Wellbutrin SR User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

• Anon
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 30, 2018

For Depression "I took wellbutrin 150mg for 1 week then 300mg for about 5 maybe 6 months and then my doctor increased my dosage to 400 mg mixed with 100mg of Zoloft and I'm shaky, irritated and more prone to crying. I have split personality disorder and its been throwing me into different ones and on top of that I have PTSD and mood disorder plus I'm bi polar type 2 and I've been thrown into my manic states more often. It sucks."

• apple...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 5, 2021

"Started smoking at 19. Quit when I was 28 to have a baby then started again after my brother passed away(30). Now 32 and really wanted to quit. Started taking the 100mg dose due to me being sensitive with medication, after 2 months of only having a decrease in my anxiety with only having 1 or 2 smokes in may pack, I called my doctor to increase my dose. After 10 days on 150mg I finally said enough is enough and haven't smoked for 8 days now. I haven't had an actual urge to smoke. its mostly a fleeting thought and then its gone, I haven't even had withdrawal symptoms. My 4 year old even noticed I'm not smoking anymore."

• Joano
• November 8, 2018

For Depression " I feel the same way as someone else on here - super irritated and angry . Have ruminations of the past. I'm stopping it today. I have a mood disorder and this makes it bad. Plus I feel weepy too. I can deal with the depression until I find a better med."

• 89UY6...
• November 24, 2009

For Depression "I have been prescribed many medications and I must say that Wellbutrin has been my life saver. I can honestly say that not all medicines are right for everyone. If you feel that you current medicines are not helping... please talk to your doctor."

• BlueM...
• July 21, 2009

For Bipolar Disorder "Been on Wellbutrin and Clonezapam since 1994 to treat my bipolar. I was put on Wellbutrin SR in 2000. Works very well for my condition. Feel very even keeled and all my troubles evaporates in thin air. I don't feel irritable or obsessed over things like I used to. Side effects I have experienced. I have to be careful during the summer months when its extremely hot. I get dehydrated very quickly. Drink lots of water and drinks with electrolytes. Decrease in sex drive due to vaginal dryness. "

• kkenyon
• February 22, 2009

For Depression "I started Wellbutrin 5 days ago. The first night I felt like my heart was racing and pounding but it went away the next day. Then at work for the past 2 days I have been sweating excessivley and getting the feeling that I need to sit. Last night after taking the medication for 5 days I had the feeling that my head weighed a 1000 pounds and I just felt so dizzy, lightheaded, and weak I could barely walk right. I went to lay down to sleep and all of a sudden I couldn't swallow and was gasping for air. It was so scary. I just couldn't catch my breath. I could feel my throat closing up. I was rushed to E.R and they found I was having an allergic reaction to it."

• mihulka
• January 15, 2018

For Depression "I've been taking this medication off and on for quite a few years and I have mixed feelings about it. If you want lots of energy this is the stuff to take. If you have OCD or an anxiety disorder you might want to pair this with some Effexor or Zoloft. I'm still in the process of figuring out a dose that works good for me. I'm on 450mg xl and 75mg Effexor xl. If you want to drink alcohol keep it to a minimum preferably no more than 3 beers I personally find that it reduces my desire to drink and I'm also going to ask doctor about taking Contrave which is 300 mg Wellbutrin and 12.5 mg Naltrexone for weight loss (Thanks Effexor)"

• Anonymous
• July 10, 2011

For Depression "I used this on and off for several years, never over 150 mg/day. I liked the energy it provided, the suppression of appetite, the low cost (without insurance) and the increased sex drive (as opposed to Prozac/Zoloft which prevented me from reaching orgasm). The downside for me was increased sweating and anxiety. The anxiety was the worst. I now use Ritalin and prefer it."

• Chris...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 6, 2014

For Major Depressive Disorder "I have major depression and post traumatic stress disorder. This medication helps motivate me and it gives a slight boost for my moods I tend to smile more now but still get depressed now and then. It has very little side effects best thing is no sexual side effects! It also helps my anxiety but still have a hard time concentrating which my doc says helps but for me it doesn't it's just a mood stabilizer to me. I give it a 7 out of 10 because it only helps me slightly. I take 150mg twice a day."

• sunny
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 18, 2015

For Major Depressive Disorder "Was on 150mg 2x daily and became increasingly jittery, like too much caffeine, also more anxious, depressed and irritable, it felt like bad speed, just didn't work for me.. I just started on Citalopram hoping that will help anxiety and depression."

• Anonymous
• December 15, 2010

For Depression "I have Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety, and severe ADHD. I took Wellbutrin for four days and at first it was fine then I quickly developed hot flashes and eventually started freaking out and having unrelenting suicidal thoughts. Guess it just didn't work for me, but it didn't make me tired."

• Anonymous
• September 8, 2010

For Depression "I have been taking Wellbutrin SR 150mg for five years. Have been doing really well, but here lately I have been really tired, low sex drive, wanting to eat when I am not hungry. Maybe I need an increase."

• 601mo...
• September 22, 2016

For Depression "I have been on this med for two weeks now and i have yet felt any benefits while starting this med. My doctor told me to take it twice daily they are 100mg. I have been taking it but still feel the same."

