Has anyone had any side effects from wellbutrin?? Like weight gain??? Or loss of sex drive?? The two worsts ever!





Has anyone had any side effects from wellbutrin?? Like weight gain??? Or loss of sex drive?? The two worsts ever!




Been on it for almost a year and no negative side affects. As a matter of fact, my sex drive came back.





I like to have a few drinks at work. Is this a bad idea while taking this?? Or is it like drinking on a muscle relaxer??




Wellbutrin is known for causing not causing sexual side effects and weight gain like SSRIs. Generally a problem associated with Wellbutrin can be increased anxiety. Not everyone reacts to it the same way, however.
You're not really supposed to drink on it, but I think in moderation (like a few drinks a week) is okay.
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I was on it several years ago and hated it. I was so nauseous on it, even the thought of simple food made me puke. My doctor took me off it immediately.
Horniness. Decreased appetite.
It causes me to sweat a little more, I agree with the horniness and decreased appetite, it also gives me more energy and a desire to exercise. While I'm first on it I have trouble sleeping and get more headaches, but both go away after a few weeks. You're not supposed to drink while taking it. I drink while taking it sometimes (naughty me) and nothing has happened except it makes me drunk a little faster.
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I've been taking it off and an for about 10 years because it is pretty much the only anti-depressant that works on me. I don't have any really bad side effects except for the way it messes with my appetite. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does I puke if I just smell food, and it actually pains me to try and eat stuff. When I'm like that I just drink really big smoothies, because it doesn't bother me to drink things.





Same here... and my orgasms were incredible while I was on it. It helped me curb a lot of my emotional/compulsive eating. I'm actually thinking about going back on it when my helath insurance kicks in come December.
The only negative thing I remember is a weird metallic taste in my mouth for the first week on it... that's it. My Dr. warned me that taking my second pill (this was before the time released version became standard) too close to bed time may keep me up... wasn't a problem.




i suffered from terrible insomnia while i was on it.
that stuff was horrible. zoloft is magical for me.
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I took that stuff for a few days. I had to quit cause I couldn't sleep. It did make me very horny tho...it was crazy!![]()
my sister in law took it and it made her suicidal, she was took off it immediately. but everyone's different i guess.
I agree with the increased sex drive and loss of appetite. It works very well for ED recovery imo. My doc said not to drink a lot because you will get drunk much faster. I had a few cocktails with my hubby a week or so ago and didn't notice that much of a dif though. Keep some Tylenol handy too because at first you may have some really bad headaches, and watch out for the caffeine in the morning, to much can cause shakiness.





It's been a blessing for me. Nothing on earth gives me a sex drive, but it does decrease my appetite. I never notice that I'm cheerier, but my friends comment on how I sound less like I'm about to drive off a bridge. Which, I guess so. It just evens me out...does make me sleep a little less though, but it's so not that bad. It has not made me less inclined to smoke, however. I thought it would do that. Oh well.



I just started taking Wellbutrin a month or so ago for depression. Prozac turned me from sex goddess to someone who found it hard to get aroused for 2 years. Anyways, I'm soooo horny now! I have all these vivid sex dreams and even woke myself up one morning humping my body pillow. The first week it was really difficult to eat. I probably lost 5 pounds. My appetite is normal, maybe slightly decreased now.
Like all the other ladies said, weight loss and more arousal. My orgasms seemed...shallower then. Not so deep and fulfilling. And yes, I got drunk quicker and had much worse hangovers.





Weight loss, no desire to smoke cigarettes, and initially I felt jittery and nauseous, but that went away. Oh yeah, instead of being able to sip cocktails through the night, I got fucked up off like 2 drinks. I mean FUCKED UP. It was rlly strange.
I love Wellbutrin. I've had no negative side effects from it.
For those saying they only took it a few days, did you start off taking the full dose or did you work up to it? The reason I ask is because the first time I was prescribed Wellbutrin I took the full dose right away and it made me feel terrible. That is also true for some other anti-depressants I've taken. I find that if you take half the prescribed dose (or even 1/4) for a week and then increase it gradually, that works best.




^If you are cutting the pills in half though, this can change the way the medication is released, depending. I know this is true for the XL version of most pills.










Well I remember working from a smaller dose to a bigger one. Initially I was just given this 'sample' bottle of Wellbutrin XL 150mg. My doc advised me to take one when I wake up. After a few days, she told me to add a dose about 6 hours after the first one. Then I got the actual prescription which was a bottle of the 150mg and a bottle of the 300mg. My full dosage ended up being a 300mg in the AM, then a 150mg in the afternoon.
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