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 |
| 3 | Major Depressive Disorder | I've just started Wellbutrin xl(about 4 days ago). I'm on 150 mg still. I still feel the same. depressed every second of the day. How much time I spend alone is making me feel as lonly as i ever did. I haven't noticed any change of eating habits yet. And I'm still don't have my sex drive back(i lost it after something happened and now i think it is disgusting). | I just started this medication and i just want to know if it is going to help the apathy i have towards everything. I know all the shit that is happening at my house(i want to get fostered out etc.) is not helping me. But i've been depressed ever since i can remember. i might also have ptsd. i used to have horrible dreams about my father abusing me as a child. I hope this stuff can help. and if someone can help me figure out if ptsd can contribute to my depression that would be great. thanks. | M | 16 | 4 days | 10/1/2006 | 3 | Major depression/anxiety | I'm only on my 4th day of 150mg. I am not a happy camper right now. I feel absolutly horrible. I am also being weaned off of Paxil which may be causing the sick feeling. I have a non-stop headache, sleepiness and severe diarhea and nausea. I cant keep food down and I just want to crawl into a ball on the floor. | I really want this to work but at the moment I'm not feeling the love. | F | 40 | 4 days | 1/15/2007 | 3 | Depression | I recently went from 150 mg to 300 mg four days ago and I started off okay, but now I'm having some pretty extreme side effects (I didn't feel that the 150 mg were helping me anymore). I've been feeling the following: dry mouth, anxiety, crying for no reason, thinking about death a lot, loss of appetite, nausea, memory loss, disorientation, loss of focus/interest in just about anything. Will these side effects go away before I see the proverbial "light"? | Please e-mail me with any input. I'm considering stopping altogether but I'm afraid my depression will return. | F | 32 | 4 days | 4/18/2007 | 3 | Depression | First 3 days: dry mouth, hard time sleeping, and headache. Fourth day: previous side effects as well as severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, stomach cramps. | I was actually feeling pretty good the first 3 days. Even started to feel my spirits lift. But when the 4th day hit, it knocked me out for the day. My mother-in-law had to take my two toddlers for me. I considered that it may be a virus, but have a hunch that it is the medication. I will go off of it for a couple of days and see how I feel, then reconsider what to do. Tried zoloft for 3 months previous to this. Major complaint was dry mouth and I felt like I was "in a zone" most of the time. No feelings, emotions, etc....just neutral. | F | 33 | 4 days | 3/27/2006 | 3 | Anxiety, Mood Swings, Depression | Only on for 4 days. Feel like i've drank 12 cups of coffee which is causing some slight anxiety. Headache that feels like i'm congested. Fuzzy sight. Hard time waking up and falling asleep. | I was on 100mg of Zoloft for about 8 months, it worked great for my anxiety depression however it made my libido non-existent. I heard Wellbutrin is good for increasing your libido and that it's a little calmer on the side effects. I've already noticed an increase in libido, maybe not from the wellbutrin, but because I haven't taken the zoloft in a few days. I have a lot of energy, but some anxiety as well. | F | 24 | 4 days | 1/29/2007 | 3 | Depression | Decreased appetite. | I just want to know how long it will take for this to build up in my system. I was on Pristiq for a short time before this and I am still feeling the horriable side effects of it. I just want to get back to being ME again. | F | 41 | 4 days 150 1X day | 8/3/2012 | 3 | Depression | I have only been taking it four day but I dont want to do anything I'm tired I'm still crying all the time. I havent been able to sleep and I'm always hungry. I want this to work so bad. I even made myself go to the gym today and was crying while working out that is insane! | F | 29 | 4 days 150mg 1X day | 5/20/2010 | 2 | depression | want to jump out of my skin, constipation, aggitation, insomnia | i've only taken for a short amount of time, but i screamed at my kids so bad the other day it was terrible! they had me taking it everyday, i talk to pharm. and they said cut back on dosage and take every other day. feel very nauseated too and constipated and wow i haven't slept in nearly 4 days. i think i need to cut back to every 2 days? | F | 37 | 4 days 1X day | 2/15/2010 | 2 | Clinical Depression, Anxiety, ADD | Moderate to severe stomach pain, hungry until food is presented and then all appetite is completely lost, short term memory loss, fogginess, increased anxiety, loss of articulation, severe dizzy spells after smoking the occasional cigarette, huge increase in sexual libido, not wanting to talk, tired all the time but can't fall asleep, loss of articulation with speech. | I realize that I have not waited the period of time enough to judge this medication, but the initial side affects are intense. For the first time in years, i'm able to focus, but it's incredibly hard to do so with the pain in my stomach and increased anxiety and panic attacks. I personally felt affects the first day I took it, mainly the focus. But I also noticed a lack of articulation with outward speech and short term memory loss almost immediately. Any caffeine consumption leads me to severe anxiety, tremors, constant sweating, and lightning fast heartbeat. Have that feeling in your throat right before you cry all the time, which I usually only have during panic attacks. Every little thing sets me off. Irritated with everything. I will stick with this for a few more weeks just because that's what everybody keeps saying but this is fucked up. | M | 17 | 4 days 150mg 1X day | 3/25/2013 | 2 | GAD, side effects from Celexa | Constant flashes of dizziness and lightheadedness. Increased anxiety and depression. Feeling jittery, irritable, hostile, and sad. Increased libido, cessation of anorgasma. Decreased desire