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I am noticing hair loss. I was on 150mg of XL for a year and the...

Posted at 8: 4 PM on Jan 21, 2009 by nsoupy, #38244
I am noticing hair loss. I was on 150mg of XL for a year and then I was on 300mg for 6 months to deal with situational depression that my 150mg dose was not enough for. I lost more weight (because I had no appetite at all) but then slowly got used to the new dose. I have been confused sometimes and fuzzy brained. Often someone can say something to me and I don't even hear them. I have significant memory loss and trouble focusing on 2 things at once. If a radio or TV is on, I can't carry a conversation... even if i am looking directly at the person I am talking to. I have reduced back to 150mg but I am still having these side effects. I just thought I was getting loopy from having been on so many different drugs continually for 6 years. I do love having energy with Welbutrin and losing all excess weight I had but I can't stand losing my hair.
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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 02, 2009 by 8134frog, #16669

I too have been taking 300mg of XL since August of 2008, I had major depression and I was severely overweight from the depression. I asked my doctor about Wellbutrin, it helped a lot with my depression and I even lost some weight. I finally felt full of energy and alive. I had started to notice a substantial amount of hair loss and way trying a lot of different hair products for my problem, but nothing was working. One day my daughter said maybe it could be your medicine. I searched the internet and found that their are other with may same problem, hair loss and thinning. I have asked my dr. to start me on the 150mg instead to see if this will stop the loss. If it doesn't work I and going to stop taking the meds, because I do want my hair.

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