Have any of you been on Wellbutrin/Bupropion

I just got prescribed it. I’ve taken quite a few AD’s in the past with little help and bad side effects. My doc said this one is different though, and might work like my old ADHD stimulants.

He recommended I take it in the morning because it supposedly wakes people up, and he said it’ll be good for motivation.

He also said something I thought was inappropriate. He said that ‘you can even take a big handful of them trying to overdose and you won’t die’

Seemed weird to say to me, especially since I know it says something on my file about past attempts of suicide with medication.

Anyways, has anyone had any success with this medication? Or was it bad for you? Either way I would like to know other people’s experiences.

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I knew a girl who tried to kill herself with Wellbutrin. It might not have killed her, but she said the experience was really horrible.

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had little more energy and vitality on 150mg
i could do things that were drag to me previously but it felt like it wasnt’t worth the money

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I’ve been on 100 mg x 2 buproprion for many years now. I don’t notice it unless I don’t get it. I get out of sorts when I don’t get to take it. I had my pdoc double the dose for me to 200 x 2, and I got pretty spooky on it. I was afraid I was going to start hallucinating. Now I’m back on 100 x 2, and I’m fine.

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Had a bad experience with Wellbutrin.

What happened? :confused:

Went psychotic from it.

Great experience, if you are a smoker you will most likely quit. That’s how it works. It’s like a really balanced energy boost, it worked well for me.
But the thing is, after two and a half years of taking it it kinda wears off. That’s negative

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I had wellbutrin for depression, did nothing for me

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Thats odd, how much you were taking?

Not sure now was over 10 years ago

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Wellbutrin has been a godsend to me. I have nothing but praise for it.

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Im taking bloody 300 mg. At once. Loll

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I’m on 150 for a week then going up to 300mg as well

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I take 300 mg and I know someone who takes 450 mg. I saw a positive effect at first but not now. I suspect if I discontinued taking it I would notice a difference

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I’m glad it helps with smoking, I’ve been trying to quit for quite a while. Does it stop cravings?

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I took it for a while and it worked alright. Not many side effects if i can remember. Its quite mild as medication goes. I also took it in the morning. It doesn’t wake you up like caffeine but it also doesn’t make you drowsy. It was my favorite anti deppressant before i got prescribed ketamine

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Absolutely. Like two weeks after i started taking it cigarettes suddenly got a bad taste and i felt a little sick when i smoke. I pushed myself to do it anyway lol but wellbutrin won. :slight_smile:

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I didnt know that ketamine is actually prescribed as AD?

It made me hallucinate so I had to stop it. :sun_with_face:

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