to smoke. | Suffer from severe anxiety, and mild depression. Just switched from Celexa 40mg to WXL 300mg because of anorgasma. I feel an increase in anxiety and depression that I absolutely did not feel while taking Celexa. Since day 1 I get constant flashes of dizziness and feel like I am going to fall over. I almost feel how I felt a year ago before I started taking any meds. Good news is I can have an orgasm again!! Not sure if that is worth feeling like this again. Feel better knowing others are going through this and really hope that these side effects end relatively soon. Hopefully my rating will increase as the side effects subside. | F | 26 | 4 days | 2/5/2006 | 2 | GAD | insomnia, disoriented | I have been taking 40mg Celexa for about 3 years for anxiety, and just last week I added 150mg of Wellbutrin. So far, I can't say I really like it(I'm writing this at 3:00am). I'll still it out for a couple of weeks and then we'll see. | F | 40 | 4 days | 8/30/2008 | 1 | Depression | Tremor, agitation, irritability, feelings of despair, general worsening of depression. | I am taking the Watson generic. I have only been on it for 4 days or so, but i am going to my pharmacy today and getting the brand name Wellbutin XL. ( 300mg ) I have experienced deep sadness and brief suicidal thoughts with this generic that i have never had before - even when i was on no meds at all. ( i am switching from Celexa because it isnt working, and I had a good experience with Wellbutrin XL before, just couldnt afford it. ) Once i take the brand name for a while i will report back. | F | 44 | 4 days | 7/12/2009 | 1 | anxiety / depression | Sleeping all day and night, dizziness upon any movement (which almost felt like electrical jolts), diarrhea, gas, headache, constant crying | After disliking the sleepiness, weight gain and foggy feeling on Paxil, I was thrilled to try WXL. I had to quit after day four. I now feel afraid to try another drug. | F | 36 | 4 days | 9/18/2005 | 1 | depression | Sweating, constipation, headache, decreased appetite, but worst of all an increase in MS symptoms like walking difficulties and fatigue. | My guess about the walking problems is that the wellbutrin heated me up just a trace and that's all it takes for MS to get bad. I'm on day five of withdrawal and still feel off. | F | 43 | 4 days | 10/14/2005 | 1 | Depression/Chronic Fatigue | I felt like I was on crack for the 4 days I took this drug. I couldn't stand the side effects, so I stopped. It's taken me 6 weeks to get up the nerve to try something different (celexa). I absolutley couldn't believe that this drug gave me these afsul side effects. I felt as if I were in another world. As if I as drunk. It was bad! | I hope it works for some people, i'm sure it does. But, for me, it was bad. | F | 29 | 4 days | 5/18/2006 | 1 | depression, ptsd | what side effects didn't I experience? | This drug was completely ineffective for me. I was taking it primarily for ptsd. It has made me MORE suicidal, and in addition, it's made me homicidal and extremely angry (prior to taking it I was an extremely calm person). I have experienced extreme agitation, anger and depression in addition to some extremely bizarre physical side effects. I have discontinued this medication for a month now and the physical side effects have gone away but I still feel worse. Don't take it. It's evil. | F | 31 | 4 days | 3/13/2007 | 1 | quitting smoking | Insane doesn't even cover it.......I was very angry, wanted to hurt muyself, crying, really mentally off the mark....unfounded extreme anxiety, completely out of control, absolutely out of it. | Our pharmacist said, however infrequetly, certain people react poorly to certain drugs. After doing some on-line reading, I am doubting that it is not all that infrequent.. I also (some time ago) was prescribed a sleep aid, that kept me up for days,amitriptyline. I think Wellbutrin is evil and would never encourage anyone to take it, If my husband had not been wih me I never would have known it was the drug. I couldn't think clearly enough to have known to even suspect the drug. | F | 50 | 4 days | 4/6/2007 | 1 | Anxiety & Body Dysmorphic Disorder | Severe nausea, constant migraine, vertigo, tinnitis, sore throat, ear pain, neck and joint pain, light headedness, dry mouth and a gross metallic taste in mouth, changes in vision, extreme sedation, very shaky, pounding heartbeat, feeling faint, irritable, crying (although I think that was because I felt so horrible and not a direct side effect), stopped eating for 4 days and rapidly lost weight when I am already thin to start with, very sensitive to light and everything looked "strange", it is hard to describe. | I really wanted Wellbutrin XL to work for me, but it just got progressively worse to the point where I couldn't get out of bed. I lasted 4 days, called my pharmacist and she took me off it immediately. Maybe WB is not the best medication for petite people or they need a lower dose (like 75mg XL) so people can gradually work their way up? This was just a horrible experience. Wellbutrin is definitely not for me. | F | 27 | 4 days 150 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | Panic Attack Disorder and Depressio | OMG, 4th day it all hit all the sudden - weakness, diarrhea, extreme anxiety, vivid nightmares, felt like I was losing control of thoughts. | For anyone who has GAD/PAD (Anxiety disorders) - I would REALLY REALLY be careful with trying this medicine. VERY careful! Doctors that prescribe this for GAD/PAD should reconsider! | M | 40 | 4 days 150mg XL 1X day | 3/13/2010 | 1 | depression | in 4 days of taking, had horrible insomnia, bad nightmare one night, sore neck 3rd day, severe back pain 4th day which turned into severe back spasms at the end of the day. On the 5th day quit taking it and also noticed ringing/buzzing in my ears, which I still have a little 2 weeks later. This drug is not for me! | Was also taking Trazadone in low dose before bed which was supposed to help me sleep. It didn't. Just made me feel drugged when I went to a whole pill from a half. | F | 59 | 4 days | 2/13/2008 |