WELLBUTRIN SR Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.5 (997 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELLBUTRIN SR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN SR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | anxiety | increased anxiety, back ache, neck ache, high blood pressure, bad dreams, less sleep | O.K. so you may wonder why I gave this a 5. I was prescribed this for anxiety. I also thought the anxiety could be bringing me down.I had no side effects with the 150SR but just upped my dose 3 days ago to 300 so I think the side effects with probably go away. The 5 rating is because I never knew I could feel this good. I just feel happy and good about myself. I can't even describe it but I now wonder if this is how most people feel. I guess I must have had depression and I can see signs now that I look back. They weren't the classic signs but low grade. I just feel amazing! | F | 35 | 16 days | 5/22/2008 | 4 | binge eating, ocd | muscle and joint aches, like speed feeling. | I loved it because I have been able to loose 40 lbs in 1 year. Haven't been able to get the scale to move in 15 years! | F | 49 | 365 days | 5/22/2008 | 5 | Depression | For the first 3 months, I experienced intense dry mouth when I worked out at the gym even though I was fully hydrated. It was the only time I had dry mouth while taking the drug. Another side effect for the first few months include dizziness and headaches. Throughout taking the drug, I experienced loss of libido and weight loss (which isn't good for me since I have no weight to spare!) | I would definitely recommend this to anyone experiencing depression. It helped me tremendously!! Please PLEASE tough out the first few months of side effects. It takes at least 2-3 months for your body to get used to the new drug in your system. You will definitely be pleased. If you are worried about the side effects, have your doctor start you at a low dose and work your way up. I started out taking one pill once a day and a few weeks later got put on 2 a day. | F | 22 | 7 months | 4/29/2008 | 4 | anxiety | I had taken Zoloft for 6 months & had ALOT of side effects intially. Some of them passed but the ones that remained: drowsiness, inability to lose weight even when exercising, ZERO libido, ZERO orgasm. So my doctor put me on Wellbutrin SR (150 mg 2x daily). I was a bit nervous starting...I was anticipating a bunch of horrible side effects in the beginning like I had with Zoloft. Surprise, surprise...NONE! Except really good ones...I'll continue in next section... | WOW! Libido is at an all time high. My husband is a VERY happy man! I noticed a difference in my sex drive almost immediately. My orgasms are the best I've ever had & frequent (5 times last night alone!) Also, decrease in appetite which has caused me to shed some pounds. Very vivid dreams....many erotic...not such a bad thing. I also had a "first" while taking this drug. I actually had an orgasm IN MY SLEEP during one of my erotic dreams. I am a female & didn't even know this was possible! It has helped 100% with my anxiety as well. I am calmer, happier and more "normal." On Zoloft, I had a very flat affect...calm but very unemotional for months. Wellbutrin, for me, has been a wonder drug. I know it is not for everyone but if it does work for you...LOOK OUT...your peaked sex drive will shock you (& your partner!) I feel like a sex kitten again :) | F | 39 | 4 months | 4/29/2008 | 5 | Depression | None | Love this medication. Have been on it for 5 years. Helps take the edge off of my stress and helps me function like a normal person. Took it while I was pregnant with no side effects. Baby is fine. Do notice when I have missed a day or two. I get dizzy. Do drink occasionally on it and see no effect one way or another. No sexual side effects. Took Zoloft before and it made me so tired. Not tired on the Wellbutrin. Take 200mg at lunch daily. Great drug. Highly recommend it. | F | 38 | 5 years | 4/24/2008 | 1 | depression | stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, weakness | I just started it yesterday and felt fine. Today I took it at 7am., went to work and started having nausea and stomach pain. I had to leave work which I have never done and I have been vomiting since and the pain is just now subsiding. I am also allergic to most other anti-depressants so I was hopeful about this one but I'm not taking it any more | F | 58 | 2 days | 4/21/2008 | 1 | anxiety and mild depression | None, first 2 days. Then on the 3rd day they all kicked in. Stomach pain for hours after I take it, even if I eat first. Nausea, abdominal cramping and discomfort, gas, increased bowel movements, really bad insomnia, sleepiness/zombie/drugged feeling | Switched to this from zoloft in hopes of remedying sexual side effects. However, I am now going back to the zoloft. This drug made me feel very sick and did not help at all with anxiety. But everyone is different. A friend of mine loves it. | F | 27 | 7 days | 4/15/2008 | 4 | Depression | mild 'speed' type feeling, needed less sleep. | It was wonderful to not feel depression for the first time at age 43 | M | 50 | 7 years | 4/14/2008 | 5 | Anxiety/SAD | Dry mouth. Headache. | So far so good. I feel like a differant person. Works wonderfully. | F | 27 | 4 days | 4/7/2008 | 5 | quit smoking | Honestly, not bad at all for me. Very vivid dreams! Long, intense rememberable dreams, but I wouldn't label this a bad thing. A definite loss of appetite, but I still eat regularly even though I may not be hungry. My sleep schedule is a mess, but just need to retrain myself. I may have had a bit of anxiety and I would say that its completely gone now. I feel happier and very focused throughout my day. Not much can bother me while on it. But if you forget to take it....hope nobody's around when it hits you INSTA-RAGE. Super, super