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ouch
Veteran Member
Registered: June 2006
Posts: 321
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Mon May 21, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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lifted mood and sex drive better
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made my heart race, had panic attack and anxiety
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Made my heart race - felt way too keyed up on it!
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jimmyjetta
Newly Joined
Registered: May 2007
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Sun May 13, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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it works
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none
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It's funny, years ago the original Wellbutrin had next to no effect on me, either therapeutic or with regards to side effects (although it did make for some real euphoric-type dreams). But I gave it another try recently, this time with Wellbutrin XL: by and large, it works! The therapeutic effects don't feel quite as "complete", for lack of a better term, when compared to the SSRI's I have taken but I don't have any sexual side effects from it either.
I have heard other people say that it amps them up too much (i.e. nervousness and anxiety) but I haven't had any appreciable problems with it.
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statgrrl
Newly Joined
Registered: May 2007
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Fri May 11, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $1.67| Rating: 10
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No sexual dysfunction, no drymouth, no headaches
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Mucho expensivo!
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I've been on antidepressants for approx. 13 years now and have tried (all with little/no success): Prozac, Zoloft, and Celexa. Prozac=NO SEX, Zoloft=DRYMOUTH, Celexa=HORRID HEADACHES.
I am treated for a combination of clinical depression and ADHD, so I finally got a good doctor who decided to put me on Wellbutrin 300mg XL which has been like a gift from the heavens. I now have my life back and in control and can function as a productive member of society once again.
WARNING: My stupid pharmacy/insurance co. refilled my RX with generic Buprion and I just started taking it thinking nothing of it until all my symptoms returned within a few days. It was like night and day - the Buprion is supposed to be the exact same formulation, but I was so severely dysfucntional and depressed that my relationship with my husband crashed and burned, nearly ruining my marriage, since we both had no idea what the hell was going on. I have since made the plea to my doctor to explicitly request the pure and not generic form. I have been back on the good stuff now for a little over a month and things are completely normal again.
Good news: Wellbutrin really does work!
Bad news: I'll likely be on it for life.
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deborah42
Member
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 27
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Mon May 7, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
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no weight gain,loss of appetite
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insomnia ,anger.
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ive been on this med for 3 weeks almost.im not really sure what to say.i guessi feel it makes me very angry to the point where dont look at me that way or ill punch u out.sleep doesnt happen much.eating has slowed down big timebut thats not a big thing [y]
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DePressMe
Grand Magnate
Registered: March 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 3921
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Fri April 27, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $1.25| Rating: 9
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No weight gain or other side effects
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I take the XL, so it is expensive
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Wellbutrin is a good medicine for me. It helps with my depression and I have not noticed any side effects.
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chellebelle
Newly Joined
Registered: April 2007
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Wed April 25, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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Even moods, feelings of happiness, more energy, loss of appetite
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Seems like negative emotions are more obvious
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I have been taking this medication for one week. I have noticed some obvious side affects, which have been mostly positive. I am sleeping great, probably because I don't go to bed all amped up because my brain has been going a mile a minute all day. I have only had one negative side effect. Yesterday, I had a mini anxiety attack, which concerned me enough that I called my doctor. She recommended giving it another week before deciding if I was taking enough. I would definately recommend this to other people. Loss of appetite is a side effect, but in my case that just fine with me!
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terry
New Member
Registered: April 2007
Posts: 5
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Tue April 24, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $1.00| Rating: 1
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None
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anxiety, insomnia
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It may be great for some people, but for me it did absolutely nothing.
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prime23
New Member
Registered: April 2007
Location: California
Posts: 5
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Tue April 17, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
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Got rid of my depression. No sexual side effects (except good ones).
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Made me manic
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Wellbutrin got rid of my depression twice. It worked well, too well. It was like meth. I wound up in the hospital with psychotic mania both times. I think this is a good drug for major depressives, but bipolars need to be careful, especially if they have a history of major manic episodes.
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lunakit
Newly Joined
Registered: April 2007
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Thu April 12, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 3
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eliiminated panic attacks
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mania, agitation, aggressiveness, outbursts of temper, sleeplessness
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I'm bipolar with a tendency toward dysphoric mania. I took this for a few months several years ago, along with 4mg/day of xanax. At first I felt pleasantly energized ~ my manias are usually dysphoric so I enjoyed feeling over-the-moon happy for a while instead of paranoid and angry. And I didn't get any panic attacks while I was on this med. But after a month or so I started becoming more and more angry-manic, pissed off all the time and picking fights with everyone. And sleep? Forget it. It didn't work for me at all in long term so I got off it. Beware of Wellbutrin if your bipolar disorder scews towards mania. It might work well for depressives but my pdoc gets a 1 for prescribing this for a mostly-manic patient!
