decided I wanted to try an anti-depressant again. The last one I tried was Zoloft, but that was 5 years ago and also helped me gain weight when I was anorexic (went from 90 to 120 in one year). My only fear is that the loss of appetite and increased energy/anxiety will take my eating disorder too far. | F | 20 | 6 days 150 1X day | 7/13/2010 | 4 | Severe Depression/Menopause | Felt like I was in overdrive, jitters, insomnia, dry mouth | I have been on 150 mg for 10 years and fell into black whole, the Doctor has bumped me up to 300 mg and this is day six, I do feel much better. | F | 49 | 6 days 300mg 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 4 | depression | april 10th today started higher dose the 5th..no changes yet..in a month i will see i guess. | have been o 300 for a while..now under a bit more stress then i can handle some days.no focus at work..dose now 450..hopefully it will take edge off. | F | 40 | 6 days 450mg 1X day | 4/10/2011 | 3 | depression | You name it, I have it: nausea, foggy-headed, tinnitus, sore muscles particularly in my neck and jaw. I overreact to little things, cry constantly, and food is less satisfying. I only want to eat fruit, probably because I have dry mouth, but obviously that won't fill me up. I can't drink coffee, and even alcohol has lost it's charm, though I continue to drink because I feel so miserable. I'm very irritable. I feel sluggish. I get very sleepy in the middle of the day. The only time I feel happy is the brief period in the morning before I take my pill. I feel more depressed on this than I normally do. Oh, and suicidal. The only positive effect is an increased libido, which is awesome! I still haven't decided whether that outweighs all the other side effects. | I hope to god I start feeling happy soon. I don't think I can put up with this for more than 2 weeks. Also, wellbutrin xl is time-released, meaning it enters your system in small amounts throughout the day. For this reason, YOU SHOULD NOT CUT WELLBUTRIN IN HALF. You're essentially giving yourself a 24 hr (or 12 with the SR) dosage all at once. | F | 31 | 6 days 150 1X day | 7/13/2010 | 3 | Depression | F | 38 | 6 days 300 1X day | 2/14/2011 Patient History | 3 | Depression | Got alot of energy and felt really good. I felt a big dizzy and insomnia really. I think it is a good drug and will help me | I think this drug is good if you have depression and want motivation and want your good life back. It does cause insomnia a bit. | F | 39 | 6 days 150mg 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 3 | Depression; | first day was awful, i felt awfully depressed after only a few hrs. 2nd and 3rd day was awfully irritable/angry all the time. day 6 now: big short term memory loss;headache;insomnia;pressure behind eyes,in ears.some weight loss but no change in appetite. still smoking cigarettes.but no urge to smoke pot or drink alcohol. | its is now day 6 on wellbutrin. im taking 150 mg/day and think i will stay on this dosage for a little longer. side effects are a little discomforting. Especially the memory loss, i dont recall doing things or having conversations. actually, i cant even recall the first sentence of this comment and i only wrote it a few seconds ago. i no longer feel sad or irritable. i actually want to smile all the time now. finally getting things done. increased libido. | F | 20 | 6 days | 5/11/2006 | 3 | Depression | Feeling good, bad taste in mouth, lots of energy, rapid heart rate, dizziness, almost passed out | I have only been on Wellbutrin XL for 6 days now. I was on it about three years ago and had come off, experiencing depression again I am back on. I have had the usual side effects, dizziness, bad taste in mouth but I also get rapid heart beat, this afternoon on my way home from work I was freaking out because I felt like I had so much pressure on the sides of my neck I was worried it was my blood pressure or something, I felt as though I had a lump in my throat. I tried to call my dr and the office was closed and do not open until tomorrow afternoon, I am thinking of skipping my next pill tomorrw a.m. until I can talk/see him. Has anyone else experienced anything similar? It was so scary, he gave me a Rx for Xanax and I haven't taken it. The experience I had passed after about an hour and a half and I just had to keep myself busy to keep my mind off it. i am worried if i take teh pill tomorrow am it will be intensified tomorrow from after what happened today. | F | 27 | 6 days | 3/6/2007 |