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 | PPD, ADD, Depression | Loss of appetite, nasal congestion, elevated energy level, HAPPY, Loss of desire to drink any type of alcohol!:) | I started wellbutrin 150xl after years of self medicating my depression and ADD with Alcohol and Marijuana. After day 3 I had no desire to drink, smoke, eat excessively, or sleep all day. I was a 2-3 glass per day wine drinker and regular pot smoker. This drug has made me feel better and happier than I have in years. I am motivated to work out, clean my house and do my work. I feel a little "sped up" at times, but not enough to bother me. After years of complete laziness and depression it is a great change. I tried to have one glass of wine at dinner and it made me vomit, not a bad thing for someone who has self medicated with alcohol for years. Needless to say I will not be drinking or smoking anymore!(I never thought I would say that) I am able to concentrate and organize my life! I pray that this continues to work. I feel great! My Libido has not changed, and I do not have problems sleeping at night. | F | 39 | 7 days | 10/26/2006 | 5 | depression/anxiety/insomnia | sleepier than usual, other than that, none | This drug combined with wellbutrin (300mg) has completely changed my life. I have been depressed for about a year now due to a tragic event in my life, and I switched meds god knows how many times to find the right combination-this is it! I am slowly going out more/regaining my social life, able to concentrate better, exercising, and losing the 15 lbs. I gained over the course of the year. Previously I tried xanax(felt doped up and was becoming addicted). I am on 7.5mg, but I felt so sleepy on it that I cut it in half now. I am rested and full of energy the next morning-I actually look forward to living for the first time in a LONG time. | F | 21 | 2 months | 10/25/2006 | 3 | depression | i have been having aches on my body and low libido i've been taking this for 2 weeks now but i hope my libido will go back to normal in a few weeks? | i dont feel as depressed anymore | M | 19 | 2 weeks | 10/25/2006 | 3 | Mild depression | Trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, seem to need less sleep than I used to. Physical restlessness, tension in muscles. Increased sex drive, but trouble reaching orgasm. Periods where I am spaced out. Weight loss, reduced appetite. | I'm not sure if I will stay on this medication due to the side effects. | F | 27 | 3 months | 10/25/2006 | 5 | Clinical Depression | Bad - Horrible Insomnia and dizziness, some memory problems and a little numbness in my legs. (Im not sure the numbness is from the Wellbutrin) Good - Extreme mood elevation!! No loss of sex drive, no weight gain or loss | I have suffered with serious depression all my life. My father suffered from it and ended up shooting himself. His father died when he went crazy from it. My fathers sister and her two sons are on Wellbutrin now. My oldest daughter is showing signs of the disease. That use to scare me till I started the Wellburtin. The drug seems to hold the depression demon behind a sound proof glass wall. Although I know I am going through that monthly depression, It is not anywhere near as painful as it was without the medication. Right before I finally became open to trying this medication, I was crawling on the floor in mental anguish and physical pain, shaking and miserable. The Wellburtin has changed all that. I still have 1 -3 days a week that I physically cant get out of bed, but I can force myself to move back into society, work etc.. The medication seems to work on my adrenaline. I mostly feel "UP". The only set back is that I cant sleep and I began to not sleep for weeks. I f | F | 39 | 2.5 years | 10/19/2006 | 5 | Depression, Smoking, Weight Loss | Confusion, Dizziness, dry mouth, constipation, weird taste in mouth, increased thirst, constipation, Face flushing | I was on this a few years ago with Effexor and did great. I am back on it again doing the generic of 300 mg a day. I have not quit smoking but cut down a lot, I've not lost a lot of weight yet either. I do have a habit of having edgy days but for the most part I am pretty mellow. The things that I used to rage at no longer bother me and I feel more "reasonable" on it. I would like to hear from other people who have been on it a month or longer to see if the desire to stop smoking will increase as well as the loss of appetite. | 30 | 35 days | 10/18/2006 | 1 | *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~***75mg/2x daily***~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* felt like bugs crawling all over my skin. auditory hallucinations. Unable to perform any task that required concentration. Extreme insomnia. Heart palapitations. Loss of appetite. Loss of short term memory. Can't taste food. Quit smoking. Headaches that would last for days and days. Developed rash on face. it comes and goes. Felt disconnected from my body. BREAST TENDERNESS. Paranoia. I was very scared to be alone in my apartment (I have a giant window and i was deathly afraid of it-at night). Mood swings. The stuff made me feel crazy. Increased sexual desire and increased sexual sensitivity. Caused vivid dreams. The pros just didnt outweigh the cons for me. | 26 | 2 weeks | 10/18/2006 | 1 | depression, anxiety | severe dizziness...i fell down because of it. spacing out, constipation, nausea, have to pee all of the time...probs holding bladder, shaky hands, suicidal thoughts, crying, no sleep, headache, anger, agitation, just feeling of being lost | I wrote a positive comment here before i think. its been 6 days on the med. its horrible. it was fine till i upped the dosage. 