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/PTSD While my body was adjusting, I had night sweats like crazy the first few weeks but they subsided, vivid dreams, through the roof libido (with multiple orgasms) While taking this drug, I haven't experienced issues when I have a glass or two of wine, however, do not drink heavily at all while on this medication, one drunk night lead to days of deep depression for me F 24 1 years
450mg
3/21/2017
 5  severe depression I did not notice any side effects during the time I was on Wellbutrin. I have been gradually reducing my dosage to get off the drug completely. The withdrawal symptoms are very troubling. Diarrhea, fuzzy feeling, crying outbursts, hostility, agitation, sleeplessness, ringing in the ears, anxiety. I have been gradually reducing my dosage, with the aid of medical guidance, but I hate the feeling and I am temped to say screen it and go back to my regular dosage. But the life events that caused my depression are well behind me now, and I really do want to get off this drug so i will tough it out. F 62 2 years
300mg
3/12/2017
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 4  Major Depression Anxiety, sweating, hot flashes, vivid dreams, drowsy, dry mouth, tiredness, jittery. This is a good anti-depressant, it works and the side effects are minimal but are only for the first month. F 38 1 years
300 mg 1X day
2/28/2017
 1  Depression Taking 300mg all of the sudden after almost 3 months I was unable to orgasm. My genitals had no sensation. If I did somehow climax, it was very weak. Decreased to 150mg and it got worse.Also had the sensation of not being able to sit still. Incredible need to move my limbs while at rest. Loved the increase in libido, but was useless not being able to orgasm. F 44 3 months
150mg
2/21/2017
 4  Depression, suicidal ideation Sleeplessness if taken too late in the day, I take it very early now, as soon as I wake up. Saved my life. M 38 1 years
150 mg 1X day
2/20/2017
 4  Depression, suicidal ideation Sleeplessness if taken too late in the day, I take it very early now, as soon as I wake up. Saved my life. M 38 1 years
150 mg 1X day
2/20/2017
 3  ADHD-Depression Intense Sugar Cravings, Constipation, Headache- first 2 days I have not tried this medication recently but remember mixed results when I was on it 5 years back. I transitioned from the Wellbutrin to Prozac and noticed a marked increase in anxiety and sexual dysfunction. After then transitioning to Vyvance, I've experienced relief of ADHD symptoms with intermittent spells of depression and anxiety. About a week ago my Dr and I decided to give the Wellbutrin another try but on the XL formula. Since the addition of the Wellbutrin XL I have much less anxiety, though I've yet to see a marked change in the depression. I am however, craving sugar and sweets- which is very abnormal for me. I figure I'll give it another few weeks before I make a determination. I'm still on the Vyvance 40 mg as well and haven't noticed any interactions (per Dr instructions). I am so grateful for the reduction in anxiety. F 33 7 days
150 mg XL
1/22/2017
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 5  Depression & anxiety I now sweat a lot with the smallest amount of exertion. The temperature doesn't affect how much I sweat, only activity does. Within minutes, my face is bright red, and sweat is trickling down my back. I'm talking about 10 jumping jacks, or just picking up toys off the floor. However, it's been a life-saver and even that is not enough to make me stop taking it. Hi, I had the same problem - where my insurance covered the brand name Wellbutrin XL until 6 months ago. Without insurance, it cost $60 per pill/day! I found a website for a Canadian pharmacy that brings it to the same amount as I had been paying on my co-pay with insurance (about $100 p month. It's great - your doctor needs to send the prescription to them, then they set up a shipment - and you can have it instantly renew every 3 months or whatever. There are several sites out there that are reputable. Just look at the reviews. good luck (PS: I agree with all the great things said re Wellbutrin. I'm on XL 300 mg + Lexapro 20mg. I also agree, I wish I'd stuck it out with antidepressants in the past and really given them a long try. I also have lost a decade of what could have been a happy life.) reCAPTCHA challenge image Privacy & Terms Get a new challenge Get an audio challenge Help Privacy Notice: This form is provided to facilitate an exchange between patients. The email address of the reviewer is private and will be known to you only if the reviewer responds to your message. Also, the email you are sending will only be received by the recipient if you enter a valid email address. Please be aware that it is up to the recipient to choose whether to respond to your email request. Because email addresses change or are canceled, we do not guarantee that the respondent will receive your email. Askapatient.com does not monitor, archive, F 44 4 years
