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 |
| 3 | Quit smoking, depression, anxiety | Dry mouth, "speedy" feeling first week, then EXTREME agitation/anxiety which would not go away, compounded by ridiculous insomnia. Stay awake into the wee hours, sometimes til the next day worrying, having mini panic attacks, unable to find comfort or distraction in anything like TV or reading. Just feel very distressed all the time. Xanax counteracts the anxiety but then there's those issues to contend with & I don't like feeling tired & spacy & still unable to sleep. Desire to smoke & eat diminished but I still try to smoke out of habit. | I am a small woman (5'4"-104 lbs) & 150 mg/day definitely was too much for me..I felt agitated & speeded out in a very strange, non-euphoric way. Like being on the verge of a bad acid trip. Cut dose to 75mg/day & had same symptoms, just slightly less severe. Feel good right after taking it but then it gets to be too much after a few hours & 14 hours later still can't sleep. I've slept maybe 12 hours in the last 3 nights & I am sooo tired. Anxiety has prety much doubled, panic to the point my hands shake & afraid I might be on the way to having a seizure. Mind races, become obsessed w/worries, probably made worse by insomnia. Just crippling, intrusive negative thoughts, actually contemplated going to the ER for psych help. Developed nervous tic in my neck which has given me a crick lasting this whole last month. Felt prone to lash out against my family physically which scares me. I went off 2x for 1-2 days since starting it & felt SO much better on thos | F | 38 | 1 months | 10/29/2006 | 3 | Quit smoking, depression, anxiety | Dry mouth, "speedy" feeling first week, then EXTREME agitation/anxiety which would not go away, compounded by ridiculous insomnia. Stay awake into the wee hours, sometimes til the next day worrying, having mini panic attacks, unable to find comfort or distraction in anything like TV or reading. Just feel very distressed all the time. Xanax counteracts the anxiety but then there's those issues to contend with & I don't like feeling tired & spacy & still unable to sleep. Desire to smoke & eat diminished but I still try to smoke out of habit. | I am a small woman (5'4"-104 lbs) & 150 mg/day definitely was too much for me..I felt agitated & speeded out in a very strange, non-euphoric way. Like being on the verge of a bad acid trip. Cut dose to 75mg/day & had same symptoms, just slightly less severe. Feel good right after taking it but then it gets to be too much after a few hours & 14 hours later still can't sleep. I've slept maybe 12 hours in the last 3 nights & I am sooo tired. Anxiety has prety much doubled, panic to the point my hands shake & afraid I might be on the way to having a seizure. Mind races, become obsessed w/worries, probably made worse by insomnia. Just crippling, intrusive negative thoughts, actually contemplated going to the ER for psych help. Developed nervous tic in my neck which has given me a crick lasting this whole last month. Felt prone to lash out against my family physically which scares me. I went off 2x for 1-2 days since starting it & felt SO much better on thos | F | 38 | 1 months | 10/29/2006 | 5 | Moodswings, Depression, Anger | Constant pounding headache, anger outburst, jittery, easily agitated, drastic ups and downs in my moods | I have been taking this for (8) days and am going to stick with it, however, how long did it take for those of you who did finally lose the side affects like I have to finally start feeling so great as everyone describes. I really want this to work but I catch myself snapping at my husband, sometimes i have energy and others I cannot motivate myself at all and want to lay around. Ugh also I get really nervous and anxious in social situations, even the simplest things such as going to the grocery store. Help! | F | 29 | 8 days | 10/18/2006 | 4 | Moodswings, Depression, Anger | Constant pounding headache, anger outburst, jittery, easily agitated, drastic ups and downs in my moods | I have been taking this for (8) days and am going to stick with it, however, how long did it take for those of you who did finally lose the side affects like I have to finally start feeling so great as everyone describes. I really want this to work but I catch myself snapping at my husband, sometimes i have energy and others I cannot motivate myself at all and want to lay around. Ugh also I get really nervous and anxious in