WELLBUTRIN Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)

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 2  Depression, anxiety ringing ears, irritability, trouble sleeping, wide-eyed, speedy feeling After unsuccessfully trying effexor, remeron and paxil my psych put me on 150mg WB for one month, and increased to 300mg when I wasn't getting better. He's now added cymbalta which I've been on 2 weeks, but the yawning and trouble sleeping are terrible, plus my anxiety and social withdrawal have increased. M 44 3 months
6/21/2007
 3  Depression Chest tightness, anxiety, extreme irritation with people and loud music, sudden change in blood pressure, dry mouth, nausea, intense migraines I'm on day three of the generic Wellbutrin XL. I took the 150 several months ago for one month but didn't feel a change. My doctor prescribed the 300 and that's what I'm on now. I can't handle these side effects and will be stopping. F 39 3 days
6/19/2007
 5  Mild chronic depression Mild constipation, slight insomnia in the beginnng, slight jitters, loss of 8 pounds Drug has been a huge help! Please don't let negative comments keep you from trying it. Try for yourself! M 50 2 months
6/15/2007
 3  anxiety/moderate depression felling shakey like I've had too much coffee, loss of appetite. I felt kind of "foggy" the first few days. I sleep more soundly at night. My doctor said to take 100 mg twice a day. The pharmacist told me to take one a day for three days, then if I was tolerating it well to go to two a day. I took one for six days, then tried two a day. It took 3-4 days at two a day to adjust. Now I am starting to feel better. A little more motivated and upbeat. I have stopped drinking coffee. I already feel like I've had coffee. I've been trying to make myself eat lately. I lost 5 pounds the first 8 days. Can't wait to see how I'm feeling after a couple more weeks. F 46 12 days
6/15/2007
 3  major depression At a dosage of 300MG Wellbutrin XL: constant headache, restlessness,irritability,insomnia,increased anxiety, palpitations, decreased appetite, weight loss. Transitory side-effects: very dry mouth, mild constipation, dizziness I think Wellbutrin might help you if you do not develop intolerable side-effects. Since it is a stimulant, it can get you out of bed and going if you are lethargic from depression. At 150MG, I had some positive results with just a very dry mouth and a little dizziness for a couple of days, but when the dosage was increased to 300MG, I began to develop bad side effects. Unfortunately, I cannot tolerate the therapeutic dosage and have had to decrease it to 150MG and add Cymbalta. I was not on 300MG long enough to know if that would have sucessfully managed my depression. If you suffer from anxiety, this might not be a good choice for you. I knew going into it that Wellbutrin might increase my anxiety, but the SSRI's don't work for me. I did get some benefit from the lower dose of Wellbutrin, so I am hoping that the combination of the SNRI (Cymbalta) and Wellbutrin will manage my depression. All of the side effects I experienced are common with Wellbutrin; unfortunately, I just had too F 52 5 weeks
6/15/2007
 2  depression sore muscles especailly in calves, tightness in chest, lethargy, ringing in ears, reduced sex drive, insomnia, diarriha, weight gain, anxiety The doctor started me out with a low dose, just 100mg a day becasue of previous bad reactions to anti-depressants. Over the course of 6 weeks it was gradually raised to 400mg a day. I'm not sure if it is helping. Still have moments of hopeless depressive moods. Still don't want to get out of bed some mornings. Most of the side effects listed above only seem to last for 4-5 days and then abate. The doctor wants me to stay on it for at least another month to see if it helps. I'm willing to give it a try, but I'm concerned that it is not doing anything for me. If my situation improves over the next month I'll write to let you know. Thanks to everyone else for sharing your experiences. M 45 2 months
6/14/2007
 3  Depression/anxiety I am feeling very gittery at night and have to take a Xanax just to fall asleep. I'm getting "warm" sensations in my back and down my left arm. Has anyone else felt this way? I was very irritable last week but that's gotten a little better. Definitely dry mouth and constipation. Can't wait for this to end. F 15 days
6/13/2007
 1  Anxiety, mood swings Nausea, anxiety, paranoa, loss of appetit I have been on this drug for two weeks and I hate it...I am stopping today. I have been an emotional wreck. I cry all the time and it is just about ruining my relationship with my boyfriend. I have not been able to eat for the last 2 weeks and although this may sounds like a blessing to some, the nausea is constant. I have to force myself to eat. The worst part for me is that my emotitions are intensified beyond normal and I am miserable. F 43 14 days
6/13/2007
 3  depression jitteriness, feeling mostly energized then randomly have an entire day where I could barely keep my eyes open, increased libido, severe headaches, irritability, sudden fits of anger, ringing in the ears, unable to concentrate, sometimes bad short-term memory I wrote earlier on when I was taking Wellbutrin SR (150 mg once a day) for four days. Now I've been taking it for 2 weeks. The first few days were hell. I was like a ticking bomb, anything and everything annoyed the hell out of me; I was unbearable. However, it did get better after the first week or so. I have so much more energy, I have to excersize for about an hour each day because I have this urge to move. My feeling of depression has also eased a bit. However, though 6 days out of the week I feel as mentioned above, there is that one day which is HELL. I feel totally useless and spaced out, my depression recurred and I have random fits of anger and crying. Though my sex drive has increased significantly, the guy I was seeing called me a 'freak' due to the initial side-effects, so it kinda sucks for me right now. Oh well, his loss. F 22 14 days
6/11/2007
 4  mild depression/weight loss On bupropion SR for the past 2 months. Side effects are mostly gone. Initially, sweating, heart racing, sporadic chest pain, dry mouth. After 2 months, side effects have pretty much disappeared and I was getting sluggish, depressed sometimes. Doctor gave me permission to up my dosage from 150mg to 300mg, but space out dosage by 8 hours. I'm feeling like I've just started again. It's giving me energy, curbing my appetite again, etc. Just hope that I don't get anything nasty. F 44 75 days