angry outbursts. I have always had a temper, but this is like caveman rage. Tripping over words and very violent actions. All and all this is a very helpful little pill, and this is the first MED I have ever takin in my life. If you take it, stay with it and learn to make it work for you. I feel much healthier not smoking!! :) | I have been taking wellbutrin SR for almost 2 months now. I had to have a wrist fusion and the Dr. recommended it to me to quit smoking so the fusion would "heal" properly. The first and a little into the second week I cheated a couple times and smoked a drag or two. But now I can honestly say I hate even smelling cigarette smoke or seeing someone smoke. I have no urges to smoke and I think I can say after 8 years of smoking I have finally quit for good! Like I said before, not for the weak. Worked for me 100% and I will continue to take it. | M | 24 | 2 months | 4/5/2008 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | Weight loss, very dry mouth, increased energy, terrible anxiety, jitters, trouble sleeping, headaches, stomach aches | Wellbutrin gave me energy, but I couldn't tolerate the side effects. I would get so much anxiety, I would get a lump in my throat. I was on it for 1 year, went off of it, and tried it again. I was on buspar-that helped a little with the anxiety. Now I'm off of it-to bad. | F | 31 | 1 years | 4/5/2008 | 1 | fix sexual side effects of Zoloft | Side splitting, vomitting headache | AHHHHH!!! Wouldn't take it again if it was the last pill on earth! | F | 27 | 2 days | 4/1/2008 | 5 | Anxiety depression | First 8 weeks, ringing in ears, itchy hands, insomnia. All went away. | Tough out the side effects, this works. Took awhile to fine tune the dose, XL didn't work for me. I take 150sr in the am and 100sr in the afternoon, will go back to 100sr in the am next month as the winter season will be over. Dose is perfect now for anxiety too. Lost about 15 pounds effortlessly too. Taking this and doing pilates and yoga weekly is a great combination with this med. Will be on long term, works for me well. Celexa didn't and Effexor was horrible after trying it for one day. | F | 37 | 2.5 years | 3/22/2008 | 1 | smoking | Side effects started the second day. I was a zombie. I was non-functional, slept 16-20 hours a day, felt totally drugged. I was miserable! I had to go back in a week to have my blood pressure checked and had to open all the car windows in the dead of winter to stay awake. It had raised my blood pressure and I had to stop taking it. I say good riddance! | Be SURE to have your blood pressure checked when you are taking this! Oh, it had absolutely no effect on smoking. | F | 50 | 7 days | 3/13/2008 | 1 | depression...anxiety disorder | by day 5 I couldn't sleep, shaking, heart pounding, tore through the house like a maniac....straightening labels facing forward.....3 sleepless nights....QUIT! | F | 37 | 7 days | 3/13/2008 | 2 | borderline personality disorder | bitter taste in mouth, headaches, violent imagery, hives, increased sex drive, obsessive hand washing. | tomorrow will be a month since I've started taking wellbutrin. I'm on wellbutrin sr 150-mg in the morning. I loved it a first, made me very happy, but after about 3 days I came down, hard. The sex drive thing would typically be wonderful, If i weren't attempting a 2 year celibacy tour. the bitter taste will not go away not matter how many times i brush my teeth, and i find myself just washing my hands for prolonged periods of time, like I drift off and keep washing. I've also noticed if I don't smoke when I'm on the wellbutrin I think about hurting people that I don't necessarily get along with, like my boss. I do not recommend this med for anyone with borderline personality disorder. | F | 20 | 1 months | 3/11/2008 | 2 | Depression | nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, hair thinning, insomnia | This was a terrible drug for me. Right away I was very bad nausea and even began vomiting. After that subsided, I still had loss of appetite and insomnia. Later on I noticed my hair was thinning. In the end, it did little to nothing for my depression and made me feel clouded or confused to some degree. Turned out I have anxiety problems too, so something that's more of a stimulant like this was very bad for me. | M | 20 | 6 months | 3/10/2008 | 5 | Depression | So far, weird taste in my mouth (which could also be the multi-vitamin I started at the same time) | My husband tells me that he got his old (my name) back. I have always naturally been energetic, but I was on Prozac (generic) for years. (Don't ask why I didn't get help sooner.) I gained a lot of weight and was sluggish on Prozac and was still somewhat depressed. Now I have energy again. I don't have such a hard time getting up in the morning and getting chores done is easier as they don't seem overwhelming any more. I know this doesn't work for everyone, but it's working for me. I can't wait to lose these ugly pounds I've been carrying around... | F | 30 | 3 weeks | 3/9/2008 | 3 | depression | very tired and exausted for no apparent reason other than the meds. ever since taking the drug i have memory loss and loss of concentration. i still have ups and downs that are not being helped the way i think an anti-depressant should help. | needs more research and testing. | F | 28 | 3 years | 3/4/2008 | 1 | stop smoking | SEIZURES | Could not laugh could not cry. Every minute seemed to go by very very slowly. Most of all I had two seizures the second day on this medicine. My sister also took this medicine for about three weeks and suddenly she just blacked out and hit her face on a hard object and almost cut her eye open. Her blood pressure was also very very high. She was 45 then and I was 27. They said the side effect of seizure is rare which is obviously not true! | F | 32 | 2 days | 3/4/2008 |