WELLBUTRIN XL Reviews (BUPROPION)

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WELLBUTRIN XL  (BUPROPION):  This medication is used to treat depression. It may also be used to prevent seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression that occurs each year at the same time (for example, during winter). This medication can improve your mood and feelings of well-being. It may work by restoring the balance of certain natural substances (dopamine, norepinephrine) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 2003-08-28 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 5  depression dizziness, shortness of breath, intense hunger (even after eating), shaking I was on Paxil previously and also this. This drug has helped me so much. F 20 3 years
4/2/2008
 5  depression Irritability, increased depression, dryness of the mouth, night sweats, hot flashes (i'm male), hand tremors, light-headedness, high blood pressure. All but high-blood pressure (now take medication for hypertension) and dry-mouth have disappeared. I have been taking Wellbutrin XL for 19 months. Once I got over the side effects, it has been pretty benign, easy to take, and greatly reduced my depression. It has had no effect on my sex life, doesn't interfer with my sleep, and I have no problems with weight gain or loss, diet, or social drinking. The only remaining negative is the hypertension, but medication is controlling that. M 56
4/2/2008
 3  depression switched from Lexapro 20mg had been on over a year. started Wellbutrin XL 150mg for 4 days then to 300mg. First days felt wired couldn't sleep first night, nausea, headaches and very emotional 3rd and 4th day. then 5th day started feeling more normal but still with some insomnia(feel myself tossing and turning all night) Have more energy cleaning things in house that have needed attention for a long time. still irritable at times with kids home for spring break, but other than insomnia, think I will stick it out.went on this med to help with low or nil sex drive. heard to not drink alcohol which is sad I like an occassional glass of wine with dinner. anyone else tried alcohol with this drug? F 41 7 days
4/2/2008
 3  depression leg and finger twitching, which is driving me nuts, upset stomach, can't sleep more than 7 hours, increased energy, increased heart rate, no decrease in appetite, but i just don't feel like eating. i'm more hopefull about wellbutrin. i have taken lexapro and zoloft and had anorgasmia and my depression didn't go away. plus i felt like a walking zombie. i had no feelings and i kept falling asleep in class. i hope this will be better, i'm starting to think i'm a lost cause! F 18 2 weeks
4/1/2008
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 2  Anxiety, Panic Headache, More Anxiety, Clenching teeth, 3 pound weight loss, brain fog, insomnia Used Wellbutrin with 15mg Buspar and 25mg zoloft 6 years ago for 3 months and returned to a normal life. This time, I am just on 150mg Wellbutrin and 15mg Buspar. Anxiety had been horrible, especially at night. Insomnia is bad. Can't get my throat/neck to relax. Appetite is normal but have lost 3 pounds in less than a week. I'm going to stick it out for another week. I will repost then. F 32 6 days
4/1/2008
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 4  major depression insomnia, easily aggitated I took zoloft for 2yrs. It helped at first with the depression but I gained 40lbs in the meantime. I have always been a fairly small person and the weight gain just made me even more depressed. Getting off of the zoloft was hard but I don't think I experienced as bad of side effects as some...no brain zaps or anything like that. I tried to just go all natural supplements and it was ok, but I knew it wasn't enough. So unfortunetly I had to get back on something. The wellbutrin has given me more energy than I have had in a long time. Zoloft kept me sooo tired. I've been on the wellbutrin just a short time but I have really high hopes. And hopefully won't gain any weight. I did lose what I gained from the zoloft. F 42 8 days
3/31/2008
 4  depression 20 + years Vivid dreams, a little brain fog. (Walked straight out of a Staples office supply store without paying for an item that the store manager had just handed me. Realized what I did just before I got to my car. How embarrasing but fun to share the story with friends and family. I'm really hopeful about this medication. It's the first time in 20 years that any type of medication has helped. I am starting to take interest in a lot of things I used to care about. This site has some great feedback. I will be following it closely. Five days really isn't enough time to really find out if this will work. I will be paying close attention to how it effects me. M 58 5 days
3/28/2008
