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 |
| 5 | Anxiety and side effects of SSrRI | Out of body feeling, exhaustion,nausea,lack of appetite, revved up feeling, anxiety at first | I have been on ssris for many years to deal with my anxiety disorder. After being on them for many years my sex drive was non existent and I felt dead inside due to SSrRI. So I was put in this and I was a hard adjustment but the medicine worked and when it worked it was amazing | F | 29 | 1 years 300 | 4/20/2015 | 4 | Major Depression | Anxiety, sweating, hot flashes, vivid dreams, drowsy, dry mouth, tiredness, jittery. | This is a good anti-depressant, it works and the side effects are minimal but are only for the first month. | F | 38 | 1 years 300 mg 1X day | 2/28/2017 | 4 | Depression, suicidal ideation | Sleeplessness if taken too late in the day, I take it very early now, as soon as I wake up. | Saved my life. | M | 38 | 1 years 150 mg 1X day | 2/20/2017 | 4 | Depression, suicidal ideation | Sleeplessness if taken too late in the day, I take it very early now, as soon as I wake up. | Saved my life. | M | 38 | 1 years 150 mg 1X day | 2/20/2017 | 4 | depression, smoking cessation | Brain fog first few days. And extreme dry mouth--which subsided after about a week. | Once I made the switch from generic to name brand Wellbutrin XL (300 mg 1xdaily)I started to feel a difference. The best thing is that I stopped smoking completely by day 3--with almost a full pack left. I had no desire to light up at all. What a releif--I have been struggling to quit for years. My moods are more stable--although I need to add that I also take 0.5 mg of klonopin at night. Unfortunately, I have not had the high energy, increased libido and weight loss that others have reported. Which stinks because I gained a lot of weight on Lexapro, Paxil and Effexor. (Effexor was the devil in a bottle for me.) And I have to force myself to eat sometimes--so the weight gain isn't from over-eating or the smoking cessation. Anyone have any advice on the weight, energy and libido issues? | F | 39 | 1 years | 12/30/2009 | 4 | Winter Depression | Headache, moody, loss of appetiate | I have had good success with Wellbutrin. It did take awhile to get past the mood swings, but all has past. I initially started on 150 MG and moved to 300 MG. 300 seems to work a little better, but it will make you somewhat edgy and needing to keep active most of the time. Haven't really noticed any change in sex drive, but that hasn't been a problem for me. The one thing I did change in my life was to quit drinking pop. No Sugar and No caffeine. It took about a week to get thru it, but since then, I am a much better person. I still drink some coffee in the morning, but after that, caffeine is done. Wellbutrin will keep you energy level steady throughout the day. If you add caffeine and sugar to it, you may not like the feeling. Good Luck | M | 46 | 1 years | 11/19/2008 | 4 | in combo with Cymbalta | I have been lucky, my doctor prescribed many meds for depression. (my husband passed away) and then finally Cymbalta. It worked pretty well but she decided to add Wellbutrin XL and it has been good for me. | The Wellbutrin XL was added to the Cymbalta after I found that I had breast cancer (stage 0), surgery, radiation, and no chemo but cancer meds that caused weight gain that made the depression worse. So the two depression meds work well for me, even though the weight lost is still a struggle. | F | 58 | 1 years | 2/28/2009 | 4 | Depression | Mild Insomnia for first couple of weeks. Not so much sleeping, but falling alseep. I also find that I need to eat a little something in the morning when I take my dose or else I feel vaguely nauseas. | I was taking Wellbutrin XL for about a year and it was definitely helping with the feelings of hopelessness and despair, it also increased my energy level and sex drive. I wasn't a 100%, but I could imagine a future that I wanted to be a part of for the first time. I was able to recognize the precursor's of bad spells, and stop myself from wallowing in them. I say WAS because my doctor in an effort to ease the burden of cost for me, prescribed the generic form called Budeprion XL. I've started to revert, it's been gradual and I of course have been blaming myself. My doctor decided that maybe a combination of Lexapro with the Budeprion might be best... so in researching this Lexapro (yikes!) I've seen numerous postings regarding generic Wellbutrin and the returning of depression symptoms. I think I'll ask to restart the WXL and see if I can get back on that road to feeling human again. | F | 30 | 1 years | 6/2/2007 | 4 | yes | highly increased libido | Stopped working after about 6 months | F | 40 | 1 years | 5/5/2007 | 4 | depression and anxiety | Jittery, weight loss, partial insomnia, hot flashes | I love Wellbutrin. I take 300XL with Prozac (10 mg). When I first started Wellbutrin I got jittery, that was the worst of the side effects but it went away after a couple days. The only continueing side effect I received was weight loss. I weighed 120 and dropped down to 110, although now I do exercise. No appetite problems. I feel "normal" on the Wellbutrin, and although it might not work for everyone because everybody and mind is different it works for me. | F | 21 | 1 years | 6/25/2007 | 4 | Depression | sleep affected, blurred vision, dry mouth, increased urination,more sexual drive more energy. | Lately sleeping, I need reading glasses now (blurred vision late in the day. My energy is back for the most part, anger gone. If I slip up and miss a day or two anger comes back and I'm ready to snap, feeling agitated. Then I realize I didn't take my meds. OVerall it's been great for me, less anger,agitation, A little more energy although I'm not doing cartwheels I'm not sleeping the day away in depression either. | M | 43 | 1 years 300 1X day | 1/13/2011 | 4 | Depression | Severe sweating, insomnia(3-4hrs of sleep a night if lucky), Racing thoughts, other than that it has been awesome. I have a decreased appetite(loss of about 15lbs), have way more energy, and I am just overall happier. | F | 21 | 1 years | 2/28/2006 | 3 | Major Depression | Over time, I have become increasingly moody, angry & mean. | I have taken Lexapro 30mg & Wellbutrin XL 300mg daily for a year. This combination is more effective than either drug by itself. But this drug poses a dilema for me: It is effective, but the mood changes it causes are becoming a problem & is hurting my relationships w/other people. | M | 45 | 1 years | 2/17/2006 | 3 | Depression and panic attacks | When I first started taking I wanted it to work instantly but it didnt It took @ 3 months before I really could say it worked. Helped depression and have no more panic attacks. Losing 10 lbs definitely helped the depression. But now I'm noticing weird side effects. | My side effects were foggy minded. Can't focus and word retrieval is bad. But the forgetfulness has effected me the most. Leaving my phone and purse. Forgetting important meassages that really makes me feel stupid:( | F | 44 | 1 years 300 1X day | 9/21/2012 | 3 | depression | dry mouth, loss of taste, constipation, tiredness, loss of appetite (at first), twitching limbs | I am taking both Wellbutrin XL (300) and Zoloft (50), which I am on for depression and an eating disorder. Zoloft at a higher dose made me sleep all the time so the doctor added Wellbutrin. I liked Wellbutrin at first because I had a loss of appetite and lost a few pounds. After a few months, however, I noticed a weight gain. In the year that I've been on both Wellbutrin and Zoloft I've gained about 30 pounds even though I track calories and exercise. I'm also quite tired, although not as bad as when I was on a higher dose of Zoloft, and constipated. I have also noticed that my legs twitch and I have a decrease in my senses (smelling and taste). | F | 24 | 1 years | 3/7/2008 | 3 | Depression | Initial paranoia and inability to sleep | After the first couple of days the paranoid feelings disappeared, but I found it difficult to fall asleep at night. It did help my depression though and gave me more energy throughout the day. I was also on effexor and compared to effexor, wellbutrin is much better in treating my depression. I just wish I didn't have sleep problems. | M | 25 | 1 years | 10/18/2009 | 2 | depression/fatigue | I was taking 300 mg xl daily even though I am usually very sensitive to all medications. I lost weight due to loss of appetite, but felt very sleepy most of the time. The lack of energy was odd, since it also left me with an underlying feeling of anxiety. Also, frequently felt very dizzy upon standing almost like I would pass out. Frequent urination and sweating. | I wasted time by taking this for over a year before trying something else. It did nothing for my anxiety, even though it made me feel sleepy and tired. The weight loss was nice although I am small already. It didn't help my depression, but did make me less cranky. Now I am trying prozac, and I really hope it works. Depression and anxiety suck! | F | 39 | 1 years | 10/18/2009 | 2 | depression and anxiety | weight loss. increased emotions/anxiety | after having a devestating experience with prozac (30+ pound weight gain in 11 months) i was to say the least reluctant to try another anti depressant. i was told wellbutrin would be different. it was. i lost 10 pounds in what seemed like the first week of taking it. However, i was not told wellbutrin was mainly used to treat depression, and not anxiety. I became very anxious and moody. i cried all the time at very small things. i had to add other medications (zoloft, lexapro, atavan) to balance out the anxiety. in the end i got off all of them. i am still unsure if wellbutrin did anything beneficial other than help me to lose weight | F | 16 | 1 years | 11/15/2006 | 2 | anxiety/depression | (to be added on to previous post..) it got rid of my nicotine cravings entirely. | it got rid of my nicotine cravings. i was NOT satisfied. even though this was beneficial to my physical health, mentally it was not. I did not choose to quit smoking, the drug did for me. which ultimately led me into a deeper depression. | F | 16 | 1 years | 11/15/2006 | 2 | Depression, Anxiety | messed with menstrual cycle, headaches, severe insomnia, anxiety, only moderately effective for depression | Worked great for severe depression (was having suicidal thoughts), but side-effects became too much to deal with after depression remitted, so I stopped taking it even though my psychiatrist still writes the prescription | F | 27 | 1 years 150 mg 1X day | 3/24/2011 |