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I just started wellbutrin (today is day 5) and I am having crummy side effects- headache, bad dreams, feeling dizzy.  Anyone else had these?  Did they go away with time?

I was on Wellbutrin for two months, but had HORRIBLE side effects on it... I felt paranoid, had horrible nightmares, and was always irritable. It was very, very scary. I have a history of really bad anxiety, and I think Wellbutrin isn't great for people who have anxiety... it just made me feel more anxious. If you're starting to have side effects, talk to your doctor. If you are taking it for depression and not for trying to quit smoking, there are a lot of different drugs and everyone responds differently to them, so there is no reason to stay on Wellbutrin if you're having such bad side effects. Good luck and make sure you talk to your doctor about it! I was embarrassed and waited a long time and suffered the side effects way more than I needed to, I wouldn't want anyone else to go through that!

I'm on the generic form of Wellbutrin and have no noticable side effects. I was on Lexapro, but  I did not tolorate it well at all. Sometimes with antidepressants it's about finding the right one to work with your body. What works in one person may not work in another. Also sometimes there are just side effects at first as your body adjusts to the medication.

My side effects are doing better, mainly just nightmares.  My doctor told me to stay at 150mg since some people get relief on that dose and see what happens.  (I was going to go to 300 after 1 week.)  I have been on for 1.5 weeks, still no improvement.  When did you notice a difference?

I was on Wellbutrin for about 10 months.  I did notice a stomachache the first week or two I was on it.  That tapered off.  It was quite helpful for me.  I was on it for moderate depression and anxiety.  

I tried anti-depressants about six months ago when I was absolutely miserable for weeks for no reason.  I lasted a total of five days taking Wellbutrin.  It was honestly worse than the depression.  I had dizziness, headaches, weakness, upset stomach, cotton mouth (which is even worse than dry mouth) and severe anxiety.  On the fifth day (I had told myself that I would at least try a week) I couldn't get up from the couch because I was too weak from not being able to eat anything for two days.  I talked to my doctor who said I should stop immediately not taking the pill.  I immediately felt better and I remember how good I felt to not take the pill because it was the first time I felt good in a long, long time. 

In my experience it all depends on the person, as demonstrated by the people above who had no side effects.  I am now taking a low dose of amitriptylene, an old school antidepressant and it is wonderful.  It is doing its job in a very non-intrusive way and I have had zero side effects.  Plus it helps me sleep.

As a side note, since taking the Wellbutrin I have talked to a lot of people who took it and they had a terrible time going off of it.  My doctor had failed to mention that you basically go through withdrawal and can spend months or even years slowly tapering yourself off.  It was another reason why I decided to try a different kind of antidepressant entirely at an extremely low dose.  I am glad that I did.

Has anyone else been really irritable while on it?  My husband and I are still ironing out the quirks of us living together, and he is sooooo irritating me, and I don't know if that's the moving in together thing or the wellbutrin.