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 |
| 3 | post partum depression | increased anxiety, increased blood pressure, sleep distrubance, hives | Wellbutrin XL helped with my day-to-day mood - increasing it enough that I was getting more done and not quite so overwhelmed but it didn't help and may have even hindered my coping ability in high-stress situations. Had to stop taking it b/c of the hives but wasn't really sure it was the right med for me anyway. Took Klonipin to counter-act the sleep disturbance. | F | 31 | 1 months | 1/10/2005 | 5 | depression | At first night sweats, awakening during the night, vivid dreams and dry mouth. All of those are gone, I have great weight loss. Possible urinary sensitivity sexual desire increased ( to the point, tight jeans get me going) hand shakes sometimes very spaced out | I was 149 in 4/04 and now 1/05 am 125. I needed desperatly to loose so that is welcome. I have a smaller desire to eat, but still enjoy eating. I love how it is working with the weight loss. I have had a uti and now I feel like I have to urniate a lot. I either have trouble with uti, or sexually I am off the scale. It may just be hightened sexual desire. Horney is a good way to describe it. The negative side effects took at least 2 months to subside. If you are new to the drug, dont be quick to judge the results. I am happy the way I used to be and should be. I did not know how depressed I was until I got used to the wellbutrin xl. I did not have weight loss until I hit the max dose, the dr will lower the dose when I reach the desired weight. | F | 38 | 9 months | 1/8/2005 | 3 | Smoking / Mild OCD | Decreased appitite, dizziness, shakey, and dry mouth. | I like how after a week on Welbutrin XL I just didn't feel like smoking anymore and i have smoked for 7 years. I had decreased appitite which i didn't mind, at first i had to force myself to eat, then it started to gradually come back. I catch myself getting dizzy sometimes and I am very Shakey. The first week when I was still smoking i could not even hold my hand steady enough to light the ciggarette and a coworker noticed my hand shaking when i was moving the mouse. The WORST side effect and the main reason I am quitting is the dry mouth. Not everyone gets this but mine is so bad i am drinking probobly 12 glasses of water a day. Not only is it just uncomfortable I am constantly chewing gum because I am afraid I will havy stinky breath from the dry mouth. Overall I could live with all the other side effects, if I didnt have this dry mouth (which didn't occur till about the second week) I would definatly keep taking this product. | F | 20 | 21 days | 1/7/2005 | 3 | Depression | Some insomnia but once I got to sleep was OK. Losing weight, I still have hunger but get full eating very little. | I quit smoking cold turkey. 6 months later started feeling bad and have loss of concentration, cant focus. After blowing it off and then medical tests, diagnosed with depression. Started on 150xl for 3 day, the 300xl. Didnt feel anybetter until day 8. Focus and concentration came 3/4back. Felt better but still not completely well. Start of week 3 started backtracking and started feeling worse again. I will give it a few more weeks but I may need the 450 dose. | M | 44 | 3 weeks | 1/6/2005 | 3 | depression | weight loss (yeah!), anxiety, insomnia, palpitations, fogginess, lightheadedness | F | 37 | 1 years | 12/31/2004 | 4 | depression | could not sleep | 300 mg , overall very good, lately it's been tapering off might need to up the dose. | M | 33 | 6 months | 12/30/2004 | 4 | depression | sleeplessness,stomach pain (briefly) body tremors (slight) | i was taking 150 and it had no effect on me except a little stomach pain which went away after a few days. The MD then gave me 300 xl after 2 weeks and I could really feel side effects. I had a hard time going to sleep and I can feel my body shaking when I sit still. Also a little mild pain in my stomach. It's been 5 days since I have been taking the 300 xl and I feel much better, not the best, but I got up this morning and left the house. It's a great improvement for me. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 12/26/2004 | 3 | anxiety | nausea, insomnia, nightmares, increased anxiety, and a definite feeling of irritability | Hoping that these side effects go away soon. the first days were quite uncomfortable, and i seem so quick to anger...this bothers me a lot because the people around you dont understand why your so agitated | F | 18 | 7 days | 12/22/2004 | 1 | depression | paranoia, shaking, auditory hallucinations, felt like i was on bad amphetamines.. alot of dissasociation.. irritability. i could deal with it at 150 mg, but when i upped to 300 it became unbearable.. | DO NOT take this drug if you are prone to anxiety or paranoia. i may have lost my job because of wellbutrin. | F | 19 | 17 days | 12/18/2004 | 1 | Fatigue/ Slight Mood Swings | It was horrible! I went from feeling fine, just tired and a little stressed from work. To having horrible nightmares, panic attacks, and extreme mood swings. | I have to be completely honest on what this medication made me feel like. I felt terrified inside and cried in the drop of a hat. I had to go to the cardiologist because of extremely rapid pulse. I hate this medication. I could not take it!! I started out Wellbutrin XL at 175mg for one week and then to 300mg and I went 2 1/2 weeks on that and I just couldn't take it anymore. I felt as though I was loosing my mind. Steady confusion and depersonalazation. Do your research before you take