WELLBUTRIN Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)

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 4  dysthymia Insomnia, Shakiness, Narcissism (lol) I love how Wellbutrin makes me feel -- I've been in a funk for over a year now and I suddenly feel like I have a personality again, I want to be more social and I have a LOT more self-confidence. Here are the two complaints: I started it to help with focus & concentration and if anything I feel more distracted now (esp. by sex), also I love coffee but caffeine doesnt play well with Wellbutrin -- I feel really shaky, almost like having a petit mal seizure and I worry that too much caffeine or Wellbutrin could cause one. Now switching to decaf. Still pretty happy with the med -- Zoloft did nothing for me so it is so nice to have energy, ambition, confidence in excess. M 20 2 weeks
4/12/2007
 4  Depression I did have a return of my sex drive and ability to climax. On other anti-depressants that loss of sex really bothered me. That by itself is very depressing for a person in their 50's. I was having crying jags before Christmas so my Doctor increased my dosage from 300mg to 450mg's daily in the morning. Seems I have gained 45 lbs but my general mood is happy. I have not touched alcohol in 3 years. F 55 3 years
4/10/2007
 2  smoking Not able to sleep, rash on face, major stomach discomfort: within ten minutes of eating my stomach hurts so bad I'm in tears, then i'm in the bathroom immediately. My boyfriend says I'm an emotional wreck, I don't see it, but I do cry easily. This is the second time I'm on it to quit smoking it worked very well the first time 4 years ago, but I still have the urge to smoke this time. So i'm waiting until week two to see if it works for me. F 39 9 days
4/10/2007
 4  Severe depression Headache, dry mouth, shaking hands, sweating, insomnia, RASH. Prozac and lexapro did nothing so I started on wellbutrin XL 150mg, then 300 mg. My doctor also prescribed ambien CR to help me sleep. Everything was going well - I had some side effects but they didn't bother me that much and the wellbutrin was great for my life and work. About 3 weeks into the medication, I started itching. First it was the scalp and neck, then all over. Scratching would cause huge, angry-looking welts. My doctor thought it was the XL coating; he switched me to SR and lowered the dosage to 100 mg twice a day. Also kept taking the ambien. I lived with the rash for about 2 weeks and it was terrible. Finally, I stopped both ambien and the wellbutrin and it went away. The rash could have been caused by the ambien CR! Depression came back full-force so I began the wellbutrin 100 mg twice a day again and so far, so good. It's been so good for me that I really hope the rash stays away. F 31 8 weeks
4/8/2007
 1  bipolar, anxiety, PAs mania, agitation, aggressiveness, outbursts of temper, sleeplessness along with the usual dry mouth and headaches that came and went. I took this for several months a few years ago, along with 4mg/day of xanax. At first I felt pleasantly energized ~ my manias are usually dysphoric so I enjoyed feeling over-the-moon happy for a while instead of paranoid and angry. And I didn't get any panic attacks while I was on it. But after a month or so I started becoming more and more angry-manic, pissed off all the time and picking fights with everyone. And sleep? Forget it. It didn't work for me at all in long term so I got off it. Beware of Wellbutrin if your bipolar disorder scews towards mania. F 56 4 months
4/8/2007
 5  Chronic Deppresion The first few days were difficut in the sense that I felt a little fast as if I had had one too many cups of coffee. My tummy was a bit upset and I noticed when making dinner for my family that I hadn't eaten all day. After dose 2 of the WellbutrinXL 150 I felt like I had a chance again. I had the energy to accomplish my daily routine. Everything seemed challenging before. Simple tasks like making the kids lunches, packing backpacks and remebering to charge my cell phone before just exhausted me. I have had bouts with depression all my life. I was misdiagnosed with Bi-Polar during a terribly abusive marriage. I was put on 50mg of Zoloft by the second dose I called my doctor because it made me so tense my jaw was clentched to the point I had to relax it with my hand. Two months later we tried 10 mg of Paxil. It gave me the energy I needed and was the safest of all my choices while nursing. I thought that Paxil was great aside from the iritability I experienced. However, I have seen the light now. I am so please with the Wellbutrin at 300mg. I am no more cranky than usual, still feel energetic and am once again hopeful. The only negative comment I have is one of safety. I missed three doses while out of town and had ALOT of trouble keeping it together. It has been 60 days now and I would hope that I am not that dependant on the drug. The high/low was very frightening for me. M 29 2 months
4/7/2007