• Anonymous
• August 1, 2009

For Bipolar Disorder "I started taking Wellbutrin SR 4 days ago. I took it in addition to Seroquel XR. It helped for a couple of days. During those days I only experienced some dizziness, and decreased appetite and sex drive. Although yesterday evening I was hospitalized with a 5 minute long grand-mal seizure. I don't have a history of seizure disorders, and the Doctors believe that this seizure was caused by Wellbutrin SR. If you take Wellbutrin SR and antipsychotics together, I suggest that you speak with your pharmacist or health provider."

• Nicky...
• January 25, 2021

For Depression "I don't find this an antidepressant rather than a demeanor stimulant/energy enhancer. Goes well with SSRI's, SNRI's and many others as add-on. Personally on 150mg daily I found myself more energetic, needing less sleep, more able to focus for seriously long days, more outspoken and also more irritable. Some restlessness or a stupor-kind of feeling for a couple hours in the afternoon. All of this subsided as the months passed. 1-2 years lead to some kind of tolerance. 300mg doses seemed to give me some more focus but also made feel a bit off. Enhances the focus a little more, and likely possible overt wakefulness, irritability or confusion would subside over time. I still couldn't estimate needing such a dose myself. Initially, a combination of Sertraline and made me hypermanic for a month or two: showed up at parties drinking and talking to everyone, making new acquaintances, life choices ultimately leading to major changes etc. My psychiatrist didn't think it was a problem, though."

• Benzene
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 26, 2014

For Major Depressive Disorder "I took Wellbutrin SR 150, twice a day for about a year along with Zoloft 50 once a day to get myself better after falling into a deep depressive episode. My psychiatrist also recommended the Wellbutrin for helping to stop tobacco products and said that it would help with the depressive episodes. Overall, I really liked this medication for my condition as it had few side effects for me and with the Zoloft (not sure which to give credit to really) my appetite increased and I was able to eat healthier and gain back some of the weight which was lost due to my depression as a whole. After doing more research I did find that Wellbutrin is contraindicated for people with history of epilepsy or seizures in general."

• Ascha...
• August 23, 2016

For Major Depressive Disorder "I hated this medication. It gave me insomnia, I was agitated and fidgety all the time. I was on it for 3 days and noticed I couldn't handle it. I was on for 200mgs per day. In order for me to sleep I had to take 10mgs of melatonin. I was good prior to being on antidepressants. I was also shuddering and had tremors."

• LovelyM
• July 8, 2015

"I absolutely love this medication. I have been taking it for a week and I am not sad, agitated or unfocused. It does cause me to experience some stomach upset but that is offset by the burst of energy I have been experiencing. I love it."

• Pris
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 28, 2020

For Depression "I’ve been talking Wellbutrin for a couple months now and honestly mood wise I have been feeling better. I still have big mood swings (diagnosed with bipolar type2) so it really could be that. Side effects I have noticed would be extreme agitation and severe acne which honestly is disappointing because I used to have really clean and clear skin. Other than that I think it’s pretty cool."

• Katol...
• August 8, 2016

For Major Depressive Disorder "I have been takining Wellbutrin for a month and only seen a slight improvement. I see the md in the am and going to ask for an increase in dosage. Currently I take 75mg once a day. I am sensitive to medications and the md wanted to start low and go slow. Hopefully with the increase it will help out. I rated it 7 because the only side effect that I experienced was a headache"

• Bonkey
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 28, 2022

For Depression "I started on zoloft for depression. Worked wonders, but I had difficulty reaching orgasm and next to no sex drive. Doc prescribed wellbutrin, and it helped, but I was still experiencing sexual dysfunction. I had no trouble reaching orgasm, but it felt like nothing. There was a build up, but no fireworks. Just a faint sense of relief from tension. I was cycled through buspirone, remeron, and trintellix before I gave up on SSRIs altogether. It's been two months on just wellbutrin, and orgasms have gotten better, but they're still not what they were before medication. I'm going to continue taking it, but I'm concerned about the lasting effects from the SSRIs."

• Count...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 13, 2021

For Depression "I started taking Wellbutrin SR 150 mg twice a day for my depression and to quit smoking, everything was getting better, I had a great night sleep by day 2 felt a little lighter with my mood, then on day 4 I felt wrong, and by my nighttime dose I ended up giving a seizure, which I have no history of, and again no sleep and tremors and horrible sweating, I was really hoping this was going to help me but I have never been so scared in my life as I was when I lost control of all my muscles and it took 2 days to start to feel better from it. My muscles hurt, extreme anxiety and insomnia.. be very careful with this drug!"

• Skeptic
• March 10, 2009

For Depression "Good for depression, not for anxiety/depression. I had a history of General Anxiety, it got worse after menopause. I was on different SSRI's, the side effects were awful. When my depression returned, my doctor had me try Wellbutrin SL. It caused agitation, loss of appetite, muscle tremor and sleep disturbances were the worst. It does not help my anxiety, but it did helped depression. I am off it now to try something else in a week."

• Pommom
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 12, 2021

"This med worked great for me for about 3 months and then it’s almost abruptly just stopped working. I also noticed I developed terrible face and back acne while on this med. Since I’ve weaned off, the acne has cleared up significantly so I do feel it was relatively this medication. This med was just ok for me while it was working."

• Anony...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 19, 2024

"I LOVE this medication. I've been on half the antipsychotics on the planet and all of them made me feel even crazier. I've tried SSRIs and an array of anti-anxiety meds. This by far has helped me the most. I started sleeping less (which was good because before I was sleeping for 13 hours), I started feeling awake and alive during the day, my appetite returned to a normal amount, and I was able to concentrate during school."