150 to 300. the day after i upped it i decided to take 1 pill in the morning and then one pill later. horrible horrible. very spaced out in class and hated my professor as he lectured. hard to hold bladder...held it for 1hr and a half and was worried that when i spaced out i'd have an accident. i cant do anything now, cant study. be prepared to change ur life in the first month of this or days. college life is tons harder than w/out the med. cant focus, no clear thoughts, cant talk right anymore. i stopped taking it on 7th day, feel the same though. waiting for it to wear off...i actually miss my depression...at least i knew that i could stop harming myself if i wanted to. on this stuff u feel like ur going to die. | F | 20 | 6 days | 10/18/2006 | 4 | Depression | At first I felt a bit of a rush but that went away after a week or so. Unfortunatly, like other users, no weight loss. Sex drive is the same. But my depressive thoughts have lessen. My recaction to stress had not changed so my dr put me on a combo of wellbutrin and zoloft. Better but I think I need a larger dose. By the way my dr had me take 2 150 mg of wellbutrin and 1 50 mg of the zoloft. I have had more depressive thoughts but I think it may have to do with the fact that my husband is deployed to the middle east for the next 6 months. | At first I felt a bit of a rush but that went away after a week or so. Unfortunatly, like other users, no weight loss. Sex drive is the same. But my depressive thoughts have lessen. My recaction to stress had not changed so my dr put me on a combo of wellbutrin and zoloft. Better but I think I need a larger dose. By the way my dr had me take 2 150 mg of wellbutrin and 1 50 mg of the zoloft at the same time in the morning. I have had more depressive thoughts but I think it may have to do with the fact that my husband is deployed to the middle east for the next 6 months. | F | 35 | 11 months | 10/17/2006 | 3 | depression, anxiety | restless, stomach pains, dry mouth, loss of apetite | When I first started this drug, it was after not being on anything for a year i think. I used to be on prozac, but that made me sleepy and not do well in college so i quit everything for a year. I began feeling severly depressed, was cutting myself, not eating on purpose, crying every day, didnt want to go outside or talk or look at others. Now that i'm on wellbutrin xl i can look people in the face again and i am a lot more focused. in class i am more involved in discussions and am not afraid i will sound stupid. I didnt sleep first day on it and was up all night cleaning my apartment. I feel like i can hear every noise but louder than normal, which annoys me. So far the drug has worked very well because i feel more positive and can talk myself out of hurting myself (cutting). I'm only worried about the hair loss because i lost hair due to not eating. Also i'm worried about the weight loss thing because i having eating disorder tendencies and i'm all too happy to lose more weight. d | F | 20 | 4 days | 10/15/2006 | 4 | depression | bad headaches at night. not able to sleep well. | I have only been taking it for one week and I do feel better. I think this is a good sign and hopefully in a month I will feel human again. I don't run for coffee in the morning the way I used to. I have more energy too. | F | 42 | 7 days | 10/14/2006 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder | Insomnia, weight loss, decreased appetite, increased libido, rash, nausea | I haven't been taking it long, two days, and I woke up with a rash all over my body, it doesn't itch though. I just have small red spots all over. I have already noticed some weight loss. I feel a lot more emotionally stable, although a little nauseated. Have tried Zoloft and Prozac in the past with no relief, I think this one will do the trick, as long as the rash goes away. Does anyone have any experience with how long it will last? | F | 25 | 2 days | 10/12/2006 | 5 | Depression | For the first few weeks, increased insomnia, but the Dr. covered that with Lorazepam at night. Now, I am sleeping without meds to get to sleep. Possible increased libido, another month will tell. Decreased appetite, which is great since I need to lose some weight. | After a very bad 18 months where my son was in intensive care for 3 weeks in a coma and almost died from a traumatic brain injury after his jeep met a tree, then after he was on the road to recovery my husband almost died of a major heart attack at 44 years old, and now has significant heart damage and will be in chronic heart failure in a year or so, I was pretty much a basket case. Always prone to depression anyway, I was on a constant crying jag, and could not take any sort of stress at all. Zoloft wasn't doing