 5  Depression / Anxiety Tinnitus, occasional irritability--albeit mild, feeling of being slightly "caffeinated", occasional sleep problems, kooky-- to the point of comical-- dreams After the sudden death of my father, the terminal illness of my mother-in-law, and multiple legal wranglings tied to those issues, the mild-moderate depression and anxiety I've dealt with for years became a full-on crashing depression. After working up the nerve to discuss the problem with my doc, I was prescribed Effexor, which killed all things sexual; not exactly a price I wanted to pay. I was also concerned about withdrawal from Effexor. After a little research of my own, I asked about Wellbutrin and got it prescribed. Dr. tried to keep me on Effexor-- said Wellbutrin probably wouldn't help me if anxiety was my main concern. After two months, I feel like the light has returned to my universe. My energy has returned-- before, I could spend an entire weekend in my bed without caring what anyone thought. I'm working out daily, which has also improved my mood. I notice an improvement in concentration, as well as a return to normal as far as sexual interest and response. I haven't F 36 2 months
4/6/2007
 5  depression anxiety For the first week or so, I was very nauseous. I also had very vivid dreams. I actually enjoyed the vivid dreams since I was taking it for Depression due to the death of my son, I was dreaming about him.. That was actually a nice side effect I was put on Lexapro after my son passed away. That made me really not care about anything, including the fact that I had put on 40 pounds in 1 year. I weaned myself off the Lexapro slowly after 1 1/2 years on it. I realized after a few months that I was still so depressed over my son. I asked the DR to put me on something that would not have a side effect of weight gain. I have been very happy with the Wellbutrin. I have lost some weight and the Sadness is less but I know it will never go away. I feel I can focus more. F 45 45 days
4/6/2007
 4  severe depression incresed energy. insomnia, irritability, increased sex drive, have been on 150 for 5 days now .i have also been on 200mg zoloft for 4 months. the welbutrin has taken off the rest of the edge an helped with consintration. tons of energy. cant really sleep at night wake up fully about 2-4 times a night but dont feel tired in the morning. incresed sex drive but the zoloft brought that back to normal so its high now. slight irritability with everything. i want to get up in the mornings an cant wait to work. times of just feeling really good hard to describe just feeling really good physicaly an mentally just a really good feeling. M 5 days
4/6/2007
 3  Anxiety Achiness in abdomen and intestional problems, shaky feeling like I just drank a lot of espresso, difficulty calming mind in order to sleep, zero patience with people, strange shuddering feeling when I bend over, irritated by little things, nauseaus, hot flashes I am trying to go off Zoloft after several years 7+ due to low/no libido. I'm only taking 75mg per day and can't imaging taking 300mg per day since 75mg if throwing me so far off my game. I feel like I am pregnant and on a ship on the water. I was supposed to raise my dose to 150mg today, but forget it! Hopefully it will calm down soon. I went off the Zoloft slowly over 10 days time so I am not sure which symptoms are from the Wellbutrin and which might be from coming off the Zoloft. I wish I could keep with the Zoloft, but I am practically dead sexually on that stuff. F 44 9 days
4/5/2007
 5  Major Depression Insomnia I originally took Wellbutrin XL, 300 mg a day about 3 years ago and it did wonders then, so after a year I stopped taking it. Unfortunately, my depression came back, so I am back on Wellbutrin Xl, 300mg. Despite the same side effect of insomnia, I know it will go away in a few weeks, as it did the first time. I truly believe in Wellbutrin XL over anything else. I have had no other side effects, and my mood, energy level, focus and a positive outlook are all creeping back into my life. For anyone interested in taking it, I totally recommend it, but give it a try for at least 2 months before deciding against it, as it doesn't fully work for about 4-6 weeks. Just give it some time, and I bet most of you will be much better off than before! M 39 5 days
4/4/2007
 4  Not motivated, Lexapro petered out Amped up (but manageable on lower dose), slight appetite loss, blurry vision, a little dizzy, slight twitchiness, excitibility (not all bad), increased dreams and libido (nice) I take 20mg Lexapro, which took some of the edge of depression. Fortunately had some really good psychiatrists and learned a lot about different meds. When Lexapro petered out decided to try to add A LITTLE Wellbutrin, the generic 100 mg tablet was prescribed. I know to GRADUALLY go on meds, so I split the 100 into two doses of 50. First day felt like I woke up. Second day drank coffee and my hands were trembling. I didn't have much of an appetite until i remembered to eat and felt much better. Believe some people are very sensitive to meds, have known this my whole life, so if a small dose doesn't work it doesn't mean to up it. The Nurse Practitioner intially wrote a script for 2 150 mg wellbutrin XL a day. Instead I convinced to write it for generic, which was really reasonable. I don't think I'll up the dose, just wait for the side effects to even out. I actually think maybe LESS than 100 mg a day might work. I like the idea of making a solution and taking it throughout the da M 50 8 days
4/4/2007
 3  Depression Slight fatigue. I have been depressed for many years and felt I could cope without meds....WRONG. I have had constant fatigue and lack of motivation which has really effected my career. I have found a really good doctor who is walking me through the "antidepressant maze". I have been trying several meds which all gave me really bad side effects. The last one was Prozac, and was that horrible! Doctor took me off it immediately and placed me on Trazodone which has really helped with my chronic sleep problem. I feel much better now that the Prozac is out of my system. The doc has since placed me on Wellbutrin XL and took the first 150mg dose this morning. He is increasing the dosage to 300mg in a week. He told me that WB and Trazodone have worked together very well for a number of patients. We shall see. I am anxious to see if all the reports of insomnia with WB is true and whether the Traz will work to help me sleep. Would be fantastic to have the positive effectiveness of both dru M 54 1 days
