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 | none really | I feel like a normal person again and I don't want to die anymore. I am doing art again and looking forward to things. I should have taken it a long time ago. I am supposed to take it 2 x day but I only take it in the AM. | F | 49 | 6 months 30 1X day | 11/5/2016 | 5 | depression | none really | I feel like a normal person again and I don't want to die anymore. I am doing art again and looking forward to things. I should have taken it a long time ago. I am supposed to take it 2 x day but I only take it in the AM. | F | 49 | 6 months 30 1X day | 11/5/2016 | 4 | Nervousness and overeating | Felt a bit zombie like, not my usual bubbly self but stabilized my mood. I am usually super hyper and can be a lot of fun w great ideas at work and I became quiet w trouble finding words...seemed a bit groggy and stoned.. On the downside, my personality made me prone to yelling, worrying and emotion eating. I ended up cuttingg back to just 50 mg and that is right for me. Increased sex drive and kissy love feeling. Lots of dreams and memories. | When I consciously cut back in my nervous eating in conjunction w the daily dosage, it helped the most. Not as hungry now but it didn't happen on its own. Seems to be working better as time passes. I am very happy and balanced at this time. No side effects in the super low dose like no headache, etc. very occasional ear buzz but not a big deal. I am doing very well on this medication. Great for someone like me. | F | 41 | 2 months 100 | 11/1/2016 | 3 | I'm taking wellbutrin for depression | I'm having a lot of shooting nerve shocks. | All an all I like it | F | 33 | 10 days 150 | 10/24/2016 | 1 | depression | insomnia, mania, paranoia, psychosis, auditory hallucinations | bad stuff for a lot of people | M | 39 | 2 months 1X day | 9/10/2016 | 5 | Severe Depression | I am quite often overwhelmed by the urge to cry- for no reason. Do I feel nervous? Better cry about it. Read some heartfelt thing on the Internet? Here come the tears. I experience roughly 5-6 episodes of tearing up over nothing every day since I started taking Wellbutrin. My sex drive has returned full force, so that's pretty cool. | The crying spells are totally worth it. I have been chronically, severely depressed for well over 20 years. My first suicide attempt was at 13 years old. Taking Wellbutrin feels like shutting the door on that part of me that is dissociated, numb, and uninterested. I used to feel like I was watching life through someone else's eyes, I felt detached. It was like living in a very realistic and uneasy dream. Effexor helped for a few months and then suddenly stopped being effective. Wellbutrin seems to be making me feel emotions again, and while the last few days have been a weird and wild emotional spree it is wonderful to feel something other than hopelessness. | F | 34 | 10 days 300mg | 8/31/2016 | 1 | Depression | Anxiety, paranoia, auditory hallucinations, withdrawn | So before taking Wellbutrin, I was taking Prozac, which made me extremely sick and I was nauseated, the worst burning stomach pain of my life, and barfed for 24 hours. My doctor then prescribed me Wellbutrin which was SO much worse than my side effects of the Prozac. I started getting extremely paranoid that someone was breaking into my house, which only got worse over time. I then started having auditory hallucinations and I would hear banging on my windows and doors, foot steps on floor inside my house, and a man whispering things like "I'm going to kill you" or saying my name. I ended up hiding in my bathroom with a knife and called my dad while he was at work and told him someone was breaking in the house to kill me. He left work immediately and had to talk me into opening the door for him to come inside. And when he found me I was curled in a ball screaming and completely hysteric. I continued hearing things, and thinking someone was coming to kill me for four days after that, and then the symptoms started lessening. For anyone who experiences these symptoms PLEASE DONT TAKE IT LIGHTLY. I have since seen a psychologist who told me that the side effects I experienced on Wellbutrin are side effects people with Bipolar Disorder ecperience, and I have now been diagnosed with Bipolar 2 Disorder. So, keep in mind that you may not have depression, and these side effects may mean you have Bipolar Disorder, so PLEASE talk to someone about this. | F | 21 | 5 days | 8/25/2016 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety, ADD | Mild nervousness if I don't eat frequenly | It takes about 2 months to see noticeable results. You may become agitated briefly for the first few days. My depression is gone. My anxiety is better. My ADD is better. I have more patience and I'm more social. Since taking Wellbutrin I have started taking yoga, going to the gym. I have not experienced the weight loss that many do. I think this may be due to being on Vyvanse and losing weight while taking that. | F | 46 | 6 months 30 mg | 5/31/2016 | 1 | Smoking cessation | Irrational thoughts. Mood swings, lack of motivation to high activity. Anger, frustration. | I started the drug with some trepidation but after a day or two noticed more restful sleep and an increased libido. After a couple weeks I began to question everything around me like there was,this conspiracy against me. My thoughts would swing from general happiness and calm to being suspicious and untrusting. I lashed out at my wife , accusing her of being unfaithful creating this whole cheating scenario in my head. Rational thinking went right out the window. I didn't think delusions were a side