300 MG 1X day
1/10/2017
 4  Depression It's been several years since I started this anti depressant but the side effect that still stands out is a weight loss of between 5 and 7 pounds. My insurance company, Oxford, had been covering name brand Wellbutrin XL until last year. I then started receiving the drug through the patient assistance program at Direct Success. The program was great; I was able to get 90 tablets through a script from my doctor costing 150 dollars. Last week at my appointment my Doctor mentioned that he had faxed a new script to DS. Usually DS would get in touch with me shortly thereafter to let me know when I could expect my order to arrive. I waited a few days and finally called them. It seems the drug company, Valeant, has now dropped the program! DS still covers WBXL through Valeant's discount coupons but will only fill 60 tablets at a time and only as long as the coupons don't expire. If you google Valeant you can find numerous articles as to why they are no longer working with DS. That being said DS NEVER advised me of this change which took place back in October. No phone call, no email. I suspect in the very near future DS will no longer be able to supply Wellbutrin XL at all. The generics don't work for me and at 1600 dollars for 30 tablets of name brand it's not a consideration to pay out of pocket. When the time comes I will be forced to stop taking WBXL. Sure there are other antidepressants but after 15+ years on this med I'm not anxious to start a trial and error with other meds. F 54 15 years
300 mg 1X day
12/20/2016
 4  Depression First two weeks my mood seemed to be lifted and I wasn't angry and snapping at people or my pets. I though maybe this was a honeymoon period or placebo effect. I take it in the am before noon. Seems to help me sleep at night because before starting it, I was a night owl. Before I rarely got tired, now I am going to bed at or before 10pm. I've had really vivid dreams and I like them because prior, just on my Clonazepam, I didn't remember my dreams. This 3rd week has been a little more rough. I started getting really tired 6-8 hours after taking it. I would fall asleep and take a short nap, but feel okay afterwards. I'm starting to have some anxiety and take a Clonazepam to counteract it. I've also been having slight daily headaches. I'm going to continue to take it and hope the side effects wear off. F 41 3 weeks
300 XL
11/16/2016
 5  depression, anxiety, suicidal dry mouth, loss of appetite, weight loss It took a few times if changing my dosage to have my depression go away, once I was prescribed 450mg, I noticed a huge difference within a week. I was no longer laying in bed with suicidal thoughts everynight, I was more willing to hang out with people, etc. F 19 3 months
450 mh
10/21/2016
 1  Depression, Anxiety Extreme anger, even worse depression, extreme fatigue, insomnia, irribility. I was on the generic Wellbutrin and I can say it did not work for me, I was extremly angry and would flip out at anything. I didn't want to talk to anyone or see anyone. I would fall asleep in class and after school and be awake all night long. It was definitely not the kind of antidepressant I would ever take again. F 16 2 weeks
10/4/2016
 4  Severe depression Grand mal seizures, short-term memory loss, acne It made me want to dance in the street. I had some weird things happen, like suddenly forgetting how to drive (I had to pull over for about 30 minutes)... but I had my life back, so I didn't much care. Within the first year of going on it, I had a grand mal seizure, but the ER doctors were hesitant to call it a seizure despite multiple eyewitnesses. In March 2016, I had another seizure -- and another, and another, three in one day. I was diagnosed with epilepsy and spent three days in the hospital. They took me off of the Wellbutrin cold turkey, which I guess was necessary but it resulted in a severe depression relapse and acute suicidal ideation. The official judgment from my neurologist is that Wellbutrin does not cause seizures but it lowers seizure threshold, so it increases the likelihood of a seizure for people who are already vulnerable. It's worth stating I NEVER had a seizure when I wasn't taking this drug. I have since found a different miracle drug - the anti-convulsant and mood stabilizer, Lamictal. Anyway, I guess Wellbutrin messed with me neurologically in a huge way and I didn't even understand the full implications of it until after I was off of it. I am back to a level of mental acuity I haven't felt in years. Also, my skin cleared up immediately when I went off the Wellbutrin. Just be careful. F 33 7 years
300 1X day
9/26/2016
