Bupropion / naltrexone and Anxiety: What Users Say (Page 5)

• Man...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 3, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started taking Contrave mid-Nov 2017. I have some minor side effects on the days I upped the dose, as expected. I’ve been on the maintenance dose for about 3 weeks. I’ve been so happy and excited; I’ve lost 10 pounds and feeling great. Well, 8 days ago I started getting severe headaches, nausea, anxiety, rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, serious brain fog, etc. etc. I called my NP today, and she definitely thinks it’s the Contrave. I haven’t taken any today, and guess what?! No headache and nausea; go figure. I feel so defeated! I’d finally found something that helped encourage weight loss, and OF COURSE I can’t take it anymore. Beware that you can feel normal for WEEKS before experiencing debilitating side effects."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 15, 2017

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I first started taking Contrave last year. I lost over 35 pounds, and I never had any problems with taking them. But this time, I just started 2 weeks ago. After my one pill for a week, I started feeling anxiety. I just started caving in, and I can't catch my breath. When I got on the two pills in the morning and one at night, I did it for two days, and then I had to stop. I've been off of them for a week now, but I really want to lose weight. I'm 38 pounds overweight, so I started them back 2 days ago, and I started back on just one pill a day. I've noticed the heaviness in my chest is coming back. Should I continue taking these pills?"

• Drg...
• November 28, 2017

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I started taking it about a month ago, very similar experience to many on this thread: nausea, weird dreams, anxious. Developed an abscessed tooth. Had to stop taking it because the antibiotic intensified the nausea. Have lost about 6 pounds, have less appetite, but not sure I will continue because of the nausea and anxiety. I thought the Wellbutrin was a mood elevator, I haven’t experienced that at all."

• Mah...
• March 28, 2015

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Lost 8.8 lbs week one. A little jittery and dry mouth for side effects. So far, so good!"

• TMa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 3, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I took Contrave for 3 weeks, and it made me shaky and was always dizzy. I had to come off it as I had a bad experience and now suffer from anxiety and constant dizzy spells. This drug is not healthy."

• AJa...
• February 14, 2019

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Week 3, heart racing, dry mouth, nervous. I decided to stop the meds."

• Ann...
• April 19, 2016

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Tried it for a few days - just the one in the AM. Nausea. Gas from the sulfur pits of hell. The runs. Stomach pain. Jittery. Sleepless. Of course, I am not eating much. But. No. Just. No."

• piz...
• November 5, 2015

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "Wanted so much for this to work for me, but I had side effects that were not bearable, such as severe agitation, high anxiety, and irritability from one pill."

• Ann...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 13, 2018

For Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight) "I am on day 3 of the ramp-up, 1x2 daily. I cannot sleep, my head is fuzzy. Is it lack of sleep or the medicine? A bit jittery, but I am not hungry."