the trick. Quick to anger and cry, had to do something. Dr. put me on Wellbutrin XL, now on 300 mg daily. It has been a major benefit. No "flattening" of my emotions as experienced with other anti-depressants, just a major ability to control them. Do not get irritated as easily, the edginess is gone. No drowsiness, I think I am finally getting a libido and I am sleeping for the first time in 18 months. Other than feeling "normal" and not depressed, | F | 51 | 3 months | 10/11/2006 | 4 | depression | major insomnia first two weeks muscle twitching began after about 8 weeks serious constipation | gave me much more energy, but slackened back after being on it for a few weeks helped my depression almost immediately made me much more social, more impulsive (sometimes in a good way, sometimes bad), talkative made me want to get things done, alleviated attention deficit, helped me be more organized | M | 43 | 90 days | 10/11/2006 | 2 | depression | mini seizures, muscle flinches | I felt this medication worked helped me start to overcome my depression. Unfortunately after about six months of taking this drug. I felt uneasy all the time. I couldn't keep my head in a comfortable position. I felt like my head was always twitching. I went to the doctor and he told me he had recently seen a patient on the same medication with the same side effects and she was having mini seizures from this medication. If this medication works for you, great, but be careful. | F | 23 | 6 months | 10/11/2006 | 5 | Depression, smoking cessation | Absolutely HORRIBLE taste in my mouth, most pronounced after drinking coffee or smoking a cigarette. Rapid heartbeat, hyperactivity, insomnia - these three may be the result of improper usage. Doctor neglected to tell me to take pills 8 hrs apart - I've been taking them together. BIG mistake and possibly quite dangerous according to the PDR. Glad I found out now! | Well, I don't have the crying marathons any more. I have more energy. Anger management has improved, no more sudden outbursts of irrational rage. Appetite has gone back to normal whereas while depressed I ate all the time - food was my comfort source. Though my doctor said it would be 5-6 wks before I noticed improvement, I'm noticing changes now in my 3rd week. Hopefully the side effects will go away. For now I don't mind the bad taste in the mouth as it's making me smoke less and NOT want a cigarette. Improvement of concentration, focus, and memory is minimal at this point but it's early yet. I would recommend to everyone to read the drug disclosure statement given by the pharmacy carefully and thoroughly. I skimmed it and missed dosing info. Had I paid more attention, I would have realized my doctor's oversight sooner. I'm lucky it didn't result in heart failure, seizures etc. PLEASE READ THE INFO. | F | 45 | 3 weeks | 10/10/2006 | 4 | help to quit smoking/depression | Dry Mouth constant ringing in ears!!!! | The effect of the drug was such that I lost interest in smoking completely within a week!Quit cold Turkey Didn't do much for depression, except I stopped ruminating about things. | F | 54 | 1 years | 10/9/2006 | 2 | depression | Stuttering, nervous twitches. Involuntary leg and hand movements | F | 46 | 1 days | 10/8/2006 | 5 | Short fuse, rage, depressed | I can't tell if these are actually related to the drug or just part of the regular course of living, but insomnia has developed, some joint pain the Ibuprofen covers well, and a craving for sugars. Yep, that means sudden weight gain. I notice some memory problems, too... | The drug has taken the sharp edges off of daily, modern boomer life. And for that I am thankful! I don't wanna go out and punch a stump on short notice like I used to, in fact I find myself not giving a s*#& about a lot of things that used to bother me. I can take being around inconsiderate people a lot better than I used to. They amuse me to some degree, now, whereas they used to make me growl.... And that is good! I took Paxil several years back and that to me was a horrible expereince once it got a hold of me. Getting off of it was terrible. Haven't noticed similar side effects with Wellbutrin during the maintenance stage. Good stuff! | M | 60 | 120 days | 10/5/2006 | 3 | bulemia | Sweating at night, talking in sleep, rapid heart beat, more energy in the first month which goes away, decreased appetite, less urge to binge and purge. | About 5 years ago i started on prozac, which was supposed to help with eating disorders, but I could NOT have an orgasm, which is very important to me! So my dr. put me on Wellbutrin. With Wellbutrin i have no sexual side effects. I stopped taking it (suppose ignoring my problem) but have started up again. I went 10 days without vomiting and felt like a million dollars, then I had to go to another psych for insurance reasons and she wouldn't write me a prescription because it specifically says do not take if you have bulemia! SOOOOO, i was devastaed and started back in my old routine. I pretty much called her and cried on the phone, I was willing to take the risk to feel better and worthy of living! I am trying so hard, but I have been dealing with this for, lets see, 9 years. Sad, but true. | F | 27 | 8 months | 10/4/2006 |