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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN SR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | depression | nausea | i'm not at all depressed after about 6 weeks. I haven't lost any weight nor have I had any problems with insomnia. My energy levels have increased notably. But I hate the constant nausea. Does it go away? | M | 29 | 6 weeks | 1/23/2007 | 5 | depression | none - helped me lose the weight I had gained on Prozac. Some migraines, but I think I would have gotten a few anyway, I cannot say for sure that it was because of the Wellbutrin. | I am grateful for it - has been really effective at minimizing the effects of depression without noticable side effects | F | 37 | 3 days | 1/21/2007 | 2 | Depression/Anxiety/Smoking | Depression, severe anxiety, itching, hives | I started on 150 mg once a day for 10 days. On day 11 I upped it to 300 mg. After the 3rd day at 300 mg I had the worst panic attack of my life and went back to 150 mg. Three days later I became so itchy I couldn't stand it. My ears, scalp, palms, neck, feet and eyes were SUPER itchy. Then I got a few hives. The doc said discontinue using it. I'm still itchy and it's been 3 days since discontinuing. It was sort of working for my depression, but the anxiety and itching wasn't bearable. | F | 24 | 14 days | 1/16/2007 | 3 | quit smoking | ears ringing, feel odd ... like i'm in a fog, hives, itchiness, gas gas gas!!!, loss of appetite | i stopped smoking before starting wellbutrin, but wanted something to ease my cravings and angry outbursts. i don't want to smoke, at all, but feel very strange. the hives are kind of pissing me off, however i'm going to wait another week and see what happens. i never imagined feeling the side effects of a drug so quickly. bizarre. | F | 27 | 3 days | 1/15/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Ringing in ears, nausea, headache, body aches, aggitation, insomnia,dry mouth, feels like the flu | Ugh! Well I was on Lexapro but had had enough of the fatigue and lack of libido. I started wellbutrin a week ago and I feel like I've been run over by a bus. I seem to have every side effect. Yesterday I was so aggitated and anxious. I'm taking it to prevent anxiety and I'm worse than when I started. However, I am so happy there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel. I just want to act and feel like a normal person. I will stick with it and update my progress, | F | 31 | 7 days | 1/12/2007 | 5 | depression, grief/loss, bulimia | Had to stop celexa because i gained 6 lbs in 21 days, and just wanted to sleep non-stop. So far(1 day) I am itchy and have a pain in my head when i clench my teeth. | F | 23 | 1 days | 1/5/2007 | 3 | Depression, Adult ADD | anxiety, elevated heartrate, insomnia, loss of apetite, sadness, ocd tendencies (normally don't have that) | i took this 3 years ago and experienced no side effects i went back on it 2 weeks ago. the first 3 days on a single dose of 150mg were great - my ADD subsided and my mood improved. however, when my dosage was increased to 300mg (2 x 150mg dose 8 hours apart) i started having the nasty side effects. as i have seen on this site, it seems like a couple of things might work - reducing dosage back to 150mg a day (i am small 5'5" and 115lbs), waiting it out 6 weeks b/c sometimes the side effects go away, laying off the caffeine, getting the branded version instead of the generic. has anyone felt better after doing any of these things? email me | F | 34 | 16 days | 1/4/2007 | 5 | severe depression | doc put me on 150 mg then increased to 300mg after 2 weeks... after 1 week on the increased dosage I have noticed uncrollable itching all over my body and when I itch it I get bumps... I am thinking that maybe I should lower my dosage back to the 150 mgs... I will speak with the doc on this ASAP | I think that it has helped me start to feel again and not be so depressed. I am sleeping better at night. Except for the uncontrollable itching that I am experiencing. All is good. My husband has noticed that I seem to be feeling better. With all that I have read about sticking with it I am going to continue with it. I am hoping that the sex drive thing kicks in real soon and so does my husband. | F | 41 | 22 days | 12/31/2006 | 4 | Depression/anxiety/smoking | Extreme tiredness, lethargy, trouble staying asleep, brief periods of extreme happiness | It's only day three on 150mg and I'm upping my dose to 300mg in 7 days. So far I've felt a little out of it and very tired, except today I suddenly was in a fantastic mood like I haven't had for a long time. I'm hoping that's what this medicine does for me. No change in sex drive yet, and no weight loss, but I'm noticing my appetite decreasing. Also, I'm losing cravings for cigarettes. I hope this works for me!!! It's my first time on meds. | F | 24 | 3 days | 12/30/2006 | 3 | depression | slight mania the first few days, followed by an opposite effect, much sleeping. some very old memories resurfaced. loss of appetite. generally increased physical tension, headaches and tight muscles. insomnia. | i