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Reviewer: Lbstrgrl1, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I switched over to Bupropion from Wellbutrin to save money. What a mistake. All I wanted to do was sleep. I wasn't really depressed anymore but very tired. To tired to go to work some days. Pay the extra and get Wellbutrin.
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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i have been taking this for about 2 weeks and so far i have had constipation, extreme nausea,memory loss,irritability,and had panic attacks.i thought i finally found something to make my life easier but it just made it worse.
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Reviewer: marcie, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I've been on this medication for about 2 years, 300 mg daily. There have been no unbearable side effects -- just a tendency toward constipation. In the past, I've used others that were more effective, but had such bad side effects that I had to quit them. Overall, I think this takes the basic depression from about a constant 8 down to a constant 3 or 4. There have been many episode
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Reviewer: Lana, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have become very anxious taking this medication and will see my doctor in a few days to decide what to do. For now I am taking it every other day and feel better. It helped the depressive mood, but made me have panic attacks, sleep distrubance, rapid heart beating when awake.
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