Wellbutrin SR

First of all, as a healthcare professional, I want to say to these negative reviewers that all drugs are not for all people. Every individual body has its own chemistry. It’s trial & error, people, doctors are practicing medicine. Every drug out there is not a slam dunk solution for everyone. My experience with Wellbutrin has been a positive one. I was diagnosed with MDD last September. I was experiencing suicidal ideation with a plan and no intent. I was sad, irritable and without energy. ,I was not open to taking medication, but finally relented My coping skills did only so much. I am happy to report that after researching and trialing Wellbutrin, it has lifted my depression and mood, increased my energy and sharpened both my mind and memory. My psychiatrist started me on 50 mg twice a day and then increased it to 200 mg daily. I am grateful for the Wellbutrin.

I started taking this medication due to serve depression. The first couple of weeks I did not see a change. My doctor prescribed 150 mg, and gradually increase to 450. By the fourth week I began to feel better. I have been taking it for three years, and it has saved my life.

While I was on wellbutrin my entire personality changed. I could not be in a good mood to save my life. I was always mad and starting arguments over nothing. I would cry easily. I would have tantrum grade meltdowns at 22. It was like I was in the backseat of my mind. I bad no control over my emotions or my actions.

I will be honest. I was TERRIFIED to start this drug. I’ve been taking Zoloft for anxiety for a few years, but for awhile I had been feeling increasingly apathetic to things I knew I should care about more, constant low mood, very low energy, always tired regardless of how much sleep I got. It was awful. I really wanted to quit the Zoloft altogether, but my doctor wanted to add Wellbutrin. I’ve heard many negative experiences & was very hesitant to start it, especially since I’m prone to anxiety and I was scared that it would worsen it. I brought my worries up with my doctor & she assured me if I started low & slow, I’d have very tolerable (if any) bad side effects. She had me cut my 150mg XL (which apparently you’re not supposed to do but I was fine) and start for a week on a 1/4 of a pill & and worked up to the whole dose of 150mg. This drug has been absolutely life changing for me & no side effects at all. It fills in the gap where Zoloft can’t. I feel amazing. Give it a fair try.

Wellbutrin caused me to rage towards anything that had previously upset. Every little thing about the situation or person was extremely upsetting to me.

I was a little grumpy when I first started Wellbutrin..I was at 150 lbs now down to 134 pounds. It cut my appetite in half...so far its working pretty good been on them about 8 months.

Hello everyone who has or is prescribed wellbutrin SR generic. You need to know the manufacture of the generic. It is a MYTH that the generics are bioequivalent to brand wellbutrin. Each generic pharma company uses different fillers and coating and mixtures of the drug. You can read on line in several forums the varying differences of the different pharma companies generics of wellbutrin. It's not the drug per se that is causing side effects but may very well be the generic brand that is causing the side effects or NOT WORKING at ALL.

I started taking this medication at 150 mg and I stopped after two weeks because it was making me so irritable that I could hardly even stand myself. I was unhappy with everything and everyone and so unbelievably grouchy. I stopped taking it went to my doctor she suggested I take only half of the 150 mg so today I did and once again i felt the same exact way. This prescription is not for me at all. I wont take it again. Im so sad because ive seen such great reviews but this prescription made me feel horribly unhappy personally and down right unhappy angry and miserable.

I have major depression along with ADD. Was on Effexor along with Adderall until I landed in the hospital with a blood pressure reading above 180/100. I was taken off both meds and put on generic Wellbutrin SR 150 mg twice a day. I've been on this for about 6 weeks. Depression has gotten much worse. Crying many times every day (especially when I first wake up), down on myself & not caring about anything (including getting dressed each day). As for the ADD, all symptoms have returned. I feel terrible and plan on asking to be taken off this medication at dr's appointment scheduled for next week. Do not recommend this medication!!!

I took Wellbutrin to help with my depression, and it did not work out at all. The side effects were quick and severe (nausea, increased depression, dissociation/depersonalization). I almost immediately stopped taking it, as it was making me so miserable and prone to mood swings that my family was afraid to leave me alone in the house. It may work for others, but I had a terrible time taking it.

I've been on this medication for almost a week now, and I realize it's early in the process but I have noticed instant results and already feel an immense difference. I am diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, and Bipolar depression. This medication has made me feel incredibly balanced and overall better. A lot of my symptoms such as panic attacks, mania and depressed mood have all subsided. I also feel very focused and feel very similar effects that I felt when I was on Adderall, without the horrible comedown and jitters... I've also eliminated any cravings for nicotine. This medication doesn't change my personality or my mood too much, really just adds an element of calmness and more balance. Incredibly grateful for how this process is going so far, understandably its early on in the game but the instant results inspired me to inform anyone looking into this medication for relief. No current side effects as of now except slight sore throat and headache the first few days.

