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 |
| 4 | depression, fatigue | Severe acne | This medication worked wonders for me. It was added to my med combo to boost my antidepressant I was already taking (Effexor XR) and to help with the chronic fatigue I had been feeling for years. Finally, I was able to feel energized and 'normal'. BUT, then the nasty side effect kicked in. After about a week and a half of taking Wellbutrin I began to break out with horrible acne, some of it cystic. I felt I couldn't leave the house because of it. I went off this medication and my skin cleared up in a few weeks. | F | 31 | 1.5 weeks | 5/29/2009 | 2 | Depression and Anxiety | Sweating, suicidal thoughts, NO SEX DRIVE | F | 45 | 3 years | 5/28/2009 | 5 | GAD/Depression | None. | This has neutralized my GAD and the depression has lessened a great deal. Other meds (Effexor/Pamelor) were not effective. Still have a bit of anhedonia at times, but I recognize it for what it is and move on...eventually things improve. I accomplish more, can maintain my focus and function well in situations that were impossible to deal with before I began to use this medicine. My advice is to give it a chance to work and hang in there. | M | 52 | 7 months | 5/24/2009 | 3 | Depression | dizziness, trouble sleeping | I have been on Wellbutrin for about 3 weeks. I know doctors say that it is not supposed to work right away but it seemed as though it worked within a few days. I was feeling so great. The thing that I loved about it most was that I felt like myself again after so many years of suffering. My doctor increased my dose to 300 mg after a week and that was way too much. I couldn't feel any emotion and was getting no sleep. So I went back down to 150 mg. It seemed as though it has stopped working now. So my doctor raised the dosage just slightly. Hopefully this works. Anyone else have this happen? | F | 22 | 3 weeks | 5/22/2009 | 1 | smoking cessation | After taking medication for approximately 2 weeks experienced severe itching, redness and welts | I'm on a Medrol Dose Pack now, but still have severe itching. I'd like to know what is the main ingredient in this medication that I'm allergic to. | F | 44 | 2 times | 5/10/2009 | 2 | Depression and ADD | Minor buzzing feeling, Severe Hives | I loved this medicine - it made me feel normal and helped my depression and ADD symptoms right away. I was happy and not depressed and able to get things done. Then after two weeks I developed external (itchy rash and swelling) and internal hives (throat got tiny, felt feverish) and had to take Benadryl to alleviate the symptoms until the drug left my system. My doctor had me take Prednisone for five days as a result of my allergic reaction, too. I was really bummed. Until I developed the severe allergy I felt great and really loved Wellbutrin. | F | 36 | 15 days | 5/5/2009 | 4 | anxiety/panic disorder | I expierienced jaw clenching, light headeness, dizziness, day/night sweats, tremors, and jumpiness | I was taking prozac for a year and a half, and it helped me so much. Then when the holiday season came around it just wasn't doing it anymore. They increased my dose to 20 mg, and then to 40mg. I was getting tremors, and I was a having a really bad sexual side-effect. I talked to my dr. about that, and she decided to have me try and add Wellbutrin SR(bupropion) 150mg to the 40 mg of prozac. My tremors increased ALOT, so I dropped down to 20 mg of prozac, and it seemed to be fine. Then for some reason this last week or so I started getting side effects again. I thought I was already done with them but, I started sweating and fealing dizzy again. I've also had a sore throat for almost three weeks. Has anyone expierienced this? How long did side effects usually last for other people? | F | 29 | 5 weeks | 5/2/2009 | 5 | Depression caused to family illness | Sex, sex, sex | I have never been a must have sex type of person, sure I like sex but I have never yerned for it. I have been on wellbutrin for 4 weeks now and I can't stop wanting sex (this only started a week ago, but it came out of nowhere). My husband loves this side effect since I went from a once a month type of person to a atleast once a day person. The only issue is, if I don't get it atleast once a day I get really mad. I am hoping this side effect never ends :) | F | 34 | 4 weeks | 4/29/2009 | 4 | Depression, anxieties, PTSD | At first I had the sweats really bad, lack of appetite, loss weight,nausea, insomnia, and just felt that it wasn't working for me. | I came to realize that Wellbutrin is a very good medication, except it took a long time to take effect. More than 4 mths before I really started seeing a change. | F | 44 | 2 years | 4/21/2009 | 3 | anxiety/depression | Dry mouth, loss of concentration, wierd-foggy-detached feeling. anti-social, panic attacks | It's hard to tell what is causing my symptoms