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 5  depression 1st week was a complete nightmare...extremely dry mouth, low fever, really bad insomnia, paranoia, crazy mood swings, felt like i was spaced out, forgetfull, felt like i looked cracked out, weight loss, no appetite, ringing in the ears(hasn't gone away, but it's not that bad) I REALLY wanted to give up after the first week but i kept telling myself to stick it out. I am soooo glad i did.I recommend taking a few days off work when u start taking it and don't give up on it. After the first week, i felt so much better. MOre energy, no more taking naps. Pretty much all the side affects went away. My appetite is normal now which i didnt want, i liked losing the weight so quick. Don't drink coffee! I drank 2 glasses and i was freakin out, my heart was beating sooo fast i didnt kno what to do with myself. I still havent gotten my sex drive back at all, which i lost after taking celexa. I still have days or moments when i want to cry over anything, but overall i am pretty happy now. F 27 21 days
3/27/2008
 5  Smoking Cessation Woke up with a minor rash a couple of times the first week. Urine hesitancy ( hard to urinate and urinate completely. Severe headaches the first two weeks. After the first few weeks I only experienced minor urination issues. THIS IS A MIRACLE DRUG if you want to quit smoking. I have been smoking for 7 years and have tried to quit multiple times. Have tried cold turkey, the patch, the gum with no success. I started wellbutrin XL and I have been smoke free for over a month now. There are absolutely no cravings. I relapsed once and had a cigarette with zero satisfaction. THIS IS THE WAY TO QUIT SMOKING!!! M 19 3 months
3/26/2008
 5  Depression Weight loss (not a bad side effect), brain fog, insomnia, loss of appetite I started taking wellbutrin xl about 4 years ago. Within the first 6 months I dropped over 25lbs. effortlessly. It made me not want to eat as much which was a good thing. I had gained a lot of weight from being depressed in the past. I stopped it when I got pregnant a year later. I've done fairly well off of it, but I'm about to start it again. I'm hoping I'll see the weight loss again because I've unfortunately gained about 20lbs since stopping it. F 27 1 years
3/26/2008
 4  Depression Definately helped my depression. Anger is increased. I rarely cuss, but I've found that everytime a certain person enters my mind (which is often) I say "F**KER!" I've probably said it thousands of times now (out loud when I'm alone) and each time it shocks me and make me feel guilty. This is a bizarre change in my behaviour. Very weird dreams. Overtalking and rapid talking. Sometimes feel shakey. Increased energy. It's the only depression med that didn't make me sleep all day. I actually wake up at normal times and for the most part do not nap most days. I also masterbate more often, so I guess the sex drive is increased. Appetite seems to go in phases. I either eat more food for months or don't eat alot of food for months. F 43 9 months
3/15/2008
 5  bipolar depression none with 150 mg, sleepy with 300mg (hope that will go away quickly) I noticed a change right off with this med. My mood picked up and I have been a much happier person. I started the 300 mgs today and I have been sleepy, but I'm hoping that's going to be short lived. No other side effects with this or the 150s I took. Here's hoping to get happier and happier. F 30 7 days
3/13/2008
 3  severe depression, anxiety While on 300mg Wellbutrin XL + 25mg Zoloft, I experienced irritability, mood swings, twitching (but only when I drank too much coffee), dull headaches that got worse over time, and constipation. I was originally put on Zoloft 25mg for seven days, which increased to 50mg thereafter. Both strengths of Zoloft made me groggy, blah, and low libido. So my OB switched me to Wellbutrin XL and told me that I needed to wean off the Zoloft by going back to 25mg for six days. She prescribed 60 tablets of 150mg Wellbutrin XL and advised me that I could take two at the same time (300mg) while weaning off the Zoloft if I needed to. So I decided to do just that, and this might have been where all the side effects came to play, to start with 300mg Wellbutrin XL and 25mg Zoloft for five days. I quit the Zoloft one day early because it was just too much. Hopefully I'm weaned off of that Zoloft by now. Anyway, today I decided (day six) that I would only do 150mg Wellbutrin XL in the morning... don't know if it's making a difference yet because I still have the headaches and constipation, the irritability has subsided. But I do feel like the Wellbutrin XL 150mg is helping my depression a l F 27 6 days
3/13/2008
 4  Bipolar Type 2 Loss of appetite, nausea, insomnia Increased energy, I don't stay in bed all the time anymore, I have started to have hopeful thoughts about my future F 27 7 days