this demon. | F | 34 | 1 months | 12/11/2004 | 2 | Major depression and anxiety | At first, I was put on 150 mg. SR/ day and I had no side effects at all. After about 2 weeks, my doctor increased the dosage to 300 mg. and I began having strong and intense ringing in my ears. It was as if I was constantly at a loud concert; the second there was silence, all I could hear was ringing. It was so bad that I had to have the tv on in order to fall asleep. The doctor then lowered the dosage back to 150 mg. a week and a half later. Three days after that I woke up itching all over. Later that day I broke out into hives. I stopped taking the medication two days later and I still have the itching and some hives. Its been two days since I've stopped. The side effects are too strong; its not worth it. | I have been feeling a little better; however, the side effects are worse than just dealing with the depression. I want a medication that will help and not make me feel worse. I couldn't even go to work today! | F | 24 | 6 weeks | 12/10/2004 | 2 | Depression / Suicidal Tendencies | So far no side effects. | So far this pill doesn't work. I'll give it three weeks and see what happens. | M | 34 | 3 days | 11/24/2004 | 5 | Depression | Increased energy, insomnia, decreased craving to smoking | Besides the insomnia this is a miracle drug for me. I feel like a cloud has been lifted from over head. Have had an addictive personality for over 20 years or have I? Where have you been all this time? | M | 42 | 2 weeks | 11/20/2004 | 3 | Depression | insomnia, anxiety, running thoughts, slight depression, constipation, nausea | F | 27 | | 11/19/2004 | 4 | dpresion/add | the only side affect I ever had was tremors in my armes | It's a great drug.I still have depresed times. I'm bi-polar. but when I'm on wellbutrin my depresion never reches the point when I feel disprate. bacicly it takes the edge off so I am ablie to funcion and have a normal life like other people | F | 27 | 3 years | 11/18/2004 | 3 | clinical depression/ stay quit cig | Noticed that I was sleeping less. Headaches, irritability. | Would like to continue with this drug, but the not sleeping much was very alarming! As a result I felt that this would not help depression or my physical health in the long run. | F | 45 | 3 months | 11/18/2004 | 1 | Depression, anxiety | Dramatically increased anxiety, headaches, clouded thinking, paranoia, and stupidity | This pill made me stupid. I'm a computer programmer by trade and this stuff made me so stupid I was unable to work. That was on top of the skin-crawling anxiety coupled with a drugged out zombie feeling. This stuff was an absolute nightmare. | M | 32 | 2 days | 11/18/2004 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | Dizziness, metal mouth, irritability/rage, depression, weight loss, nervousness, insomnia, nausea, twitching, urinary infection/frequency, rash, muscle pain | My doctor has dismissed my side effects as resulting from wellbutrin and encouraged me to stay on it. Seeing that I had issues with anxiety in the first place, it seems ridiculous that he put me on it. I have extreme irritability and horrible pms, bouts of rage that horrify me, suicidal thoughts. My neck and shoulders are so tight that I get severe headaches. Sometimes I get an inexplicable rash around my ankles that is unbearably itchy, I am having terrible problems with my bladder....all of these things I have brought to my doc but he has not considered that they may be side effects of this drug.... I am now convinced that they are and want off of it immediately, the stress that these side effects are causing is worse than the anxiety I had before. | F | 38 | 13 months | 11/15/2004 | 3 | Depression Anxiety Weight Loss | The good: No appetite. Not depressed. High energy level. Better outlook on life. The bad: Anxiety. Dry mouth. Slight headache. Slight fatigue. | I took it for the first time last night. (300mg) I am allready on 100mg Zoloft & Xanax as needed. Today I woke up a little anxious. Then it turned into happy energy. I felt great! I didnt have any anxiety all day. But then I had a panic attack, or something like it, which I havent had in about 2 months on Zoloft & Xanax. I read where most of the side effects wear off after a few weeks. I don't know if I can hang on that long. That stuff just made my anxiety worse! And that is pretty much the cause of my depression, being that I suffer from agorophobia. I'm still pretty unsure of this stuff. Cant make up mind. Does the good outweigh the bad? | F | 25 | 1 days | 11/10/2004 | 5 | severe depression | mild headaches, irritability when adjusting to new dosages, jittery feelings, sleep less than I used to, decreased appetite, loss of approximately 13 pounds | I had been experiencing major depression and within two weeks of taking wellbutrin, I was feeling much better. It also improved my ability to concentrate, and curbed the bad migraines I used to get. The worst side-effect for me was the weight loss, because it lowered my weight to only 100 pounds within a fairly short period of time, although I (luckily) didn't lose anymore after that. I stopped taking the medication for four months to see if I could do without it (and I regained the weight I lost), but I became depressed again and now I'm back on it, with the exact same effects as before (although now I'm having to watch how much I eat so I don't lose weight). Overall, I'm quite satisfied with it, and the mild side-effects I have to put up with are much easier to deal with than the depression was. | F | 18 | 3 months | 11/6/2004 |