since I take 200mg of Wellbutrin 2x a day, 40mg Prozac 2x a day, Xanax .5mg in the morning and 1mg at night, and 112mcg of Synthroid. In reading the other posts I discovered that I am not alone with the way I feel. My Dr.thinks another med will help! He wants to add Lamictal. A previous post describes me perfectly, I have a dull pain in my chest like "impending doom", I can't get anything done, my brain is fried. I wish there was a web-site to talk to someone. Right now I want to stop taking all the meds and see who I am. | F | 52 | 3 years | 4/20/2009 | 2 | Depression (dysthymia) | Shakiness, insomnia, nausea, headache/pressure feeling on and off in eyeballs for first week or 2, feeling of sadness or something like dread in the pit of my stomach, etc. | I'd been on Prozac for too many years, and it's stopped working so the doc decided to try me on something new. After a bad trial run with Abilify (GOT FAT), he put me on Wellbutrin XL 150 mg. x 1 daily. First week: my main problem was insomnia and startling awake at night. Second week: still no relief from depression; my vision got blurry one night when watching TV and I thought it was just fatigue. My eyes felt the same the next day and I began to get a headache. That freaked me out as I know that's a sign of high blood pressure, which could be a side effect. My bp was fine, so I decided to stick it out for a couple more weeks. I am now in week # 4 and the main issue I'm having is this constant anxious sick/dreadful feeling in the pit of my stomach. Still no relief from the depression... I may give it another week before I switch to something else. I'm just a little wary of the withdrawal from this drug and the prospect of starting all over again with something new (been there, done that!) | F | 45 | 4 weeks | 4/20/2009 | 4 | depression | My sex drive and orgasmic response has increased incredibly. Taking Prozac really took away my body's capacity to respond to my husband, but it's back and better than ever. THe past week or so I have been wanting to have sex at least once per day and I have amazing orgasms now. | F | 28 | | 4/17/2009 | 3 | severe depression | loss of appetite at first, nausea, increased alertness, rapid heartbeat, seriously weird intense dreams | well i started on 150 mg then increased to 300 mg after a month. i've noticed i fall back into my old depressed state around that time of the month lol and it pretty much sucks. otherwise i'm just less depressed. didn't really help much with the whole lack of motivation part all it really did was take away the thoughts of depression, not anything that comes along with it. | F | 17 | 3 months | 4/16/2009 | 3 | depression and anxiety | insomnia- trouble with twitching and restlessness at bedtime - this is the most troublesome side effect. | I need to know if anyone has had issues with sleep on this drug -I got off effexor XR 37.5 mg last week when I started Wellbutrin SR 100mg (Bupropion). I thought the dizziness was from the effexor withdrawl but I am wondering if it was the Wellbutrin? Anyway the dizzyness comes and goes now and is getting better. However- I cannot deal with the severe restlessness at night/bedtime. I use to fall asleep easily - I am now on day 9 of wellbutrin and I am really tired from the lack of sleep every night. Is this going to get better cause I am going crazy at night and want to know if it will get better cause if not I want off this stuff. How long till relief? Help? | F | 39 | 9 days | 4/6/2009 | 3 | depression/anxiety | I am feeling very anxious all the time.......tense like I can't relax. Tightness in my chest. Hard to concentrate...which sucks for work..need to be able to multi-task. Get aggitated easy. | well I was on Paxil for 6yrs and coming off that was HELL and just started Wellbutrin XL.....so not sure if what I am feeling is still some of my withdrawal from Paxil or from the Wellbutrin??? I will give it a try and see what happens. | F | 36 | 8 days | 4/5/2009 | 5 | depression | Anxiety (not a problem before), loss of apetite, increased libido, nausea, clenching teeth, restlessness, memory issues | My ARNP (who I'd seen for 11 years) started me off with a bang - Wellbutrin XL 300mg - for chronic low-level depression. The first two weeks were bad, luckily I was working from home so I could deal with each new side effect as it showed up. First couple of days were just feeling restless and out of sorts with myself. Around day three the nausea developed so I wasn't eating much (which may have added to the problem). The nausea was off and on for the first two weeks - also could not drink wine or any other alcohol during that time, the smell of it repulsed me (and I normally love it). The anxiety scared me because I'd never experienced it before, I worried about anything and everything - was taking Xanax .25mg to combat that (have taken that as needed for years for hormonal irritability). Around