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DoubtingThomasina
Junior Member
Registered: April 2007
Location: North Dakota, ASA
Posts: 13
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Wed April 11, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $12.00| Rating: 5
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PROS:
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Lifts you out of major depression
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CONS:
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leaves you feeling unlike yourself
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After my horrifying experience with Lexapro (especially the sexual dysfunction), I was put on Wellbutrin. It helped slightly with my depression but made me feel like I was in someone else's body. I eventually flushed them all down the toilet.
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Dru1981
New Member
Registered: April 2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 4
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Tue April 10, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $2.00| Rating: 9
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lost weight, helped me quit smoking and drinking, elevated mood
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horrible anxiety, memory problems
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I believe that if I didn't have underlying anxiety problems then I would have a higher opinion of this medication. If you have anxiety issues I wouldn't recommend wellbutrin as it caused me almost unbearable panic attacks at times. It worked wonders on my depression, and helped me free myself from alcohol, nicotine, and pain killer addiction. As the panic attacks tended to happen after my second dose of the day, I managed them by taking the second dose just before falling asleep. This tended to cause problems if I couldn't get myself to quickly fall asleep as Wellbutrin caused insomnia.
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tricia
Newly Joined
Registered: June 2004
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Sun March 11, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $40.00| Rating: 8
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works well for me
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none
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I have only been taking wellbutrin for a few months and so far it has been working for me.
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Juliana
Grand Member
Registered: March 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 887
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Sat March 3, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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no physical side effects for me
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CONS:
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made me extremely depressed, confused, suicidal
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I took Wellbutrin for about 5 weeks to help with mild depression. It threw me into a black hole. I became extremely depressed and had suicidal thoughts (something I had never experienced before). I was too confused and depressed to realize the Wellbutrin was the cause of this deep depression and suicidal thoughts. I became convinced that the SSRIs I had taken in the past had permanently damaged my brain and I would never be myself again so life wasn't worth living. Fortunately, I had a scheduled doctor's appointment. My doctor saw the horrible state I was in and told me to stop taking Wellbutrin immediately. I was on a very low dose, so she said there was no way to wean myself off it; I just needed to stop taking it. Within a few weeks, I was back to the mild depression I had started with... a huge improvement over how I felt on Wellbutrin!
I took Wellbutrin's close relative, Zyban, about 10 years ago to try to quit smoking. I didn't have any depression or anxiety before I started taking it, but I was a mess while I was on it. I was angry, surly and argumentative in the mornings, then I would be in a great mood in the afternoon, and by 6 PM I would be in tears and would spend my evenings feeling miserable. I also developed a phobia of escalators. I was on one while taking Zyban and the stairs started getting narrower and then wider (zooming in and out) and I freaked and didn't want to get on an escalator again. That phobia stayed with me after I stopped taking Zyban. It also didn't help me quit smoking. Cigarettes tasted nasty, but I kept smoking. I just felt miserable while I was smoking. I lasted about 4 weeks on Zyban. I noticed there's no place to review Zyban on the Zyban page. That's why I'm mentioning it here. My friend was on it at the same time as me. She became nasty and paranoid while on it. She didn't quit smoking either.
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MrsDocW
Newly Joined
Registered: January 2007
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Sat January 20, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $2.00| Rating: 10
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Seems to really help without a lot of side effects
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If I take it too late in the day, it can interfere with my sleep
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I found Wellbutrin to be very effective with little or no side effects. Unlike other meds, if I missed a dose, I suffered no immediate ill effects.
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Direction
Magnate
Registered: December 2006
Location: Midwest, USA
Posts: 2704
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Fri January 12, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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It works with little sexual side affects
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CONS:
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None so far
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For me it was an improvement over Lexapro
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sallyoop
Newly Joined
Registered: December 2006
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Wed December 20, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $3.00| Rating: 7
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no weight gain, lots of energy
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increases anxiety and expensive
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I startedtaking Wellbutrin because I had gained 30 pounds on Zoloft. The good news is that I have actually lost 5 pounds on Wellbutrin, and I haven't even really been trying.
If you have anxiety, this is probably not the drug for you because it really seems like it exacerbates the problem. I might have to d/c use because my anxiety is through the roof..(I can't breathe, I feel like I am choking even if everything in my life is fine). Interestingly, I sleep much better on this than I did on Zoloft. I could never achieve a deep, restful sleep on Zoloft, but I can with Wellbutrin, if I can just make myself relax enough to fall asleep.
The bad dreams I had on Zoloft are not present on Wellbutrin, but I feel kinda wired all of the time.
I think my depression is better while taking Wellbutrin than it would be without, but I don't really feel peace or joy. I just feel more levelled off, or rather, not depressed. Also, Zoloft numbed my emotions, Wellbutrin allows me to feel everything more. And sex is better than its ever been.
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Amerikasend
Account Suspended
Registered: December 2006
Location: Merryland
Posts: 22
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Tue December 5, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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???none
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Just made life even worse
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This stuff didn't work for me at all. It made my life turn to crap very quickly (although it was already crap, but not as bad as when on wellbutrin) It made me very hostile towards everyone. I got super depressed.
