User Reviews for Wellbutrin XL oral

I have been on the medication for almost 4 months. In the first month, it seemed to work, then after that, nothing. & after 4 months, I have noticed that once a month for about 3-4 days, I’m incredibly nauseous all day. Have the worst headaches. Absolutely no energy & no motivation to do a thing. It’s the worst days ever, I have 3 kids so I definitely don’t need that. I fight it of course bc they need me. But it’s very hard. I don’t recommend this medication to anyone

I was on this for almost 5 years. I was very depressed when the psychiatrist gave me this, and it seemed to kick in right away. I felt great for a few weeks on it. Increased mood, productivity, and increased sex drive and better orgasms. As time went on, the effects began to lessen to where I no longer felt that it made much of a difference. I was on 300mg and I was not going to increase it, but I continued taking it. Looking back, I think it elevated my anxiety because I started avoiding people on the street thinking they would attack me after watching some True Crime youtube videos, and I started experiencing a fear of flying when I had never been afraid to get on a plane before. Then last spring, my dad was diagnosed with myeloma, which gave me severe health anxiety. My anxiety was through the roof, I had panic attacks, and literally felt like I would die any minute. There was a tiger in the bushes and I needed to flee. My GP ordered a blood test and they found a very high amount of Wellbutrin in my system. She decreased my dose to 150mg. I then discussed it with a new psychiatrist and he told me to stop taking it. From my own research, I concluded that, since it acts on noradrenaline, it was basically keeping me in fight or flight at all time. I told my doctor this and he said that was correct. My anxiety got so much better after I stopped Wellbutrin. Bottom line: if you just have depression, it's good. If you also have anxiety, I would advise you to stay away or get a low dosage until you find out how it affects you.Read More Read Less

I have been on Wellbutrin for about 4 years now, I absolutely love it, it kicked in fast for me when I first started taking it along with 20mg Lexapro. It has extremely benefitted me by helping me quit self harm and it works very well when it comes to suicidal ideations, I used to deal with self harm and intense suicide urges but Wellbutrin has taken away 80% of the severity

Have been taking generic Wellbutrin 150 XL got 2.5 months. This was added to the Lexapro 10 mg I have been taking. Lexapro worked however needed a bit more help. Doctor suggested adding the Wellbutrin. Since taking the Wellbutrin, intolerable symptoms occurred. Excessive constant thirst. It feels like internal organs are reacting to no water. Stabbing “ice pick” type head aches all day. Scary as hell. Restless at night (trouble sleeping), paranoid, and constipation. No thanks to all of this. Weaning myself off of this and stick to Lexapro. Oh, the Wellbutrin did literally nothing for me as far as depression. Making appt. with my doctor.Read More Read Less

Have been on this medication for 6 weeks for depression and anxiety. 150mg XL once in the morning and I have finally felt back to myself. I never wanted to take antidepressants because I was concerned about the side effects but aside from 2-3 weeks of feeling snappy and angry, it’s settled and I actually feel really good, full of energy and happy. So I’d say it has worked.

It worked for me when I lost my mom. No judgment here but I believe some of these other descriptions are because of them not reading all of the side effects. As soon as you don’t feel right you should call your immediately.

I started 150 xl x1 per day a couple weeks ago and it's been great so far. Depression, ADHD and anxiety are my enemy. I've literally done as little as possible the past few years. Now I feel like I've woken up from a long nightmare. I haven't had a major side effects. A couple nights I didn't sleep well and one slight dizzy thing for a couple seconds but that's all. I have good energy and feel happy.

I lived with depression 1/2 my life. My doctor prescribed Wellbutrin XL and the 1st pill I took I could feel the depression leave my body like a ghost leaving my body. I took it for years with no side effects. I have tried other meds that did nothing. I lost my insurance and couldn't afford it and went back into depression again.

I've been on bupropion xl 11 weeks, I'm still having side effects, is that common? Will they go away?

I have been taking wellbutrin xl 300 mg for a couple of years. Recently the wellbutrin had stopped working so my dr(nurse practitioner) upped my dose to 450mg daily. I thought I was going to die! Body tense up, couldn't see well, tremors,etc. It was awful. This med has a stimulant in it. I don't even drink caffeine so I'm super sensitive to stuff. Beware! I had to call poison control and make sure I wasn't going to die and I was in complete hell for hours. Don't just go work what your Dr tells you. Read More Read Less