social situations, even the simplest things such as going to the grocery store. Help! | F | 29 | 8 days | 10/18/2006 | 4 | ADD/mild anxiety | felt hazy and spacy at first but then more alert and oriented (like a good cup of coffee); increased libido; some loss of appetite; increased activity and energy; *CAUTION*-be careful when taking with caffeine-caused me to become very anxious; pacing back and forth; heart palpitations; mild auditory hallucinations | This is the first time I have ever been on any medication so I am a little cautious. I will be going from 150mg to 300mg in three days. Definitely appears to improve symptoms associated with ADD but hoping it will also decrease anxiety. Some research shows an increase in anxiety though. | F | 26 | 5 days | 10/14/2006 | 5 | depression/anxiety | First 10 days very mild side effects. Crazy but fun dreams, more energy, slept ok. Then at 10 days, about 3 days after I went to 300mg I broke out in SEVERE hives. All over the body, hands swollen like balloons hives. Backed off to 150mg and took benedryl because I didn't want to get off it. Waited about a week and hives toned down. Back on 300mg and only have mild itching which will welt if I scratch too much. Sex is great again! | I have tried many antidepressants and this one is by far the best for me. I couldn't deal with the tiredness and loss of sex drive that Paxil, Prozac, and Lexapro gave me. I love how I feel energetic and even if I sleep a little less I feel rested. Depression gone even though life problems are going on full force. I don't get so anxious and sad over it. I used to just lay in bed and wish each day would just get over. I'm glad I stuck through the hives... just a little itchy now. Waiting for the weight loss and cigarette smoking to stop. (I hope) Even though that is not why I take it, it would be a nice side benefit. Paxil made me feel dead sexually. I don't know if my libido is higher than it used to be but it is up there and great. | F | 55 | 2 months | 10/13/2006 | 1 | Long-Term Depression | Paranoia, anxiety, some jaw pain, headache | Wellbutrin was wonderful for the first 2-3 months. I did not think it was possible to feel that good and confident. However, 4 weeks after increasing my dose from 200mg to 300mg I found myself in the ER with my first panic attack. The doctors gave me Ativan to prevent the panic attacks but it was never the same. I decided to stop taking Wellbutrin after 6 months because I was in constant fear of having a seizure or another panic attack and using Ativan long term is not good. If I can find something other than Ativan to stop the panic attacks then I will try Wellbutrin again. Nothing worked on my depression like Wellbutrin did. It also gave me confidence and peace of mind in the beginning. I had some really wonderful days on this medication, but it did not work out. | M | 37 | 6 months | 10/12/2006 | 4 | depression/anxiety | Appetite suppression, also caused anorexia nervosa type symptoms - fasting, over-exercise - ultimately causing a loss of 45 lbs in approximately 2.5 months. At the beginning I had severe nausea, dizziness, which susided after 6 weeks. At 450 mg/day, experience olfactory hallucinations (smelled a "burning smell"). | Excellent drug for me. Now at 300 mg/day, with very few side effects, as long as I remember to take the drug at 9 hour intervals. | F | 20 | 3 years | 10/8/2006 | 2 | yes 100mg sr once in the morning | insmonia for first 5 days then gradualy subsided increased libido which has always been high complete loss of ability to ejaculate or orgasam after 4 days very frustrating to me. must seek a different med. remeron just caused a decrease in sensation, may return to that | how long should it take for ejaculation and orgasam to return to normal ??? | M | 60 | 10 days | 10/7/2006 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | I have high blood pressure from this medication | I think it is dangerous | F | 28 | 2 years | 10/4/2006 | 5 | Depression | No side effects so far, except maybe feeling a little wired and hyper about an hour after my morning dose. | Looking forward to taking the second dose/day (am currently just on 150mg/day) and will comment on any side effects from that... looking forward to SEX (after lexapro killed any kind of saucy sensations) and maybe losing the 5 pounds or so that 20mg of lexapro put on me! | F | 29 | 3 days | 9/25/2006 | 5 | Tobacco Cessation | The first week was very strange. Almost felt like I