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 4  Severe depression Grand mal seizures, short-term memory loss, acne It made me want to dance in the street. I had some weird things happen, like suddenly forgetting how to drive (I had to pull over for about 30 minutes)... but I had my life back, so I didn't much care. Within the first year of going on it, I had a grand mal seizure, but the ER doctors were hesitant to call it a seizure despite multiple eyewitnesses. In March 2016, I had another seizure -- and another, and another, three in one day. I was diagnosed with epilepsy and spent three days in the hospital. They took me off of the Wellbutrin cold turkey, which I guess was necessary but it resulted in a severe depression relapse and acute suicidal ideation. The official judgment from my neurologist is that Wellbutrin does not cause seizures but it lowers seizure threshold, so it increases the likelihood of a seizure for people who are already vulnerable. It's worth stating I NEVER had a seizure when I wasn't taking this drug. I have since found a different miracle drug - the anti-convulsant and mood stabilizer, Lamictal. Anyway, I guess Wellbutrin messed with me neurologically in a huge way and I didn't even understand the full implications of it until after I was off of it. I am back to a level of mental acuity I haven't felt in years. Also, my skin cleared up immediately when I went off the Wellbutrin. Just be careful. F 33 7 years
300 1X day
9/26/2016
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 5  well for my depression. Dry mouth, instantiation. it a good medication. M 37 10 days
300mg
5/12/2016
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 1  Depression Tinnitis, aggression, high blood pressure, mania, fatigue, decreased inhibitions, increased pleasure seeking, but worst of all, withdrawal of treatment caused DPDR disorder. Wellbutrin seemed to help me at first. I was confident, headstrong, and motivated. I didn't see it at first, but this was because of my new aggressive behavior. I stood up for myself when challenged. I had an "alpha" mentality. I made a lot of life changes that I had been afraid to initiate. I was fearless. However....this came at a price. I was mean. People were afraid to confront me. I started to get tired some time after increasing my dosage to 300mg daily. So, I started to taper off the drug. I don't know what wellbutrin did to me, but I had a serious case of depersonalization-derealization disorder for a whole year after coming off of it. It was a nightmare. The worst year of my life. I didn't feel like myself again until I started Adderall after a year and regained some cognitive function and sense of self. M 27 4 months
150 mg 1X day
5/9/2016
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 1  Anxiety, weight loss, stop smoking Racing heart rate, anxiety, tremor, paranoia, loss of appetite, hot flashes. I only took this for 3 days. The symptoms were so bad that I stopped. Everyone says to give it 2 weeks for the symptoms to pass but I couldn't do it. Doc prescribed to me mainly for weight loss and quitting smoking. They definitely do curb your appetite, in fact, you have no desire to eat which can be dangerous. I had to force feed myself and I could barely take a couple bites. I still had the urge to smoke so that didn't help, and I can't say it helped with anxiety because the pharmacist said it would take a month to be fully effective. The tremor it gave me was awful. My finger and hand constantly shook and I felt like I had no strength in my arms and hands. F 34 3 days
150mg
5/8/2016
 5  General anxiety None that I can think of M 49 2 years
300mgs
4/25/2016
 4  depression On wb xl for a week now. Feel good after being on citalopram and lexamil. Having side effects such as insomnia, sweating, slight dizziness. How long do these side effects last and when should I get help if they get worse. F 38 1 weeks
150
3/30/2016
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 5  Depression At the time I started taking Wellbutrin XL I was taking Prozac but felt I needed a little "boost". Psych Dr. added the Wellbutrin XL. I lost 5 to 10 pounds initially and found I wasn't "grazing" all day. Eventually weaned off the Prozac and have continued with the Wellbutrin XL. My insurance company, UHC, refused to continue paying for the name brand as of January 2016. My Dr. will not prescribe the generic nor would I take it if he did. As someone else suggested, Google the generic. What I've read is pretty frightening and the FDA is irresponsible in their decision to give drug companies the OK to continue providing these useless generics to unsuspecting patients. Direct Success Pharmacy works with the provider of the name brand. It's a very easy process to get the name brand through this avenue. Some patients may not have to pay for the drug while others pay 50 dollars for a months supply. Your Dr. can write a script for up to three months at a time. For what I pay in insurance premiums every month, it's pretty crappy that insurers are allowed to make these decisions for subscribers. It's happening more and more unfortunately and with most insurers. F 55 15 years
300 mg 1X day
3/20/2016

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