177 patient evaluations for Bupropion

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Dec 19, 2011 (Started Jan 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for problems concentrating)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, teeth grinding (bruxism), agitation with irritability, irritability, sleeplessness, alcohol cravings, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, hypersexuality)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 13 mg Daily
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
Side effects: irritability, sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, hypersexuality

Sep 30, 2010 (Started Jan 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for problems concentrating)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, irritability, sleeplessness, alcohol cravings, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, hypersexuality)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
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
Side effects: irritability, sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, hypersexuality

Aug 5, 2009 (Started Jan 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for problems concentrating)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, sleeplessness, alcohol cravings, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, hypersexuality)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 68 mg Daily
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
Side effects: irritability, sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, hypersexuality

Feb 21, 2009 (Started Jan 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for problems concentrating)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, sleeplessness, alcohol cravings, feeling well, energetic)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 68 mg Daily
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
Side effects: irritability, sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, hypersexuality

Nov 10, 2008 (Started Jan 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for problems concentrating)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, sleeplessness, alcohol cravings, feeling well, energetic)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
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
Side effects: irritability, sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, hypersexuality

Aug 19, 2008 (Started Jan 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for problems concentrating)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, sleeplessness, alcohol cravings, feeling well, energetic)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
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
Side effects: irritability, sleeplessness, feeling well, energetic, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, hypersexuality
  • 6 helpful marks

Jul 15, 2012 (Started Mar 09, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: helped with decreasing appetite. helped with increased sex drive. probably "fueling" mania
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 5, 2009 (Started Mar 09, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: for the most part i have little to no appetite when i'm on this drug and was able to loose over 40 pounds after going on it. i've since also gone on lamictal and lithium and have gained about 20 pounds. my daughters say i look much healthier now. i also like this drug because i don't feel it affects me sexually--i.e. it does not affect my sex drive when i am on it. i just have a $10 copay monthly. insurance pays the following.
Cost: $100-199 monthly
  • 5 helpful marks

Apr 14, 2008 (Started Apr 08, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (depressed mood, uncontrollable crying, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts or urges, mood swings)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Side effects: suicidal thoughts or urges, depressed mood, mood swings, uncontrollable crying, panic attacks
  • 1 helpful mark

Nov 24, 2008 (Started Jan 17, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (tremor in hands, dry mouth, headaches, shakiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: shakiness, dry mouth, tremor in hands, tremor in hands, headaches
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 1, 2009 (Started Oct 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (panic attacks, shakiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: When I first began treatment with Wellbutrin the side effects were anxiety and paranoia. After a few weeks the side effects went away. I began to feel better. I could not take this 10 years ago. It wigged me out completely. Now, I am able to take it without the past side effects. I guess its okay to try a medication more than once. I dont know what effect it is having on depression, but i do know it is a little easier to get out of bed in the morning.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: shakiness, panic attacks

Dec 13, 2008 (Started Oct 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Helps my depression and since it is equivalent to Zyban (stop smoking medication) it helps me cut down on my smoking. I quit smoking for six weeks using Wellbutrin and nicotine patches. I started smoking again because I stopped using both and a major event happened in my life. Am back on this medication which will help me two-fold. I already have my new quit date for not smoking.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: shakiness, panic attacks
  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 29, 2008 (Started Mar 25, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 7, 2009 (Started Dec 18, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (anxious mood)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: try it. keep it if it works.if not stop treatment
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: anxious mood
  • 1 helpful mark

Mar 1, 2009 (Started Jun 01, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: Cost is low due to my insurance. The generic that is blue is not as good as the generic that is like the brand name.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Dec 5, 2008 (Started Jul 06, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (ringing in ears (tinnitus), dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: Hard withdrawl
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dry mouth, ringing in ears (tinnitus), ringing in ears (tinnitus)
  • 1 helpful mark

Nov 4, 2008 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: I'M ADVOCATING FOR A CHANGE IN MEDS TO: LAMITAL + ZYPREXA + ZOLFT + ADDRERALL....IT WORKED SOMEWHAT, WHICH IS BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS WHICH WORKED NOT AT ALL.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark
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