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24 patient evaluations for Bupropion with a side effects rating of ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate

Purposes: C-PTSD (Complex post-traumatic stress disorder) and Depressed mood (Started Apr 10, 2012)
Date Dosage C-PTSD (Complex post-traumatic stress disorder) Perceived effectiveness Depressed mood Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 17, 2012 300 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Sep 17, 2012
Advice & Tips
Have someone you trust remind you to take the medicines. I have my wife who reminds me, although I have the medicine in the cupboard by the glasses. When I experience headaches with the buproprion, I take some Aleve or Motrin.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Depressed mood (Started Dec 14, 2011)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 11, 2012 300 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Jan 11, 2012
Advice & Tips
Wellbutrin got me out of a Major Depressive episode. It kicked in in about 2.5 weeks. I've been on Wellbutrin twice before and that's what I notice about it--the response is not gradual but sudden. In other words, it should be easy to tell when it's staring to work because you can "feel" it. For a few days, after the 2.5 weeks I also experienced increased energy and motivation, as well as a renewed pleasure in activities I used to enjoy. This, as in prior occasions, was short-lived. It might not make me "cheerfully happy" but I will give it credit for consistently lifting me out of major depressive states.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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  • QuietGuy
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 1 star
    Dysthymia
    Depression: 0
    Mania: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Anxiety: 1
    Compulsion: 1
    External Stress: Severe
    Rx Therapy
    63 M
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
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  • by QuietGuy
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Purposes: Fatigue, Problems concentrating, Dysthymia, and Depressed mood (Started Jan 23, 2008)
Date Dosage Fatigue Perceived effectiveness Problems concentrating Perceived effectiveness Dysthymia Perceived effectiveness Depressed mood Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 19, 2011 13 mg Daily ? ? Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
Sep 30, 2010 25 mg Daily ? ? ? ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Aug 05, 2009 68 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default ? Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Feb 21, 2009 68 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default MildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
Nov 10, 2008 60 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
Aug 19, 2008 60 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
Side effects:
Sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic!, Alcohol consumption, Craving alcohol, Irritable and grouchy, Hypersexuality
Date
Dec 19, 2011
Advice & Tips
Titrated downward twice in two weeks for the usual adverse effects: hypersexuality, insomnia, craving alcohol, slight hyperacusis (ear pulse), mild teeth grinding.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Sep 30, 2010
Advice & Tips
At prescribed doses, induced hypomania. At lower doses, may have helped with concentration, depression and fatigue—or not. Did keep me awake if I took it after noon. Stopped because I came to see it as contributing to irritability. This gets complicated, because giving it up can do the same—perhaps because it's habituating/addictive. Be all that as it may, I feel better off without it now.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Aug 05, 2009
Advice & Tips
Dosage, dosage, dosage! Be observant about effects, report them, and work with your prescriber to optimize the dose. Micromanage as needed. Use the instant mood readings to spot trends. Get multiiple prescriptions (in different dosages) if that's what you need to manage and your prescriber will cooperate.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Feb 21, 2009
Advice & Tips
Be vigilant about effects, particularly hypomania, and how they relate to dosage and timing of dose. Charting your instant mood can be very helpful for this. It works for me to adjust the dose according to my pattern of good and bad days, and this helps a lot in evening out my moods. If you notice tinnitus, particularly pounding in the ears at night, check out other causes; bupropion may be making you more sensitive to something that you can fix with an earwash or other measures.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Nov 10, 2008
Advice & Tips
Dosage, dosage, dosage! Observe the effects, and work with your prescriber to find the dose that's best for you (assuming this is the right drug for you, which of course may not be the case). Through quite a bit of trial and error, I arrived at a dose of about 60 mg a day, which I manage by taking 50 mg (half a 100 mg tablet) 4 days a week and 75 mg (the smallest tab available) 3 days a week. I'm generally sensitive to medications, and many people tolerate and benefit from much more, but the same principle applies: weigh the cost and benefits and see if you can optimize their balance through adjusting dosage (always in consultation with your prescriber).
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Aug 19, 2008
Advice & Tips
This is in my experience and according to a friend's report a "speedy" drug. Watch effects carefully and be prepared to adjust dosage as needed.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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  • Patientwiz
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 1 star
    Major Depressive Disorder
    Depression: 2
    Mania: 0
    Emotional: 2
    Anxiety: 1
    Compulsion: 0
    External Stress: Severe
    Rx
    30 M
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Low
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  • by Patientwiz
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Purposes: Tobacco Addiction and Major Depressive Disorder (Started Aug 04, 2011)
Date Dosage Tobacco Addiction Perceived effectiveness Major Depressive Disorder Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 04, 2011 150 mg/24 hours Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Sep 04, 2011
Advice & Tips
My temper became very short while on this medication. I had some trouble with insomnia for a few nights during the treatment.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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  • Buffy1
    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 0 stars
    Major Depressive Disorder
    Depression: 2
    Mania: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Anxiety: 2
    Compulsion: 1
    External Stress: Moderate
    Rx Therapy
    66 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
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  • by Buffy1
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Purposes: Treat my mood condition(s) and Depressed mood (Started Aug 01, 2009)
Date Dosage Treat my mood condition(s) Perceived effectiveness Depressed mood Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Aug 14, 2011 2 x 150 mg/24 hours Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Aug 14, 2011
Advice & Tips
The Wellbutrin helped almost immediately. I am best in the monings and evenings still but there is lots of energy, but I feel a bit like a robot
Cost
$25-49 monthly
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Purpose: ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) (Started May 06, 2010)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Aug 10, 2011 300 mg Daily Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_defaultNone ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
May 16, 2010 150 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
May 07, 2010 150 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Aug 10, 2011
Advice & Tips
After some time and with the help of a counselor it became clear that my problem wasn't rooted in depression but in anxiety. The Bupropion XL was exacerbating that.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
May 16, 2010
Advice & Tips
I can't tell if it's doing anything yet. No side effects.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
May 07, 2010
Advice & Tips
On my second day. I haven't noticed anything at all.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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  • jcavese
    Data Quality: 1 star
    • Sex: Female
    • Age: 48y
    Condition: Endometrial Cancer 2 additional condition(s)
    Quality of Life:
    • Mental: Moderate
    • Physical: Mild
    I am: Neutral
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  • by jcavese
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Purpose: Depressed mood (Started Feb 15, 2006)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 01, 2011 150 mg/24 hours Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purposes: Increase effect of another treatment and Major Depressive Disorder (Started Jan 20, 2011)
Date Dosage Increase effect of another treatment Perceived effectiveness Major Depressive Disorder Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 02, 2011 100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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  • by KatB
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Purposes: Major Depressive Disorder, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic pain (Started May 10, 2010)
Date Dosage Major Depressive Disorder Perceived effectiveness Fibromyalgia Perceived effectiveness Chronic pain Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 01, 2011 300 mg/24 hours Daily Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Jan 01, 2011
Advice & Tips
It helped me quit smoking & that was the only reason I kept taking it. I took it for about a year because i was afraid i'd start smoking again without it if I quit too soon. Finally I just got tired of being so nauseated so I had my dr change it to something else. I told my dr it actually didnt help my depression at all, apparently it was the wrong medication for my type of depression.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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  • COOPERATI
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 1 star
    Schizophrenia
    Depression: 4
    Mania: 2
    Emotional: 4
    Anxiety: 4
    Compulsion: 4
    External Stress: Overwhelming
    Rx Therapy
    39 M
    Function: Low
    Distress: High
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  • by COOPERATI
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Purpose: Major Depressive Disorder (Started Oct 02, 1996)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 04, 2010 400 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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