I talked to some of my buddies that have took it and they all suggested to stop taking it as soon as possible and to yell at my pdoc for prescribing such a worthless med
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Eleora
Member
Registered: May 2006
Location: Canada and D.C.
Posts: 359
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Sat November 25, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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PROS:
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Increased energy, less depression
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Anxiety, insomnia, restlessness
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Found the medication works very well against my depression. I'm at 300mg with the intention of going to 450mg, and I have never had an overly hard time with the side effects. Didn't give me the headaches or stomach aches SSRI's did. Only thing that has been a minor problem was anxiety, but once I got accustomed to the medication it was nonexistent.
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SerenitysWave
Grand Poohbah
Registered: December 2005
Location: Vermont
Posts: 1529
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Sun October 22, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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did experience relief from depression, anxiety, panic and SI..plus I lots weight and quit smoking
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none
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I would consider taking it again. It worked well while it lasted. I took this medication in comjunction with Lexapro. The combintaion worked well for me for about a year and a half.
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AlteredState01
Poohbah
Registered: October 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1062
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Tue October 10, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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No response to this med.
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This medication had no effect whatsoever on me, even when dosage increased. Had to give up trying this med because depression returning quickly.
Didn't do a damn thing for my smoking either!
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Sher
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Registered: May 2006
Posts: 34
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Thu September 28, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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gives me a bit of an energy boost, have experienced no side effects
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has been a great tratment for my depression. no side effects and no wieght gain
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Sun September 24, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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got rid of my depression a couple winters ago, increased sexual desires
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Wellbutrin was added to my mix a couple winters ago when I fell into a depression. It worked very well. I discontinued it when spring came & I would add it again if the depression returned.
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darkeyes
Elder
Registered: May 2001
Location: US
Posts: 6684
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Fri September 15, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 3
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I didn't feel any different with my depression,and it didn't reduce my craving for cigarettes)
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like the other newer AD's (SSRI's) you can have "nerve jerks/jumps",sort of like when the doc checks reflexes.
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I have found this med,to be just the same as the others in this category,not effective and over rated.
I do stress they may work well for others and I urge those to stick with their treatment plan.
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eskielover
Legendary Wise Elder
Registered: October 2004
Location: Kentucky, USA
Posts: 24751
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Thu September 14, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $10.00| Rating: 2
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anxiety & depression increased, pounding heart, no sleep, lack of appetite & migraine pain
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I was perscribed wellbutrin right after prozac. My serious weight loss had already started & this just pushed it into dangerous. On top of that, my heart was pounding hard & I couldn't sleep. My anxiety & depression levels increased. The migraine pain continued to increased which added to the nausea feelings that helped keep me from wanting to eat. This was the weight loss that pushed me into needing medical treatment because my weight wasn't being monitored. I didn't mind the weight loss, so wasn't pushing to stop taking the med except for the migraine pain which I couldn't handle. Once it was determined that it was having such a serious effect on my weight, it was stopped.
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wi_fighter
Magnate
Registered: April 2005
Location: Tornado country
Posts: 2544
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Wed September 13, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $8.00| Rating: 10
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Energy boost, no negative sexual side effects on XL (24 hour) preparation. Much improved mood on SA (12 hour) preparation
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High anxiety, restlessness, irritability, insomnia, constant crying on XL. None on the SA version.
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First the XL review: The 150 mg dose seemed to work pretty well, but doctor wanted to eventually get me to 450 mg since that's what "the books" say the dosage should be. At 300 mg I started having vision problems and low blood pressure, had tremors to the point of being a danger behind the wheel, couldn't sleep, constantly cried, snapped at everyone. I also gained 5 pounds within about a week of going to 300 mg. It caused increased sexual desire and response.
I'd give this product a rating of 1 overall.
Now the SA version: Started at 100 mg once a day for a week and then increased to 200 mg once a day thereafter. This strength and dose delivery seems to be the magic combination. I have all of the benefits with none of the complications. Per my P-doc's orders, I take both pills in the morning instead of splitting the dose so it doesn't cause any sleep disruption. The half life is long enough that it doesn't wear off if you wait 24 hours between doses, even though it's only delivered over 12 hours. I've had little if any weight gain (1-2 pounds at best) even though my appetite has increased. I'm currently 2 pounds below my weight when I started this version. My best guess is that my metabolism increased as well, so my weight has stayed pretty much the same even though my food intake has risen, and I had a healthy appetite to begin with, even with suboptimally treated depression.
I'd give this product an overall rating of 10.
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Anonymous
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Thu July 13, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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PROS:
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powerful antidepressant...works quickly
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personality change possible
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This does what it is says it does, but gave me a totally careful, somewhat reckless attitude about things, caused arrogance and impatience on my part.
In addition felt like i was high most of the time and very much in control and great energy boost.
(also caused increase in sexual activity)
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