Hi everyone. I’m a very healthy 25 year old and this drug, on the FOURTH DAY of taking it, caused me a lot of harm. I was driving home, everything was totally fine, not stressed at all, and then ALL of a sudden- I got dizzy, couldn’t breathe, and almost passed out. Luckily I was able to quickly pull over and call 911. At this point I was shaking uncontrollably, couldn’t swallow my own spit, hyperventilating and still feeling like passing out. My hands and feet were purple and freezing. For the first time in my life I had to go to the ER, and was taken there in an ambulance. Once getting there, for a little while I felt pretty calm, so I thought I should probably just go home instead of being treated. But shortly after, another of these “panic attack” type things came on. This repeated 5 more times at the hospital while they ran tests. (Everything came back normal but blood pressure was very high as well as my pulse at times). eventually they gave me Ativan and then shot me up with Midazolam (a sedative) in order to get my heart rate back down. It was truly terrifying, I was really scared that I was going to have a seizure or something or even die. Reading some of these reviews of the times it worked for people made me really want to try out this anti-depressant but PLEASE re-consider if you want to save yourself thousands of dollars in ER bills. If this can happen to a healthy 25 year old, it can happen to anyone. Read More Read Less

I started Wellbutrin 150 mg approximately 1.5 months ago. Prior to starting this anti-depressant I was crying uncontrollably everyday for weeks, I had no motivation, nothing brought me joy, and had loss of focus and productivity. On the 1st week of taking Wellbutrin 150mg I experienced ínstense headaches and nausea & not much change in my depressed behavior. By the 2nd week, I felt better, more enthusiastic and headache & nausea was gone. Despite not being sad anymore, I still didn’t feel happy. It was like an in between; however it did help minimize my anxiety & irritability. Now fast forward a month later and my MD increased my dose to 350mg. I have reverted back to my depressed self prior to starting the medication all together. Not sure if it’s temporary but it’s been a week now and I’m fighting back tears throughout the day and I’m nauseous all the time with occasional headaches & loss of motivation. I feel helpless and my intrusive thoughts have come back. Had anyone else experienced this after increasing their dose of Wellbutrin?Read More Read Less

I started on 75mg twice a day but was inconvenient and didn’t really feel a major change than went to 150 xl in the am I really wasn’t feeling it I looked into it and just started doing 2 in the am (300 mg) 90% improvement! I feel so so much better about life in general, I’m not constant moody I don’t cry on my way to work anymore . It has helped a considerable amount but you also have to grasp the change and work with it.

Started this medication around 5 years ago for major depressive disorder. Made the switch to Wellbutrin because I found that taking SSRI's made me incredibly anxious, numb feeling and killed my sex drive. For the first few months on Wellbutrin at 150mg, I noticed a high heart rate, dilated pupils (so light sensitivity), and I had a very hard time sleeping. I didn't drink much but when I did I would have a terrible headache the next day which didn't happen before. BUT after 3 months these symptoms almost all but left. My libedo returned, my mood stabilized and I had a lot more energy in the morning. I also found I had less food cravings which was nice cause I would tend to overeat when I was in a mood. When i upped my dose to 300mg my earlier symptoms returned but only for about a month. Overall very happy with this medication and would recommend it for anyone who has had a hard time using SSRIs! Read More Read Less

I take generic Wellbutrin XL 300mg once daily. This was the first antidepressant I took after being take off medication for ADHD. I had depressive episodes that resulted in hospitalizations for me wanting to harm myself or others. The medication typically takes about 3 months to work, after the first 3 months I began to notice that my mood was better, my concentration was improving, and I became more social again. I still take it to this day and like the medication because it is a light stimulant but does not have addictive properties like my previous prescription for Adderall Instant Release which was for my adult ADHD.Read More Read Less

I hate this medication. It does absolutely nothing except make me crabby with 24 hour headaches and crying. I don’t care what happens but I am going to stop it immediately.

This medication did little for my bipolar depression, but it did everything for my sex life. Since being on Sertraline for fourteen years, my libido has not been good. Recently, my doctor added Wellbutrin to try and combat lingering depression. It did little, if anything, for my depression. But man, my libido is roaring again. Having my libido back is a small victory...and I'll take it!!!

150 mg for close to two months. Did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL. No benefits, no side effects, no withdrawal, no anything. I’m convinced the people who’ve experienced positive results aren’t really clinically depressed - it’s just placebo. I thought since it’s supposed to inhibit dopamine reuptake, there would at least be a slight increase in reward or motivation. No. One small Diet Coke, which really doesn’t do much (slight caffeine), does more to make me feel better in one hour than the Wellbutrin did for me at all in the two months I’ve been taking it!! Seriously, might as well be sugar pills. Giving it an extra star because it didn’t make things worse... I guess??Read More Read Less

My appetite has been increased so I gain some weight. I'm calmer on thoughts and psychically .

I started taking wellbutrin 4 months ago. I got sober and came to treatment. I had had enough of the life I was living and was willing to do ANYTHING to help me stay clean. I had depression as a direct result of stopping the drugs I was using. I talked to a doctor and told him my story. He recommended wellbutrin and I agreed to try it out. He started me at 150mg/day for 2 weeks and 300mg/day thereafter. Since I have started taking this medication, I have to honestly say my life has improved 100% I also quit smoking cigarettes. I can't give all of the credit to this medication as there are other important factors that have impacted my recovery, but I do believe that this medication helped me to transition into a healthy and sober lifestyle, and I would recommend it to anyone in my situation for sure.Read More Read Less