day 14 I had my worst side effects and anxiety and had decided that I wasn't going to be able to continue with it. The next morning I woke up and it was like a magic wand had been waved and all the side effects had subsided. I felt like a new person, calm, relaxed and at peace with the world. It was a huge relief - didn't really want to go through the hassle of trying another medication. The teeth clenching lasted for several more months off and on, but that was tolerable and it eventually subsided altogether. Try to get through the initial adjustment phase if you can...see how it turns out. | F | 48 | 19 months | 3/29/2009 | 5 | depression | side effects were muscle twitches of leg, feet or eyes. Nothing serious though. Like now my right eye is twitching but it happens about once or twice a day. I did try 300mg and I did notice an increase of anxiety which is not good if you have anxiety or ADHD:) Also it was like being in a tunnel or slow motion coupled with bursts of anxiety momement. | Currently I am on Cymbalta 60mg, Welbutrin 150mg, Dexadrine 10mg Lamictal and Abilify 5mg. Can you say I am F'd up just looking at all the meds I am on in writing is pretty freakin crazy:) Anyway when I was put on Welbutrin my memory improved 180%. Names and numbers come easy to me compared to nothing or just cymbalta. I remember things like dates, times, events, and history that I never could before. I used to hate Math and now my scores improved from failing to low 90's. Also I am able to control my appetite. | F | 33 | 9 months | 3/21/2009 | 5 | Severe Depression | None | I actually had no idea that I had depression until my sister who suffers from it also helped me identify the symptoms. I also suffered from severe anxiety. This all happened after my father died and a couple of months later I had a stroke. I didn't want to take medication and to try and resolve it naturally. I took St Johns Wort for about 3 months, it helped bring out of the dark but I still had zero energy. I finally gave in and went to a doctor, he gave me Celexa. It made me feel like a zombie so I quit taking it and went back to St Johns Wort. My doctor at the time would not prescribe anything else for me. I ended up going to the same doctor as my sister and he started me off on Pritiq the new Effor and Ativin for my anxiety for a couple of months. These had absolutely no affect on me at all positive or negative. I went back very discouraged, the doctor gave me 150mg of Welbutrin and .5mg of Xanax. The Welbutrin kicked in after only a few days but one of the side effects of this drug is increased Anxiety, it's in the pamplet that comes with the medication. The Xanax instantly works for any anxiety attacks that I do get but they are much rarer than they were the first few days I took the Welbutrin. I put down no side effects becuase it's in the pamplet. I feel great now and have a lot of energy, this medication has saved me from what seemed like a life of misery. I still have anxiety but I can handle it now that I know what it is and have something to treat it. | M | 43 | 45 days | 3/17/2009 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety Fatigue | First try: severe headaches/migraines, inability to think clearly, dehydration, increased sweating, increased libido, heart palpitations, increased anxiety, vision change, vivid dreams, severe teeth clenching, dry mouth, bad taste in mouth, food tasted off, confusion, slight insomnia, dizziness, vomiting on last day. - Second try: Occasional shooting pain in head, slight increase in sweating, slight increase in energy, slight agitation | I have been on Celexa 40 mg for months, and have continued to feel lethargic. Doc suggested to add 75mg taken in two doses. First time, reaction was awful. I quit after the third day of absolute misery. I was drinking heavily to deal with continued anxiety and depression. I stopped drinking and cleared my system for 8 days before attempting a second time. Second attempt has been significantly better. Although I'm still not sure if I am benefiting yet, at least I'm not feeling worse! I definitely suggest laying of alcoholic beverages for awhile as you start. I've only been on Wellbutrin for about two weeks now but still haven't touched alcohol. Lastly - I tapered on slower the second time, by taking a quarter twice a day, to taking three quarters in a day, and finally to the whole thing. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 3/15/2009 | 5 | ADHD | I wish people would pay attention to which version of buproprion they are commenting on here. There are three listings: XL (extended release once per day); SR (sustained release twice per day), and; the immediate release (taken three times per day). This page is for the immediate release. Not sure why so many people are talking about SR or XL when there are separate listings for those. | M | 33 | 2 months | 3/3/2009 |