went on wsr after prozac poop-out. i had been on P for almost a year, gained weight, lost libido, but did even out emotionally for a while. still, i was becoming sluggish and depressed again, and i wanted to feel zippier, so we're trying this. i feel more motivated and focused when i can actually tame my brain; otherwise i feel scattered. i cry easily, for joy or sadness. my memory comes and goes. libido is returning. eyes are often dry. the most irritating side effect is a near-constant and subtle headache, sometimes accompanied by a ringing in the ears. the first couple weeks i would go to bed and then just as i was drifting off, i'd suddenly feel very cold. this seems to have gone away. i haven't been hungry, so i'm probably losing some of my prozac weight, which had given me a body i didn't even recognize. my boyfriend says i seem focused and lighter, which is good; however, i just had a rippin PMS episode that had me crying crocodile tears for almost 48 hours straight. prozac ha | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 12/29/2006 | 1 | Depression & Adult ADD | Upset stomache, nervous feeling, desire to seriously harm others. | First of all, I think my doctor prescribed this drug as a cop out for prescribing me a real drug for my Adult ADD. She took me off of my Zoloft and put me on 100mg of Wellbutrin, twice a day. I was okay during the weaning off of zoloft period (about a month) and then I felt pretty good for about a week or two. It didn't take long before the sh*t hit the fan. I was in my kitchen, innocently cooking breakfast when I had a strong desire to seriously hurt a visitor that I was expecting in the forthcoming hour. This led to days of me thinking about harming lots of other people. I'm by no means a violent person. This drug is EVIL! I had read the comments on here, but didn't think it would happen to me. Boy was I wrong! It just kinda snuck up on me too! Be careful and keep this in mind!!! I stopped taking it immediately. | F | 33 | 3 months | 12/16/2006 | 5 | Depression | Very itchy, but only around my private parts; increased libido; increased energy; insomnia; increased anger during PMS; weight loss; anxiety; agitation; nightmares; vivid dreams; unusual thoughts; constipation; dehydration. | Like one of the earlier comments, I did better when I started taking a low dose of Prozac as well in order to take the edge off the anxiety and anger symptoms that Wellbutrin caused. I still have energy and sex drive, but now I'm more calm and have peace of mind. I also had to add a lot of extra fiber to my diet to correct the awful constipation. I was already in the habit of drinking copious amounts of water every day, but it wasn't enough. I find that psyllium powder mixed into juice does wonders. | F | 44 | 3 years | 12/15/2006 | 3 | Depression | Hot Flashes, Increased perpiration, Anxious and Irratable. HORRIBLE nausea, dizziness! So nauseated that it feels like the nausea you feel when you don't eat for a long time...so it makes me want to eat more...but when I do, I feel even more nauseated. I'm gonna hang in there this is only my second week at 300mg. The nausea started at the end of my first week at 150mg. | As far as the deppression: My labido has increased substantially. I feel awake and energetic. My mind seems clear. But I also feel a Anxious and erraticlay unexplainably angry. But not enought to be really weird. I'm on my second week, I'm gonna see if these side effects will clear up. So I'm hanging in there. | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 12/14/2006 | 5 | Depression , Libido | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | M | 30 days | 12/8/2006 | 5 | Depression , Libido | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | Well I tried this med at 100mg Wellbutrin SR per day and felt results right away first few days. Was more focused, happier, more confident etc.. However By day 5 I started having Drastic Mood Swings and a Mini Panic Attack First time in my Life! Now I realize that for Wellbutrin SR to work properly it needs to be combined with an SSRI. If you take Wellbutrin SR by itself it'll be good at first but eventually it's going to cause massive anxiety and panic attacks , insomnia. HOWEVER when you combine it with an SSRI like Prozac YOU GET MAGIC. Wellbutrin SR + Prozac you get MAGIC! All the side effects of wellbutrin are cured by Prozac and all side effects of Prozac are cured by Wellbutrin. PURE MAGIC. NEVER TAKE IT ALONE never take prozac or wellbutrin alone. Always combine them(Serotonin - Dopamine and Epinephrine) You need ALL 3 not 1 and not 2. ALL 3 OR NONE. | M | 30 days | 12/8/2006 | 5 | Mood swings, Anger, Anxiety, Depres | At first I experienced every side effect listed and they were BAD! Felt like I was in a daze, horrible headached to dull headaches, terrible heartburn, sleeplessness, bursts of anger, vivid dreams, etc etc | I originally posted a comment when I was on week 2 (or) 3, can't remember exactly, anyway at that time I was starting to think the side effects were gettin the best of me and I was about to give up completely. This site was