3/31/2007
 5  Severe Depression/ Severe Anxiety Difficulty falling, staying asleep. fast heartbeat (comes and goes). I recently posted on March 25th, Now I am 9 days into taking my medicine, and am already feeling great, aside from not having ANY panic attacks, My nausea is gone, my appetite is back (I didn't luck out there)...hehehe. But I still have some difficulties falling/staying asleep, but it is slowly improving. As i said in my previous post, I take 150 mg of Wellbutrin xl a day, along with my other meds. I do recommend this medicine, and I would say that I am VERY surprised that I feel better already and so soon. Also, I wanted to say good luck to everyone who goes through these types of things in their lives, it is hard, I know firsthand, but keep trying if this isn't right for you, You WILL find the right medicine. God bless everyone, and you are stronger for having endured what you have. F 26 9 days
3/29/2007
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 5  1st-quit smoking, 2nd-depression I've been on it twice now. A couple of years ago to quit smoking and now a few weeks into it for depression. Chills, insomnia, strange dreams (vivid!). Right now it seems my dosage is too low. I went for a couple of days of high energy but have had a whole week of being REALLY grumpy, fatigued beyond belief and a general sense of being out of whack. I asked my doc to up my dosage to 300xl because I took 300sr to quit smoking, it totally worked and I liked how it made me feel and it improved my outlook and coping skills Does anyone have any comments about using the XL version vs the SR version? My last experience was with SR but my doctor said she doesn't really prescribe that anymore, just the XL. I really hope this helps with my Depression. F 40 4 weeks
3/29/2007
 4  Chronic depression lightheadedness, insomnia, decreased appetite I was on Lexapro and hated sleeping all the time and the weight gain. Switched to 150 mg and feeling so much more energy. The first week, the worst two symptoms were the insomnia and an overall lightheaded feeling. Still have the insomnia, but I can make it through the day without thinking about a nap. Currently, I've had some constant headaches, but the increased want to exercise combined with the decreased appetite makes it all tolerable. F 32 14 days
3/29/2007
 4  depression/anxiety extreme nausea, which went away after about one week, excessive sweating, which is still happening, and weepiness. My libido seems to be getting back to normal after being on Paxil for about nine years. I switched from Paxil after about nine years due to sexual side effects and weight gain. Hoping I will see some good side effects after these inconvenient ones pass. I am sweating so much though, that I am carrying an extra bra to work! F 45 14 days
3/28/2007
 1  Depression Extreme dizziness and tremors. F 38 21 days
3/28/2007
 5  Lack of Energy Increased Energy, able to wake up without snoozing the alarm 12 times. Able to keep off the couch and do busy work on the weekends and after work. more focused. I have to force myself to eat sometimes. Appetite up and down but really, could take it or leave it, only eat cause it tastes good sometimes. I love it so far, 150mg for 3 days then 150mg twice daily. Hoping for smoking urges to go away also but it has not happened yet. I take Vicodin off and on and they seem to make me want to smoke more. Took 2 Valium on the fist 300mg day before I went to bed. Woke up at 2:00 am after 6 hrs sleep feeling refreshed and ready to start the day. I was worried about crashing later in the day but I did not. Labido has always been overactive so I havent felt a difference in that area. I haven't experienced any anxiety, anger or impatience; in fact I seem to have less than normal. My appetite for the most part has decreased, I have to twist my arm to eat. Sometimes I eat a little other times cant get enough it seems. I don't really have a weight problem, I could stand to lose about 5 lbs or so around the middle. I have just finished a round of cortizone injections and nerve deadening to my lower spine. I am able to prioritize projects into small tasks and don't feel overwhelmed. I am M 41 8 days
3/27/2007
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 5  Depression & Anxiety Headachs and dry mouth for the first 2-3 months I was on it, but it went away. Increased sex drive. Increased energy. On rare occasions have woken up at night with my heart beating very fast, but no lasting problems. Appetite leveled out (used to eat far too much). I took 150mg for about 6 months then increased to 300mg and since then Wellbutrin has really been a huge help to me! I was overweight and it helped level out my appetite. It also has helped decrease my anxiety and increase my energy. I sometimes have trouble falling asleep at night, but in general am able to get a regular full 6-8 hours of sleep a night. Previously I was either up all night with insomnia or wanted to sleep for 10+ hour periods at a time. F 23 2 years
3/26/2007

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