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 |
| 2 | depression | Anxiety, acne, constipation | Did not help with depression, but didn't gain weight. Had a lousy doc that didn't see this wasn't the med for me. Never again. Anxiety through the roof. | F | 29 | 1 years 1X day | 2/26/2014 | 1 | depression | Welbutrin put me in a very bad mood; irritability, lingering fatigue, inability to think clearly, very anti-social, self isolating. | F | 41 | 10 days 150 | 2/23/2014 | 2 | depression | Anxiety, energy, abnormal behavior, tension, increased depression, crying to the point of hysteria, severe headache that did not respond to otc painkillers and persisted until I stopped taking it, mood swings, emotional numbness, irrational thoughts, severe insomnia | I started taking it to supplement Prozac. I had very little energy and wanted something to give me a little extra do-ativeness First day I felt very ADD, couldn't focus on anything. I wasn't acting normal. My boyfriend complained that I was very distant and not 'present' when we were together (though my behavior didn't feel strange to me). I had severe anxiety, started clenching my jaw constantly (had to get a mouth guard to keep from grinding my teeth at night), and the tension gave me a headache that only vicodin helped soothe. Finally stopped taking it after two weeks because my boyfriend was so upset by the change in my behavior. I had to promise him I'd never take it again while we are together or risk destroying the relationship-which is a LOT more important than a little extra energy. | F | 27 | 2 weeks 150 mg 1X day | 1/19/2014 | 4 | depression, SAD | Tinninitus, | After working through 3 SSRI's (zoloft, Effexor, Lexapro), my Dr and I finally settled on Wellbutrin for the last 10 years. While SSRI's let me get a good nights sleep, felt a little zombi-like, and made it almost impossible to orgasm. Wellbutrin also normalizes my sleep, and ability to orgasm is back to normal. I know Wellbutrin is leveling my sleep, because I have tried to stop several times over the years, and my sleep very quickly goes to insomnia. 150mg stops me from hopeless crying, and improves my depression down to low, from medium, but does not cure it entirely. When I tried 200mg, I started to feel buzzed and agitated. Went back to 150. Did not experience any headache on Wellbutrin, but a constant killer headache on Effexor. I started this journey 15 years ago with panic attacks and Zoloft to stop them. As soon as I got a stable nights sleep, panic attacks stopped, and my dispair improved. I have stayed on depression meds ever since, for me Wellbutrin has turned out to be best. | M | 58 | 10 years 150 XL 1X day | 12/29/2013 | 4 | mild depression, obsessing | M | 50 | 2 weeks 300mg | 12/27/2013 | 4 | Depression | Slight agitiation at the start, which improved over time | Like another reviewer mentioned, be careful about the dosage you're taking. There's regular Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR (sustained release) and Wellbutrin XL (extended release). Having taken the once-a-day XL in the past, I failed to notice my new prescription was for SR. I was taking 2 pills at once, rather than 1 pill twice a day. No wonder it wasn't working as well as the first time! Good results now that it's all sorted out. | F | 44 | 3 months 150mg 2X day | 11/6/2013 | 2 | depression, anxiety, OCD | I started with 100mg and I'm currently taking 300mg a day. It hasn't improved my depression at all and I've had an increase in anxiety and panic attacks. It really helps with controlling the intrusive thoughts caused by OCD. The side effects are terrible:constant trembling hands, insomnia, very dry mouth all the time, restlessness, and it's hell on my eating disorder. | F | 19 | 4 months 300 mg | 9/26/2013 | 3 | Depression | It helped when I needed it. Insomnia, loss of appetite, weight loss(went from 29 to 26 inches around my waist in 5days), dry mouth. Learned to force myself to eat within the first 10 days. My suicidal thoughts were reduced into merely cutting myself 3 times when panicking. Increased panic attacks. I enjoyed being more active and the weight loss from being terribly depressed and trying to end my life. However after a while insomnia kicks in and it's no longer fun, so my doctor and I decided the side effects were outweighing the benefits after 4months. Recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder II. | F | 24 | 4 months 150 MG | 9/5/2013 | 3 | Depression,Anxiety | Very hard time getting on this med. I stuck with it and it helped more than anything else I tried. Now I am quitting wellbutrin because I have been losing hair since April-alot of hair. Be warned that regardless of the drug makers claims of hair loss as a rare side effect, it is much more common then they would have you believe. | Try it because if it works for you it