WELLBUTRIN Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1230 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELLBUTRIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Depression/withdrawal from Adderall | Insomnia, unable to dull or escape racing thoughts, extreme depression if taking in conjunction with any Rx form of amphetamine, or even coffee. | The first few days were HORRIBLE but that was mainly because I was still weaning off of Adderall. Once I wasn't taking any additional "speed", I started to notice the Wellbutrin working quite well. Honestly, Wellburtin saved my life! I was coming off of Adderall for the 5th or 6th (and FINAL) time and I wasn't sure I could pull through this one. My shotgun was loaded and ready for that one morning when the alarm clock went off and I couldn't stand the all-encompassing anguish anymore. Adderall withdrawal is the darkest, most harrowing and wrenching detox I have ever been through, tremendously worse than opiates and xanax. I had been (and still am) taking Zoloft for depression, but once Adderall is in your body it overpowers everything else and quickly drives you off the deep end. No matter how horrible your brain feels on it, you NEED it to survive. Anyhow...back to Wellbutrin. I had read about it and thought it couldn't hurt so I asked my doc about it. I literally was at the end of my rope. He thought it was a good idea so he prescribed it to me. After two days on it I didn't NEED Adderall to get through the day!! I soon found out that I couldn't drink coffee or do any caffeine either, but it is a fair trade! I've also been taking less Tramadols each day and I am almost off of them as well! I never imagined a smoother or quicker withdrawal from such a suicide-inducing drug and I am very grateful. I can actually get out of bed in the morning without | M | 36 | 12 days 150mg 2X day | 3/4/2010 | 3 | Depression | Later in the day (3pm) I started having chest pains and rapid heart beat. My BP is fine but still rapid heart beat. Sleep interrupted. Anxiety is common 50 % of the time. I have been feeling an increase in tingling in my hands. | Yes it does help my depression and weight control, but i don't like the anxiety feeling and rapid heart beat. I was more active with the meds, but with chest pain it's too much of a distraction. | M | 54 | 4 months 150mg 2X day | 3/4/2010 | 2 | depression | night sweats, anxiety, headaches, uptight/easily annoyed/low tolerance level, cry easily. | I'm hoping the side effect decrease- sex drive has increased, still not great but better than when I was on celexa (has gone from -0 to a 2). After reading other comments, I will ask MD if increasing dosage will help. I really want something work! | F | 56 | 2 months 75mg 1X day | 2/28/2010 | 5 | increase libido | For the fist few weeks occasional rapid heartbeat, sweating, tinitus, and insomnia. After a litte while all subsided except insomnia. Occasional need for Ambien to sleep. | First off, why are people leaving comments for the SR (2x/day) and XL (1x/day) formulations on here when these choices are offered in plain english when you type in "wellbutrin"??!! This page is for the immediate release ONLY, which is normally taken 3x/day. Anyway.... I take the 3x/day because I can pull in the timing of the dosing as early as possible and have less chance of insomnia. Also, this is the only formulation where the generic manufacturer is not an issue. The SR and XL are great if they're name brand, but if you can remember to take 3x/day this is by far the best way to go! | M | 34 | 2 years 100 3X day | 2/25/2010 | 5 | anxiety | F | 60 | 1 months 20 mg 1X day | 2/22/2010 | 3 | A.D.H.D. & Depression | Insomnia, waking up much earlier than usual and not being able to fall back asleep, skin rash all over stomach and arms, gas | I have only been taking for 8 days, and antidepressants usually take a few weeks to kick in, so I don't know whether it is actually working | M | 16 | 8 days 150 mg 1X day | 2/18/2010 | 2 | irritation, lack of motivation | Ears ringing beginning at 9pm each night. Feel like I have a constant hang over. Takes 3 Advil to kill the headache. Dry mouth, but not bad. | So far, I don't notice much else at all. Not much improvement. The headaches sure don't make me want to increase it all. | M | 46 | 10 days 150 xl 1X day | 2/16/2010 | 2 | Depression | Very itchy rashes, increased loss of short term memory, heart palpitations, sense of smell changed, sore muscles | I was put back on this drug to help with the low sex drive side effects of Lexapro. It did help somewhat, but now I had a host of new side effects. Worse one being bad rashes where ever you tend to sweat. Another one is things smell weird (mostly bad) Does it increase your sense of smell? If so, there are lots of bad smells out there and I shower every day. I also found myself wandering around all the time looking for my car keys etc. I never had this problem and once I stopped taking the Wellbutrin memory improved greatly. I have been off it for 3 weeks now, rashes are still there, not quite as bad but still a problem. Sore muscles was my first reason to go off this medication last year. After 3 months of taking this stuff I could barely move my left arm. It took another 3 months for the pain to go completely away. But now I could tell that this problem was returning with very sore elboes. Time to stop and throw away the bottle. | M | 57 | 1 months 10 MG 1X day | 2/9/2010 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | Dizzy at first, cant smoke pot anymore or i get panic attacks.. not mentally, but just waves of anxiety | I started on 150mg and now im at 300mg. Im wondering if anyone else had to get used to the medication again after going up in mg. | M | 30 | 2 months 300 1X day | 2/8/2010 | 3 | Depression and anxiety | I started taking Wellbutrin XL 300 mg. about a year ago because I couldn't tolerate other anti-depressants. For the past several months I have developed back and neck pain and now alot of pain in my legs, as well as sweating. I attributed everything to just older but now I believe it is this medicine. It helped