was walking around in a daze. Things leveled out well in week 2 as the dosage went up. I do not get angry often, but when I do it seems heightened. Also, My libido seems to have climbed significantly. | I have not used or desired tobacco/nicotine in almost a month. My only cravings are habitual in nature and easily controlled. The sexual side effects are extremely interesting. I am going to regret getting off this later. | M | 36 | 5 weeks | 9/24/2006 | 3 | DEPRESSION/STOP SMOKING/LOOSE WEIGH | LIKE COMING DOWN OFF OF A COFFEE AND SUGAR BINGE, ANGER(RAGE?)ATTACKS, DEPRESSION, INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE ON WORK. REDUCED APPETITE(GOOD). SWEATING (BAD). I ACTUALLY SCREAMED AT A CUST SERVICE GUY OVER THE PHONE TODAY...I HATE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT BUT THERE I WENT! | THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HAS POSTED HERE. I'M GOING TO STAY THE COURSE FOR A MONTH DUE TO SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS TO DO SO. I ALSO TOOK THE SUGGESTION OF PRINTING THOSE "STAY THE COURSE" MESSAGES AND POSTING THEM ON MY FRIDGE. WILL CERTAINLY UPDATE AFTER A MONTH WITH AN HONEST EVALUATION. AIN'T THE INTERNET WONDERFUL? | F | 52 | 7 days | 9/22/2006 | 2 | Major Depressive Disorder | Sometimes very spacey with flat emotion, eventually Hypomania followed by very low moods. | This helped somewhat with depression. Sometimes I felt breifly like my old self again, but more often than not I still felt depressed. After about 3 months I experienced short periods of hypomania, which I absolutely loved at the time, but when they were over I felt lower then low and very irritable. I did, however have a definite increase in my attention span the entire time I was on it. | F | 21 | 4 months | 9/21/2006 | 1 | smoking | Felt extremely strange, this drug scared the crap out of me | Perhaps if you don't suffer from depression or other illness, this is a bad way to go to quit smoking. I felt like I was in some unreal place and not myself, hard to describe. This drug should be researched more. I'll just have to suck it up and quit smoking cold turkey. I've done it before and didn't have to contend with mind games from a whacko drug. | F | 55 | 1 weeks | 9/15/2006 | 1 | smoking cessation/mild depression | anxiety, ringing in ears, foul taste in mouth, anorexia, trippy in a bad way | makes me wonder if people that took lsd back in the hippie days have a different reaction to this drug. anxiety is more of a problem for me than depression and wellbutrin is NOT for anxiety. I'll stick to 100mg Zoloft. I'd rather be 20 lbs overweight and calm rather than skinny and insane! | F | 55 | 6 days | 9/15/2006 | 4 | quit smoking | This is day 13 (the past 5 days I have doubled to 150 2x's a day) night cravings didnt go away until i started taking 2. Side effects: Horrible nights sleep, aggravated, anxiety real bad on day 12, shaky and that strange taste in my mouth. Feel sad a little too not every day but here & there??? | I really have no cravings, This is DAY 5 with NO cigaretts at all but want to go off this with in a week and am not sure if that will put me in a set back and start cravings again. After these strange feelings I have been having & exhausted i just want to go off of it... Any suggestions??? | F | 37 | 13 days | 9/14/2006 | 3 | depression | I've only been taking it for 2 days. Last night I could get to sleep. I only took 1 pill around noon. Today is my second day on it so far so good. I'll keep recording my effects to Wellbutrin SR as the weeks go by. I start taking 2 a day on Saturday. We'll see how it goes. | M | 28 | 2 days | 9/14/2006 | 2 | ANXIETY / DEPRESSION /ADHD | Started taking GENERIC and had awful flu like syptoms (pains all over my body)for the first 2 days. Kept taking it for around 6 weeks but eventually came off because of extreme anxiety, thinking of dying just about every day, and complete lack of motivation to do anything. Felt immediately better once I'd stopped. Don't feel it helped my depression at all. Have now tracked down the GSK BRANDED version and so far have had none of the above negative symptoms! It did have big impact on sex drive which was great! Have read quite a bit about problems with the Generic - so be careful. | Watch consumption of Caffeine - heart races & may have contributed to anxiety problems. Alcohol doesn't mix well either! | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 9/14/2006 | 2 | | 9/13/2006 |