3/10/2008
 4  Depression brain fogginess - someone could say something to me and it sounded like a different language - anxiety and a bit of extra hair loss, vivid dreams and trouble staying asleep Wellbutrin has been great for me. It's not like other antidepressants because there is no loss of libido and not much weight gain. Other drugs I've tried have made me emotionless which I suppose is ok but it's nice to have feelings sometimes. Wellbutrin takes the edge off. The only troubling side effect is the brain fog...occassionally I'll have to ask people to repeat themselves 5 or 6 times before I make out what they're saying. Sort of just has the Charlie Brown teacher effect. It's frustrating but otherwise I like this drug and don't expect to be getting off of it for quite some time. F 27 9 months
3/8/2008
 3  depression dry mouth, loss of taste, constipation, tiredness, loss of appetite (at first), twitching limbs I am taking both Wellbutrin XL (300) and Zoloft (50), which I am on for depression and an eating disorder. Zoloft at a higher dose made me sleep all the time so the doctor added Wellbutrin. I liked Wellbutrin at first because I had a loss of appetite and lost a few pounds. After a few months, however, I noticed a weight gain. In the year that I've been on both Wellbutrin and Zoloft I've gained about 30 pounds even though I track calories and exercise. I'm also quite tired, although not as bad as when I was on a higher dose of Zoloft, and constipated. I have also noticed that my legs twitch and I have a decrease in my senses (smelling and taste). F 24 1 years
3/7/2008
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 4  Chronic/severe Depression tremmors, a little anxiety, weight loss (yay), dizzyness I switched to wellburtin after being on paxil for about 3 or 4 years. The paxil started to become ineffective, and i gained about 35 lbs. on it, not fun for a teenager. The wellbutrin took a while to get into, my dr started me out really slow, and the tremmors were pretty bad at first. But if anyone is just starting out on this drug i say give it at least 2 months and expect that the side effects will stick around until you've reached the dose your going to stay at. But unless you are having major debilitating side effects, at least give it a change, it'll get better. One thing i want to note, they switched me to the generic buprobion or whatever when it finally came out...it was a bad point in my life anyway were is was struggling with a lot of family stuff, and i just thought my depression was getting worse, and the anxiety was worse, etc. My dr. switched me back to brand name, and I started feeling better again, more energy, happier, dealing with things a lot better, less anger, ect F 25 6 years
3/5/2008
 4  depression, PTSD maybe increased anxiety, and maybe I just was able to name those symptoms as 'anxiety' for the first time. Nothing NEARLY as bad as Prozac ... this is the right drug for me, I think. I started Wellbutrin six months ago at 100mg SR, then 150 SR, then 150 SR 2x, now 300XL. I'd been on Prozac for six months, 20>30>40mg, and at 40mg lost my sex drive completely while still making suicide plans. I started Wellbutrin SR 100mg while still on Prozac 40mg -- BAD IDEA! I felt like I was on speed -- four hours of sleep and I couldn't stop talking or moving or feeling really really fine. Apparently too much stimulant at once for me. I'm now on 300mg WXL and maybe getting a light rash on the backs of my hands. I'm also taking Ambien 5mg at night. I think this drug combo, and a really good therapist, are the reasons I'm finally getting better slowly. I was told that Wellbutrin might cut my appetite for caffeine and alcohol -- it definitely has. I just don't "need" either one anymore. F 24
3/5/2008
 5  Depression Insomnia, nausea I'va been on Celexa 40mg for 3 month and didn't noticed any changes with my depression. My doctor decided to combined it with wellbutrin XL 150mg. Wow After 1 week i noticed a huge changement. It was like i was on 40 cup of coffee. Full drive of energy, restarted to do all my activities with pleasure, have full project. Work like a charm. Only one advice: don't tae it at bed time, take it at wake time. M 30 1 years
3/3/2008
 5  Depression I had insomnia when I first began taking it 8 years ago, but that went away in a few weeks. I've tried Celexa, Lexapro- both caused anorgasmia. Zoloft and Prozac made me too sleepy. Wellbutrin XL has been wonderful! It has not lowered my sex drive, it has not caused anorgasmia, and I lost weight when I first began taking it. I can tell when I've missed my dosage and so can everyone around me! I take 450mg every morning and I am happy and energized! F 48 8 years
3/3/2008

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