6/7/2007
 4  Weight Loss Paranoid episode, weight loss, numbness to pain First of all, let me admit I went to the Doctor for weigh loss, because I want to lose 40lbs. And he asked me if being heavy made me sad: of course. So, I got this anti-depressent. And I loved it. Suddenly I could exercise for a long time and feel no pain. It didn't hurt my memory, in fact, I was sleeping better, and doing better with my memory too. I was losing weight. And I liked it so much, I decided to increase my dosage from 200mg a day to 400mg. After all I read on the internet, that 450mg was the max and that in test groups, those on the max dosage had lost the most weight. This contravened my doctor's advice, and boy, was he right, and I, wrong. On that day, I went into a severe paranoid episode, I thought I was going to die. Now, I'm happy to just take 200mg a day, and it works great. M 37 120 days
6/7/2007
 2  Major depression & anxiety perfuse sweating, for no reason. literally dripping sweat from face, scalp. foggy head, that pseudo headache you get when you forget to take you anti-depressant. sleepiness, and major agitation. I could not stand loud noises from the TV, and constantly got angry and hostile with the kids/husband. everything got much worse once the dr upped me from 150 to 300 mg. the stupid dr never thought to warn me about any of this and when I told him I wanted to back off the high dose, he still didn't mention these are known side effects and I'm not going crazy. thank you all so much - your experiences have been a tremendous help to me knowing now that I am not alone. best of luck to you all finding the right med and the right dose, the trial and error of it all are the worst!! F 42 2 months
6/6/2007
 2  Post traumatic depression Headache, stiff neck. I feel dead inside, like I don't care about anything. This can't be good. I want to quit this med now, but my Dr. wants me to try for 2 months before I see her again. I can't even smile or talk, I don't want to either. This is not me... will it get better over time?? Dear God, what is this med doing to me? This is also my first anti-depressant, it's kinda scary. F 34 3 weeks
6/4/2007
 4  Schizoaffective(Depressive) No side effects really, I took this along with Seroquel, and I was doing alright. The only mild side effect I had at first was mild states of anxiety that were only temporary. Was prescribed 75 mg twice daily. It helped a lot with my depression, even though took awhile for my body to adjust to it. You just gotta keep taking it. M 18 2 months
6/2/2007
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 3  anxiety, mild depression weight loss, suppressed appetite, sexual increase. No other side effects. I have been taking Wellbutrin for a couple of months, 150mg twice a day. I have lost 6 lbs, my appetite has decreased, an increase in sex drive. I took Paxil before for 18mths it was the total opposite, gained 30lbs, and never felt any sexual feelings. F 39 2 months
6/1/2007
 3  Depression bursts of energy, drowsiness, dry mouth, severe headaches, insomnia, restlessness I only started taking Wellbutrin for 4 days, so I am still at a very early stage of the treatment. Up until today I felt very elevated, high sex drive, full of energy and did not feel the usual need of 8 hours of sleep. However, today I feel drowsy, my head won't stop hurting and I am completely exhausted. I also noticed that my appetite has actually increased - I certainly hope this won't prevail. I also want to say I found your comments very helpful, thank you! F 22 4 days
5/31/2007
 2  depression, general anxiety off and on nausea, dizziness, headache, tremors and heart palpatations My doctor prescribed 150 mg at first and kept me on it for 2.5 weeks before increasing the dosage to 300 mg. I tried 300 mg for 5 days but had horrible side effects so I dropped back to 150 again. My doctor said to stay with the 150 for 1 week and try the 300 again. It has been 9 days on 300 and I am still experiencing the same off and on nausea, headache, dizziness, tremors and heart palpations. It is hard to realize any positive effects when I feel so awful most of the time. I will give it another 2 weeks. F 52 35 days
5/28/2007
 2  depression/anxiety Nausea, insomnia, heart palpatations, mood swings, severe panic attacks. After six days of insomnia, heart palpatations (especially at night), and panic attacks, i've decided to stop taking the drug. The panic attacks are like nothing i've ever felt; they can last anywhere from a couple of minutes to half an hour, and tend to come in spurts -- for example, i might have several during the morning hours, then none during the afternoon, then several more during the evening. I've been on Wellbutrin before, and it caused all the above side effects, though not nearly as severe as this time around M 24 6 days
5/27/2007
 2  mild to moderate depression So far I'm only on my 5th day but I've been feeling anxious and constantly obsess over having a panic attack. I'm supposed to double up the dosage today and am afraid that it will make me more jittery! I've been going through phases of feeling elated with bursts of energy, then suddenly feeling withdrawn and just laying on the couch in a depressed fog. It has been making me feel slightly foggy, and I've noticed an increase, not decrease in appetite which worries me that I'll gain weight. I guess I'll hang in there a couple more weeks. F 35 5 days
5/27/2007
 3  smoking cessation Over the two weeks I took this, side effects included dry mouth, altered taste, NO SLEEP, and irritability like you would not believe (my poor husband!). This is my second time taking this medication for smoking cessation. It was not a good experience before, but I gave up when I became super irritable. This time I would rather be a pain the the bum than a smoker. I don't know how my (then fiance) married me anyway...I was such a pill on these pills. Luckily he'll be out of town for a bit and hopefully it will be long enough for me to adjust! F 29 14 days
5/24/2007
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