will make life so much better. Just know if you start losing hair after 3 or 4 months and it's falling out longer then the 3 month normal shed cycle, it is probably this med. causing it. (I've lost about half my head of hair). I read about people losing hair on wellbutrin but of course it wasn't going to happen to me. So just a heads up guys. | F | 38 | 9 months 300mg 1X day | 9/5/2013 | 5 | depression, anxiety, OCD | Just a little weight loss... but no other side effects.. | F | 28 | 3 weeks 125 mg | 8/17/2013 | 4 | Depression | Severe dry mouth, dry throat and dry eyes at 300MG. Some bouts of nausea. | Very helpful for depression. Works quickly. Does not make me hungry or bloated like SSRI's. Have to lower dose to 200mg due to drying side effects. | M | 36 | 6 weeks 300MG 1X day | 7/27/2013 | 2 | Depression | My anxiety went off the charts. I loved that Wellbutrin gave me energy, but the burden of anxiety wasn't worth it. I also had spikes in my blood pressure. Overall I would only recommend this to the depressed who can't get out of bed. | M | 40 | 4 months 150 | 5/31/2013 | 5 | depression | I feel so much better in regards to depression. I have been beating my self up, saying I'm no good loser. I would never speak up at team meeting at work even though I had things to add, just a lot of self doubt. Now with Wellbutrin, at my last teem meeting I smiled and talked and felt amazing not an awkward lady. I did get rage bad in the begining. Threw a bag of chips at husband for example. Its calmed down but not gone away. My family would rather deal with a little anger than a depressed mom. Also dry mouth and heavier period than usual. | F | 37 | 10 days 150MG 2x | 5/7/2013 | 3 | decreased libido, lethargy, bipolar | Irritability (in beginning), nausea (must take this after a meal), short crying spells (sentimental reasons, mostly). | F | 35 | 4 months 200 mg | 4/18/2013 | 1 | depression | Crying spells and servere panic attacks | F | 32 | 3 days 150MG | 3/14/2013 | 3 | ADHD | Over the nine days I took it, I got more and more restless, and had severe outbursts of crying. Just sat there, listening to iTunes, crying, crying, crying. Felt good somehow, though. Like a release of suppressed feelings. So the cying was acceptable. I'd assume it would stop after a while. But on the 9'th day I had a panic attack. Couldn't sit still, was restless, and panicked. Felt really drugged. | I should maybe have continued, to see whether the panic attack was a one-time affair. Wellbutrin seems very unique in effect. Might have been worth it. | M | 33 | 9 days 150 MG 1X day | 3/7/2013 | 3 | To come off of cymbalta | Dr put me on Wellbutrin to get me off of Cymalta, which I was on as a pain med, but it changed the chemicals in you brain. Cymalta caused me to gain 30lbs in 1.5 years, so Wellbutrin is to help me lose that as well. I am going about 2 weeks now, today it just started bloating me, I look 9 months pregnant and I am a little gal. I am hoping this will pass. I can say that it has completely taken away my appetite and I have already stopped smoking. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 300 | 3/3/2013 | 4 | depression/smoking cessation | itching, insomnia, dizziness, nausea | Pretty good med. It seems almost fairly common (according to the internet anyway) for some people to get itching or rashes around the 3rd week of taking wellbutrin xl. | F | 42 | 27 days 150 xl 1X day | 2/27/2013 | 4 | depression | Okay i have given this drug a good while to see it true effects and i would like to be very honest with those reading. I like this drug BC i have more energy, i believe that i take things in more stride than i once did and i believe i feel happier with it. Now here is what my husband and friends say. They want me to stop BC the suicide ideation is more real than ever. When its good its good, when its bad its bad. Strange i know for me to like taking this drug. But in truth drugs that alter chemical balance also alter perception. If anyone else believes they may be experiencing similar thoughts plz email me. I don't want to put everything on here but it is always positive to speak to those with similar experience. That being said, i still find it a helpful drug. People just need to be careful with any of these types of drugs. | F | 26 | 6 months 150mg x2 | 2/19/2013 | 3 | mild depression | Very little side effects--thirsty in the first few days. i am waking up 1 hour earlier than normal with no need for an alarm, but it could because I moved to a new apartment and still am adjusting to space/light. I was a little spacey for the first 1-3 days and now I pretty much don't feel anything, except I'm a little more industrious. | On my doctor's recommendation, I am going to up the dosage to the 75mg 2x a day and I will repost after a few weeks of that. | F | 36 | 12 days 75mg 1X day | 2/18/2013 |