my in the beginning and I also lost 12 pounds which was an added benefit but I just can't take the pain. It also made me so forgetful. I am an RN and have been almost unable to work. I have read that some people have eaten a banana and that helped with the pain. I started eating them and it has amazingly helped. | F | 51 | 1 years | 2/1/2010 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue | Increased heart rate, insomnia, more energy | So far, it's going well for me by increasing my energy. The insomnia is a problem though. I usually go to sleep around 11 or midnight, but now I can't fall asleep until about 3AM. | F | 20 | 1 weeks | 1/30/2010 | 2 | Depression | Anger rage I seem to be taking my agressive nature out on my wife, friends and co-workers. Back to the drawing board what a roller coaster life. | M | 54 | 8 days | 1/23/2010 | 5 | Bipolar | 150mg- none 300mg- hallucinations NOTE: The generic sucks. | Yes, I had hallucinations, and I'm still giving this a high rating. I tend to be really sensitive to medication and I'm a small person, and I think I was just taking a little more than I should've been. Other than the hallucinations it made such a great difference that I talked my doctor into letting me try a lower dosage. I've been taking that lower dosage for a year now (in combination with Lamictal) and no problems at all. I feel pretty good! NOTE: I don't know if anyone else had this problem, but I had to specifically request the name-brand version. I'd taken that and it worked fine, and then I got switched to the generic, and something is wrong with that. I know it's SUPPOSED to be the same, but it's not. I felt like it was working it's way out of my system too fast. I'd wake up every morning feeling upset and RAGE. It would last until a couple hours after I took the generic wellbutrin, and then it would disappear again til the next morning. Insisting on the name brand fixed that. | F | 24 | 1 years | 1/21/2010 | 1 | Mild ADHD | Extreme pupil dialation, insomnia, apathy, weight loss (10lbs), rapid bowel motility, hyperactivity, memory loss. | Was taking subclinical dose, (75mg), do not take if you have intestinal problems, norepinephrine increases intestinal contractions. | M | 20 | 1 months | 1/19/2010 | 2 | depression | bad taste in mouth, everything smells bad, slight insomnia...used to need 8 hours now am up and going after 5-6 | I was on celexa for 8 yrs....worked great until 2 months ago. ONly side effect from that was weight gain and an inability to lose weight. So doc changed me to wellbutrin at first for 3 weeks with no change in my depression...I still didn't see a reason to live. Doctor changed me to wellbutrin sr. Have been on it a week. I have lost about 10 lbs...however, my depression is not better yet. I'm giving it another month. I have noticed since starting the SR, there is an odd taste in my mouth all day long....and there is a bad smell to everything. Will this go away? | F | 43 | 5 weeks | 1/18/2010 | 3 | depression | nervousness, insomnia. | This drug really doesn't make me feel less depressed. It is somewhat energizing, but after six weeks I think it is better for ADD than depression. Maybe that's just me. | F | 44 | 6 weeks | 1/17/2010 | 3 | major depression | Dosage was 150mg. for one week, then increase to 300 mg. Intense NAUSEA that gets worse as the day went on.Have 5 children and this feels like very bad morning sickness! A very weird feeling like someone was squeezing my head on either side, followed by dizziness; then it goes away. Shortness of breath but I don't have heart problems. Sweating also, which I never have had a problem with. | The therapist took me off the Cymbalta slowly and feels these side effects are from the Cymbalta withdrawal, not the Wellbutrin. I'm beginning to wonder. I have a refrig full of food I cannot eat - living on applesauce, crackers, bananas, string cheese for protein and Pepsi. I will give this two more weeks only. | F | 59 | 18 days | 1/16/2010 | 4 | depression | initially, anger, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, headache, weight loss. | I started taking 150 mg of Bupropion (generic WB) in the mornings on the same day I started tapering off of Effexor. I noticed feelings of anger and increased energy, but I wasn't sure if that could be attributed to the Effexor abating or to the WB. Now I think it was the WB. At any rate, it wasn't that bad and it went away after a couple of weeks. I lost my pill bottle for a few days and then found it. When I started up on the WB again, I experienced a few days of headaches, dizziness and insomnia. That has gone away now. The only problem I notice is that I feel weepy/panicky in the morning. I think that is because the medicine has worn off and hasn't kicked in yet. Today, I have to say I feel really good...positive and energetic. My sex drive is up somewhat as well and I have lost almost a full size (although I think that might be because of going off of that weight-gain-inducing monster, Effexor). | F | 44 | 30 days | 1/12/2010 | 2 | Anxiety and Depression | Dry Mouth, Hard to sleep, tenseness, Heart Thumping (not due to anxiety, in a different way, even when relaxed and happy my heart was thudding). | I was prescribed wellbutrin overseas. When i got back to australia the doctor here told me it is not used as an anti depressent in australia, only to aid it stopping smoking. I was on 150mg per day. It took quite a while for this drug to kick in and start working for me (over 5 weeks). I dont feel it helped me very much as it seemed to flare up my anxiety. I did lose weight but I dont think that was due to Wellbutrin, more so that I was not eating properly. Overall i cant complain as im feleing much better now, but I have my doubts as to whether or not this is a result of wellbutrin. found it very easy going off wellbutrin and within a couple of days my heart was back to normal! | F | 24 | 3 months | 1/7/2010 | 1 | Depression | Buzzing in my head, migraine, wired, dizzy, more depressed than ever...but the increased sex drive and powerful orgasms were great | Not worth it | F | 37 | 9 days | 1/1/2010 |