the reason I did not throw in the towel. I must have read EVERY single entry on here. And I have to say that it is completely true, when you start taking this medication the side effects are unbelievably terrible. BUT, if you can just hang in there and make it past that six to eight week of side effects it is worth every one of them (even tho it doesn't seem like it), i have NEVER felt this good, or at least not that i can recall. I am so happy, i feel in love w/my husband again, and i exercise now, i've lost weight, i enjoy cooking and all sorts of things that use to piss me off because i didn't have the patience for. Wellbutrin is a miracle drug to me, it saved my life and has made me such a happier person. And please note to all those about to quit if you | F | 29 | 3 months | 12/7/2006 | 5 | severe depression | had great energy, helped relieve my depression until it was completely gone. NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL WITH THIS MEDICINE. I made that mistake once and will never do it again. | I suffered from depression for 10 years. Started when I was 11 when my best friend died and just got worse throughtout the years. My freshman year of college I had to drop out due to an illness. I got even more depressed that I had to leave school. I slept for weeks on end without getting out of bed except to eat and use the restroom. My doc put me on Effexor at first and increased the dosage every week or so until I complained about out of body experiences. He put me on wellbutrin which I stayed on for a few years. I LOVED this pill. While on this pill I learned how to cope and deal with my problems WITHOUT yelling or crying or even allowing myself to get depressed and sleep all day. I had more energy, I was easier to be around, I had a social life again. A little over a year ago, I was able to get off Wellbutrin and maintain and happy, healthy lifestyle. | F | 22 | 2 years | 12/7/2006 | 5 | depression | early on i was spacey, couldn't sleep, nauseous...now i still have ringing in the ears, but i don't get nauseous anymore. i still can't sleep some nights, but it's worth it. before the medication i couldn't sleep because of the depression. | i switched from lexapro (which was great, but i couldn't lose weight.) now i'm losing weight because i exercise (i really like it!) and i curb the nausea by eating less. i'd get really nauseous when i'd over eat...(by over eat i mean not stopping when i was full, before i'd have to stop or i'd bust because i was sad or upset, not because i was hungry at all.) i feel better overall. i feel like i control my life now. i'm not victim to my depression. if i get upset or sad, i work through why and deal instead of exploding in anger or breaking down and crying all the time. | F | 28 | 6 weeks | 12/6/2006 | 3 | bipolar,anxiety,BPD tendencies | sharp stomach pain if I drink coffee, more alert, increased sexual desire, decreased appetite | After trying Paxil and sleeping my life away, I switched to Celexa and stayed with it because it was cheap but it really didn't work whatsoever eventho it was helping my mom. I started getting really bad carb cravings and started putting on a few pounds and started to become tired non stop. Tried mood stabilizers, nothing worked. So I decided to try Wellbutrin, went straight to 400mg, and noticed that I was less tired and my sex drive came back and my appetite went back to usual and i got 5 pounds over a month or so (I wished it was more). However, since I wasent on mood stabilizers, when I switched to mania it was 100 times worse I felt like I was on Cocaine and had to be put back on risperdal and klonopin to tame me down and now I'm back to my depressed self. Now I'm trying Wellbutrin and Lamictal, with klonopin when I need it to see if that works better. I think Wellbutrin does cause more anxiety and my fear of facial flushing came back when it was gone with the Celexa (probabl | F | 20 | 3 months | 12/3/2006 | 5 | Deprssion related to Bipolar Dis. | Extreme agitation, restlessness, anger, homicidal thoughts, thoughts of harming others, impulsiveness. | At 300mg (150mg, 2X/QD, I experienced increased heart rate, anxiety, and panic attacks until I adjusted to the dose for 2-3 weeks. I did not feel medicated and my depression seemed non-existent. I felt great! No other antidepressant has worked for me and all others have caused annoying side effects. Wellbutrin SR did not cause any noticable side effects for me at 300mg/day except for increased energy/heart rate after consuming caffeine (Espresso, Cherry Coke, Dr. Pepper). My dose was increased to 400mg (200mg, 2X/QD) about 2 months later after I delivered twins when I thought I may be heading towards a severe depression. At 400mg/day, I began to feel extremely agitated, angry, and have drastic mood swings within the first few days of dosage increase. After 1 week of taking 400mg/day I had homicidal thoughts, had developed a tendency to become very angry and was on the verge of becoming violent towards others. My mood swings increased and I felt completely irrational and outraged almost | F | 25 | 3.5 weeks | 12/2/2006 |