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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELLBUTRIN XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Major Depression | Headaches, VERY vivid dreams, ringing in ears, all food tastes AWFUL, dizziness, insomnia | I've only been on this for 2 days but I was already feeling it after day 1. I can't eat anything because everything I taste is like eating garbage. Yay for weight loss! I keep having dreams that are like real life, hard to tell if I'm dreaming or not when I'm awake. I really hope these side effects stop after a couple more doses. All I'm looking forward to is losing some poundage. | F | 22 | 2 days | 11/17/2009 | 5 | Depression, ADHD | Insomnia, vivid dreams, HIGH sex drive | Wellbutrin has been one of the best decision i have ever made! I didn't even know how depressed i was until i popped the first pill! It was like a weight was lifted from my chest! I am just a happier person and people like to be around me. It is definitely worth the occasional sleepless night and the increased libido. Actually, my sex life has been better than ever and i have HUGE orgasms! I'm stickin with this pill! | F | 21 | 4 months | 11/13/2009 | 3 | Depression/ Mild Anxiety | severe insomnia, irritability, angry outbursts, impatient with my children, tinnitus, constipation | I have been taking wellbutrin 150mg daily for 2 years. It did help with my depression but not with my anxiety. After researching this drug I now realize this is the cause of my irritability and intolerance. I used to shout at my children and felt like I was the worst mother ever. I decided to quit taking it 1 month ago and now I am a different person. I am no longer shouting at my children and can talk calmly with them when they misbehave. My husband cannot believe the change in me. He says I appear less stressed, more content and am not continually nagging him like I was. I feel fine with no depression, I hope this continues. | F | 42 | 2 years | 11/6/2009 | 3 | Depression | Just on week 2 after changing from Wellbutrin SR 150mg to Wellbutrin XL 150mg. Was having side effects from SR every afternoon 2-4pm: nauseau, anxiety. Now, I'm feeling lousy all day. How long does it take for the body to adjust to the new formula? | F | 53 | 14 days | 11/2/2009 | 3 | ADD, depression | heart palpitations, anxiety, no emotions, confusion, irritable, forgetful, | I've been on SR, XL, 100 up to 400mg per day. When I got up to 400 mg, I couldn't stand it. I was very irritable, forgetful, things seemed unreal, and I was easily distracted and on edge. When I first started on Wellbutrin in 2001 it was a godsend! The first few years were great. But as they kept changing my dose, it just has wrecked a lot of my life. I gained over 60 lbs, have little enjoyment anymore, very distracted, and more and more stress causes more shutdown. Don't really know what I'm doing anymore. My doc doesn't want to put me on anything else, because I have ADD and depression, there are not a lot of drugs out there that "fix" both. I would like to get off of it completely, if I can, go back to "normal". Thanks for listening. | F | 35 | 8 years | 11/1/2009 | 2 | Clinical Depression | Uncontrollable crying, tremors, anxiety, mood swings, jittery | Was OK on 150mg, still not where I wanted to be, always tired, depressed, dr. increased to 300 mg, 2 days of crying at work or in a rage, no in between. Taking Bupropian, don't know whether switching to actual Wellbutrin XL would make a difference | F | 47 | 2 months | 10/29/2009 | 1 | Depression | Increased activation, mild insomnia, decreased appetite at 150mg; extreme insomnia, mania, behavioral changes, increased libido, psychosis at 300mg. | This medication initially worked wonders on my depression - I went from major depression and the brink of suicide to apparent relative normalcy in the space of several weeks, and with no serious side effects. I was upped to 300mg, experienced even higher activation, which was a nice lift, but eventually sent me through the roof. I have never experienced psychosis before and am not really qualified to diagnose it, but very strange things happened that I only fully recognized after coming off it. This drug has probably ruined my life. I used to joke about warning labels and the wacky symptoms .001% of patients may experience. No more. Maybe on balance this drug helps more people than it hurts, but I am lost and so angry right now at how warnings are not more stringent/effective and how I couldn't see this coming. | M | 29 | 80 days | 10/27/2009 | 5 | anxiety and depression | i have had no side effects as of yet i have been on it 3 weeks now and feel great | it is wonderful! ans it it especially good for people that have been addicted to speed. my friend took diet pills 20 years straight and couldnt quit this was the only thing that helped her to this day | F | 30 | 3 weeks | 10/25/2009 | 4 | depression | constipation, insomnia, ringing ears | Wellbutrin xl was really great if I am remembering correctly, but I feel like it has worn off. I think it might have to do with switching to generic, which I have been on for some months now, because other people have had that problem. I've been sleeping until noon or later lately. I've definitely experienced a difference with generics in the past, so I know that that could be a possibility- ATTENTION TO THE PERSON WITH HIVES: I started off with generic for Wellbutrin SR and developed bad hives all over my body! I kept taking the meds because I didn't know it was related but then I read other people experiencing weird things from the non-active ingredients in the generics