effect but they are. My personality is generally confident and good natured but after a few weeks on this drug I find myself feeling insecure and at times emotional. These bad feelings come on out of nowhere and last for a few minutes to a few hours. I'm not taking this drug ever again. | M | 48 | 1 months 100mg | 5/25/2016 | 1 | Depression | Seizures and suicidal thoughts. Always walking around in a fog | I believe this drug is horrible and should be pulled off the shelf | F | 25 | 8 months 20 | 5/6/2016 | 4 | major depression, ssri issues | 1 days | 4/12/2016 | 1 | depression | Shaking and excessive sweating and very dry mouth and easily agitated. | F | 52 | 2 months 100 mg | 4/4/2016 | 4 | add, depression, smoking cessation | Dry mouth, a little shaky | I had known I was depressed for some time. My husband and I were fighting about the cleanliness of our home, couldn't keep kids on a steady schedule, life was just...chaotic. I know it's only been a week but I can tell a difference. I'm CONSTANTLY cleaning, dinner at around the same time, showers and bed routine with kids done before their bedtime,and no fighting with hubby, and I haven't had a cigarette in 8 days. I'd say it works for me. | F | 26 | 7 days 150 mg | 3/22/2016 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | When I started this med, constipation. That subsides, and the side effects at 18 months are zero. | I started at 37.5 mg/day, gradually have worked up to 225 mg/day. I know too many people have the 150 mg. dumped on them at the start, and I, and others I talk to, have found it works better to ease into this med, more gradually. It is a stimulating Antidepressant, so I combine it with Effexor, for anxiety, and I am as pleased as punch. If you are having problems at the start, please give any Antidepressant At Least 8 weeks to truly begin to work....at least, if you truly want to feel its benefits. If not, start complaining right away, and stay miserable. I wish you the best. | M | 57 | 18 months 112.5 2X day | 3/12/2016 | 3 | Depression | Anxiety is worsening, thought something was wrong with my job/work (getting fired etc) feeling panicky and had no sleep last night because of it. Im taking 150MG twice a day and the generic Brupropion. I have severe depression, never really had issues with anxiety as bad as this, I tend to worry a lot but its not this severe. | I see from a lot of comments that other users have experienced this as well and seems like it didn't work out. Im on a trial for 6 weeks so if this feeling doesn't disappear I am going to tell the doctor. | F | 25 | 10 days 300 MG | 3/9/2016 | 5 | Depression anxiety | Twitching in my thumb muscle aches in my calves | It's been a miracle drug for me I take care of my mom has Alzheimer's and dementia and I just couldn't make it through the day without being very upset now I remain calm and I can deal with anything | F | 55 | 1 years | 2/25/2016 | 3 | Depression and ADD | Dry mouth ringing of the ears muscle pains making weird faces | Don't know if this is the right drug for me | F | 33 | 1 weeks 300 | 2/22/2016 | 5 | Depression | Dry mouth, bugged out moments similar to ecstasy the first few weeks, clentch my teeth, loss of appetite, I catch myself making a weird face I never have before ...its a frowning look. Very unattractive and it's something I am constantly having to make an effort to be conscious of and remind myself to smile or smirk. My son pointed it out to me. | When I was 27 this saved my life. I mean literally saved my life. After my post pard. I took it a little over a year but noticed after about 8 months it not working as well. Tried increasing to 400 mg but too many side effects. 6 years later I am trying it again and finding that its having zero effect on me. Its really weird. I swore by this medication and should have been a spokesman for it with the way I recommended to anyone I knew struggling. I am in the process of finding something that can help me as much as wellbutrin did so many years ago. Trying Lexapro now and it works very well But it doesnt give me that boost to get out andbe social and do stuff like wellbutrin did. So I am still searching. But I would still recommend for a first time patient. | F | 27 | 1 years 300mg | 2/16/2016 | 5 | Smoking Cessation | Transient insomnia, anxiety, xerostomia, a sensation of 'pressure behind the eyes' | I took Zyban to stop smoking some years ago. It worked, and worked well. Cravings were significantly reduced and I derived no pleasure from cigarettes anymore. I quit within a week of starting it, and never looked back! Six years later, I smoked something that I didn't know contained tobacco. I started smoking again. This time got generic Wellbutrin. Within 3 days, I doubled up to the 300 mg. does for smoking cessation. That night, after dinner, I felt like a train hit me. Felt almost unreal, on the verge of panic for hours. Moral of the story - stick with the name brand and you will have a much better experience, as the drug will be released slowly into your system! | M | 36 | 90 days 150 2X day | 2/12/2016 | 5 | SAD, depression with weight gain | The name brand- NONE Generics= horrible side effects. Tried several generics, ended up high for 3 hours every morning, then crashing. Cannot use ANY of the generics. | Seriously different drugs if you take the name brand vs. the generics. No enteric coatingon the generics, means the generics dump all the drugs into your system in the first few hours, leaving you in the gutter. The Wellbutrin brand, xl, has never given me anything other than a few nights sleeplessness when first taking. | F | 41 | 4 years 100-300 mg 1X day | 1/26/2016 |