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Aug 14, 2011 (Started Aug 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 x 150 mg/24 hours Daily
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
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 10, 2011 (Started May 06, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
  • Side effects
    Moderate
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
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

May 16, 2010 (Started May 06, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I can't tell if it's doing anything yet. No side effects.
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 7, 2010 (Started May 06, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: On my second day. I haven't noticed anything at all.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 10, 2011 (Started Aug 05, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (nausea and vomiting)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Unable to take this medicine as the nausea was severe with vomiting
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 13, 2011 (Started Feb 11, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tiredness)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 20, 2010 (Started Feb 11, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for tiredness)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 9, 2009 (Started Feb 11, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tiredness)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Feb 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Jan 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (extreme sedation)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: Be careful because it causes severe sedation.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Dec 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (loss of sex drive (libido))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 15, 2011 (Started Feb 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily

Apr 15, 2010 (Started Feb 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Effectiveness
    Can’t tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 13, 2011 (Started Jun 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: maybe giving me more energy
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 24, 2011 (Started Mar 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (depression with anxiety)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: At one point, I upped the dosage to 450 mg/day (on the advice of my doctor) and had some pretty horrid side effects. My mood became really flat, and I felt kind of disoriented.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: depression with anxiety

Apr 4, 2011 (Started Mar 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (depression with anxiety)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: My doctor had me go up to 450mg of bupropion, and within a day I was having fairly severe depression and anxiety. I dropped the dosage back after just three days at that dosage.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: depression with anxiety

Apr 8, 2010 (Started Mar 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 x 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: depression with anxiety
  • 0 helpful marks
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