177 patient evaluations for Bupropion

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Apr 26, 2022 (Started Apr 27, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: In the fall of 2021, I just wasn't feeling 100% and I thought that if I restarted the Bupropion, I might start to feel more like myself. I had stopped taking the Bupropion for quite some time. Years in fact. It just felt like the Cymbalta needed a little help and I didn't want to go back on the Abilify again. I have decided that I don't like the depression boosters like Abilify. There are just too many side effects with them added to all the other medications. I just don't want to risk another whole list. I think Bupropion helps with my moods also. I seem to be able to stay in a more mellow state.

Oct 1, 2015 (Started Apr 27, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I took the Bupropion until about January of 2015 and then I decided I had had just about enough of a bunch of meds that didn't work so I stopped taking them. Things went south in May 2015 when my Mother-In-Law died unexpectedly and so in April I started back on the Bupropion but my doctor also has me taking Provigil for my fatigue and I am doing a lot better now. I still don't know if the Bupropion is helping me or not. I am still tired a lost. Fatigued body and mind. (Sigh) Even with taking 200mg of Provigil a day. I guess I need more sleep but I don't think that will help any. Even when I get hours and hours of sleep the fatigue is still there. I take the bupropion in the mornings.
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 26, 2013 (Started Apr 27, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 500 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I am very tired all of the time so my psychiatrist has prescribed this medication to see if it gives me any pep. I have been taking it for months now with no change in my exhaustion. As of Feb. 2013 I have been taking 300mg in the morning and 200mg in the afternoon. I forget to take the 200mg in the afternoon a lot of the time.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 8, 2021 (Started Jul 01, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for mild depression)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Decreased Alcohol Tolerance)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 21, 2020 (Started Mar 10, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 9, 2020 (Started Mar 10, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 11, 2018 (Started Mar 10, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2019 (Started Feb 25, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for mild depression)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (shaky hands, jittery feeling)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: If you can't even write you name because the shakes are too much, change to something else.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 10, 2019 (Started Apr 27, 2019)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 27, 2019 (Started Mar 28, 2019)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Twice daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 28, 2018 (Started Mar 26, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg/24 hours Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jun 28, 2010 (Started Mar 26, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: The Drs put me on Wellbutrin XL because with Effexor I have very little sexual desires and Wellbutrin is less invaseave.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 15, 2017 (Started Jul 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly

Mar 9, 2017 (Started Jul 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: take as prescribed, Med reactivated in June 2017
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2017 (Started Jan 04, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 450 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 11, 2018 (Started May 15, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: $200+ monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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