from a certain lab, like the kind of dye in the pills or something. I never had hives before, it was almost scary and lasted for a while until the meds were out of my system. I also had extremely bad side effects while I had the hives- I was talking weird, spacey, I felt vertigo sometimes, had really loud ringing in my ears, I couldn't poop, I felt sick and insane. Once i switched to brand name I was fine and I could tell it made a huge positive difference in my life. But now, after I had switched to brand name SR, then brand name XL, I got switched back to generic. No real problems with the generic XL except still constipated every once in a while... but also my food craving/ overeating is kind of creeping back and I've been laying in bed. I thought maybe it was just wearing off after taking it for so long | F | 25 | 2 years | 10/21/2009 | 3 | Depression | Initial paranoia and inability to sleep | After the first couple of days the paranoid feelings disappeared, but I found it difficult to fall asleep at night. It did help my depression though and gave me more energy throughout the day. I was also on effexor and compared to effexor, wellbutrin is much better in treating my depression. I just wish I didn't have sleep problems. | M | 25 | 1 years | 10/18/2009 | 2 | depression/fatigue | I was taking 300 mg xl daily even though I am usually very sensitive to all medications. I lost weight due to loss of appetite, but felt very sleepy most of the time. The lack of energy was odd, since it also left me with an underlying feeling of anxiety. Also, frequently felt very dizzy upon standing almost like I would pass out. Frequent urination and sweating. | I wasted time by taking this for over a year before trying something else. It did nothing for my anxiety, even though it made me feel sleepy and tired. The weight loss was nice although I am small already. It didn't help my depression, but did make me less cranky. Now I am trying prozac, and I really hope it works. Depression and anxiety suck! | F | 39 | 1 years | 10/18/2009 | 5 | depression, adhd | confused a little, anxiety out of roof!!!!! | distributed by EON bupropion hcl SR 150mg and tried wellbutrin xl 150mg. EON is round blue bupropion pill thats sooooo well worth it if you get a chance to buy it, take it over bupropion xl. it is great. feel so much better with both brands but EON bupropion SR is sooo well | M | 23 | 4 months | 10/14/2009 | 4 | Mild depression/Anxiety | Some Anxiety initially, dry mouth, insomnia, increased libido | I'm a 43 year old male who has been on 150mg of Wellbutrin since Sept 9th, 2009. Initially, the medication caused some anxiety, dry mouth, and insomnia. After about 2 weeks the side effects (with the exception of the increased libido) went away and I feel very good. Just for kicks and giggles, I tried a 300mg tab and it caused so much anxiety that I thought I would pull out my own hair. It took a couple days to feel normal again after upping it to 300mg. Anyway, I am now back with the 150mg tabs as I find anything higher just causes more harm than good for me. Overall, Wellbutrin has made a much more positive person then I was prior to taking the meds. It's even improved my sleep somewhat. The increase in libido with just 150mg was certainly a nice thing. I'm very happy. | M | 43 | 1 months | 10/9/2009 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | Increased anxiety, lack of sex drive, inability to climax | Taking the TEVA generic which seems to be completely worthless. | M | 39 | 2 weeks | 10/9/2009 | 5 | Depression | Little headache and just a little bit irritable | I think this is the best thing that has happend to me. I used to be in bed all day long, always tired and sleepy always... I went to the doctor, and they made blood test and always the same... " You are a very healthy person, go take more fiber"... and my sleepiness was there... I could not understand why. But the things gotten worst, one day I could not get up of my bed..I decided to go to the psychiatric and she prescribed Wellbutring generic 150 mg, Now i feel really good, no more sleepiness. I hope every day i get better and better...Depresion does not let you enjoy life, it a good thing find a solution... | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 10/2/2009 | 1 | depression | tired | F | 31 | 5 weeks | 9/30/2009 | 4 | Major Depression | None | It worked pretty well with my moods and stability but within several months I noticed a marked difficulty in urinating and at the same time developed fluid retention (edems) in ankles and both feet. I stopped the medication and I can urinate now but still have the swelling. If anyone had this problem please let me know. Here is my email. | M | 40 | 6 months | 9/26/2009 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Weight loss, dry mouth, lack of sleep. | Wellbutrin saved my life! I did take 150mg but my doc just up'ed me to 300mg with 60mg of Prozac also. I lost weight, which was good for me, and have so much energy. I used to lay in bed all day but now that I am taking 300mg it really makes me want to get up and LIVE! | F | 20 | 1 years | 9/19/2009 | 3 | | 9/19/2009 | 5 | bi-polar 1/ depression | none.. happiness, energy, lifted mood | The name brand wellbutrin was amazing..took in conjunction with name brand prozac.. gave me a new lease on life..Unfortunately, I was unable to afford them, and switched to generic, tried all of the generics, and NONE of them work like th originals. Very frustrating. Plummeted back into tje lethargic black holw of helplessness I was in before.. Trying Cymbalta now and hoping it will do the trick. | M | 43 | 120 days | 9/18/2009 |