I was taking Wellbutrin XL 150mg to assist me with smoking cessation. I was so anxious (I thought from not having tobacco), so they upped my dose to 300mg and that is when I had my first panic attack. and they took me off the medication I have never been the same and this was 11 years ago. I now suffer with tremors, continuous anxiety over nothing that should cause anxiety and daily panic attacks. I truly believe that the Wellbutrin changed something in my brain, that seems to be irreversible. I have been searching for answers ever since.
I've taken it off and on since it came out. It may have been one of the best...if any actually were. I was usually prescribed a benzodiazepine and/or a hypnotic to cope with side effects; insomnia, racing heartbeat, anxiety. I had an abnormal EEG after a few years after first prescribed. Abnormal in the sense that it showed a "spiking and slowing typically seen in seizure disorders" but I lived alone and if I had seizures, they were not noticeable to me. I heeded the neurologist's warning and didn't drive for several months. I have each of the long term effects mentioned by others here as back to 2008. Aging seems to have accelerated intolerance physically and emotionally. I am now 62. My GI system is messed up from end to end and natural sleep seems impossible. Short term memory issues and spontaneous tremors/shaking have occurred in this last six months and the GI issues so bad, I can no longer leave unless I fast while I am out and/or take an OTC anti-diarrhea along. Concerned about overuse of the latter OTC med, I usually choose the former...safer option.
I feel like the Wellbutrin does not work as well anymore. I too Wellbutrin for 10 years and loved the side effects. Ten years later, I started again and it does not work as well? Why? I lost weight, stopped oversleeping and felt normal?
It is band in ENGLAND for over stimulating 3, heart patients died in tests , NOT A MED FOR ANXIETY
What was your reason to be on Wellbutrin? I have just started on generic brand bupropion 150mg XL. trying to cope with adult ADHD.
Hi, I have been taking Wellbutrin 300 for 5 years now and I have been diagnosed now with CFS. Before taking Wellbutrin I was healthy, energetic, good memory, no pains and no myalgia. Just recently I started thinking the cause of my CFS could be long term use of Wellbutrin and after reading your post I might try to get off it.