Background: I’ve experienced depression on and off since I was 14. In university, I was a physics major, which was challenging and engaging, but could also be soul-crushingly hard. Even getting slightly behind would leave me completely overwhelmed struggling to catch up. Multiple times I fell into a hole of deep depression, binging/bulimia. Despite all this, I got hired to do my dream job the summer before senior year. When I got back to school however, I started slipping back into depression. Everything in my life was good, so I couldn’t understand why I was still depressed. At this point I had tried every non-medication treatment under the sun: therapy, meditation, journaling, etc. There are so many things they say you should do when you’re depressed (get out of the house, exercise, challenge negative thoughts, engage your mind in a task, etc.), but for me it was almost impossible to do these things when my brain was telling me I couldn’t even get out of bed. I decided to see a psychiatrist. Experience on medication: I I got lucky that Wellbutrin was the first thing my clinician prescribed me — bc I genuinely felt a difference within the first day. Tasks no longer seem insurmountable, and I can easily challenge my negative thoughts or lack of motivation. I take 150mg and have actually been able to overcome lifelong insomnia with the help of a very consistent bedtime routine (dim lights, shower, make tea, do a couple Duolingo lessons, put meds on my bedside table, and watch an ASMR video). My alcohol tolerance is somewhat lower than before, but it’s not bothersome. The most interesting side effect is that while in most situations it keeps my emotions quite even-keeled, when I am watching a show, concert, movie, or other art form, I can become moved to tears by it — in a good way! Maybe this sounds silly, but I actually feel like I get to more fully experience what it means to be human now. Anyway, I can’t recommend Wellbutrin highly enough.

I just started taking Bupropion SR 150. Today was my first day. Changing from 75 mg effexor xr. I have been taking it for about 20 years because it suppressed my desires 100% which is the reason I took it. However, I now have major depression and my doctor changed my med to Bupropion. I am hoping it will have the same effect effexor had for me.

I could tell a difference on day three when I woke up. it was great I felt normal and I didn't know the added benefit it helped me stop smoking. I don't even crave one.

I've now been on generic Wellbutrin for 3 weeks and feel no different. I did experience some side effects at first; no appetite and nauseous for a week and a lot of dreams when sleeping. Now I'm experiencing nothing, no positives or negatives. Not sure why? I have some anxiety and depression but mainly depersonalization so maybe this isn't the right drug for me.

I started taking this medicine 1 week ago. I started hearing buzzing in my ear and ringing. And then it began to feel like I was under water. I started feeling dizzy. I would spill drinks accidentally or miss steps walking down the stairs. I generally feel as if I am not on the ground. Needless to say I threw the prescription out. If you have sensitive ears, eyes, throat or family history of seizures of other history of imbalance, ear infection, even from swimming, do not take this medicine. I thought I was going to lose my hearing today the ringing and loud noises were unbearable. That said I don't know what caused these symptoms. I liked the evenness that I felt. The health problems this medicine caused me in one week far outwiegh any benefit.

I've been on 100mg Wellbutrin SR for 3 days and I am absolutely amazed at the difference in how I feel. I have energy and ambition to do things I haven't had interest in for years. So far no side effects. Before taking it, when I would get up in the morning, it would take me hours to get going. Now I feel good when I get up. If I feel this good after only 3 days, I can imagine how I'll feel after a month or so. I took Celexa for years and actually think it made me worse. Needless to say it flat lined my libedo. Sure hope the wellbutrin helps with that.

I have been wanting to write this for a few months because I have seen so many questions about side effects/interactions. I started taking SR on a friday, I was fine, Saturday - fine, Sunday - fine, on Monday I went to work, by lunch, all He** broke loose, the dreaded diarrhea. All day Monday was horrible, Tuesday, same thing, by Wednesday I could not take it anymore, so I started researching and found that Wellbutrin (Bedepprion) interacts with caffeine. So Wednesday- no coffee, no diarrhea, Thursday- no coffee, no diarrhea. So I have only drank decaf coffee since, and have had no diarrhea.

I tried to stop smoking several times I the past but never could. Taking this drug made it very easy to stop and not have those cravings. Quitting was actually easy. As my Dr. suggested I took the drug for 6 weeks before attempting to stop. At the 4 week point I picked a day (2 weeks out) that I would stop. I quit on the day picked and never looked back.