See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects. Day to day life is nowhere near as difficult as it was before Wellbutrin. The title is my experience in a nutshell, but I’m gonna flesh out my entire experience from start to finish since this is the post I wish I had found when I first started on this medication.As I write this post I am on my ninth week taking Wellbutrin (also known as bupropion). Be sure to check in with your provider about the side effects as well just to be sure. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Tell me, did you experience any headaches when you started Wellbutrin? Did it ever go away or did you find a way to lesser it? So fuzzy and tired. Things most likely won’t go exactly like this for everyone, but you can think of this as an existence proof that this medication can help.I’d also like to mention that I was in therapy during this entire process and have been since January of last year, so the relationship stability definitely came as a product of that as well. My depression was still as horrible as ever, but yesterday and today I feel calmer? It’s insane that your provider didn’t ask you about your family history. What Are Side Effects of Wellbutrin? Has anyone else experienced this? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts A moment where I’m sitting on the train, and I realize that peace and general happiness are my default emotions and have been for the past couple weeks. I still felt just as depressed.W1, Day 4: Another normal, just as depressed day of work, but that night I had a crazy, realistic, and horrifying vivid dream that hyped up my anxiety and made me afraid to sleep.W1, Day 5: Still just as depressed, and I didn’t sleep at all.W1, Day 6 & 7: no mood change, able to sleep three or four hours each night, but I’m somehow not tired during the day.Week 2 As a whole, far less turbulent than the first week. I still feel the full range of my other emotions, but they’re less intense. However, the dreams are seriously affecting my sleep. They can be quite a controversial subject when it comes to depression, with a lot of quite vocal anti med representation. I have been having terrible migraines and/or headaches for the past four months, which i was treated with 10mg of Amitrypyiline daily. I haven’t felt miserable for weeks. My confidence is high, I’m enjoying small moments with myself.Week 8: There’s a moment that I realize I haven’t broken down in weeks. I spend just as much time by myself and just as much time working but I feel peaceful. My confidence is pretty high, I feel good about myself.Week 4 My depression comes back. As I write this post I am on my ninth week taking Wellbutrin (also known as bupropion). If I wake up in the middle of the night, I just go back to sleep, but have no trouble waking up in the morning at all. Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI) , Now I feel happy for at least some of every day.Week 9: I still feel great. Any answers would help ease my mind, this medication has completely changed my life and made me feel infinitely better so i really dont want to go off it!I just posted in another Wellbutrin sub about the same thing! It is rare and unusual, but it happens sometimes, and can ger very bad realy fast. I go to school, I go to work. I am used to headaches, but holy Hannah I have not experienced a headache like this. I live on the couch and go to school online. I can only hope that they go away soon.Also, last week I saw a neurologist for my migraines, and they prescribed me a medication that cannot be taken if the patient has a family history of Parkinson's disease, which is very common in my family. It has me wondering if it ever left at all. It’s strange but luckily nowhere as unpleasant as the first one.W5, Days 5 & 6: I feel pretty stable. Day 4 on Wellbutrin is still right when the side effects were hitting me the hardest. Your post gives me hope for the future, so again, thank you very much.This post helped a lot. The headaches might be a big warning sign that getting in a high dose so fast may lead to seizures and/or other central nervous system problems that can be caused by Wellbutrin in some cases. I felt completely exhausted and drained and it was awful. Wellbutrin is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat major depressive disorder (MDD) and seasonal affective disorder (SAD).1 I’m extremely irritable and angry at myself and the world (cliché, I know). I've been on 150mg twice a day for a little over a week. I'm just wrapping up week 4 of Wellbutrin (swapped from 150mg to 300mg at the end of week 2) and had a pretty bad breakdown today, I'm hoping I'll have an experience like yours and start feeling the mental effects soon.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPeer support for anyone struggling with depression, the mental illness.Press J to jump to the feed. I found that if I drink even a glass of wine, the sore throat is worse the next two days or so (so I’ve decided no more drinking at all, it’s not worth it). I have tried to find more info on this but I can’t seem to find all that much aside from a few posts about it lasting for a week or so. But Wellbutrin has made it easy! I wish he would have asked me about the family history. Hey guys! I've been taking Wellbutrin for about two weeks now with no side effects, but I've had a really painful sore throat since last night that won't go away.