Budeprion and meds

I started the medication @ 100mg. It immediately gave me energy and feeling of well being. With in a week I would start to "crash" around mid-day. I would cry over nothing and was terribly sad. After two weeks I went to my doctor. My Dr. said this meant the meds were working and increased my dose to 300mg. I have been on 300mg for only a week and already have terrible itching all over, but mainly on my scalp. I can't stop scratching. I have had mild breakouts (small groups of little bumps) on vairous parts of my body. Two family members have already commented on how thin my hair is (scalp starting to show) and I have blurred vision. I also have 'cotton mouth' along with constant mild headaches.
On top of all this, instead of feeling happy I feel empty/blah/void. I am neither happy nor sad. It is kinda like I am in a hazy daze, a little cloudy headed. (I am scratching my head as I type this). I am going to talk with my Dr., but I don't believe that I will be continuing this medication. I think therapy might be an answer for me, instead of the meds.
I do believe that if I could follow healthy guidelines for living I might be better off. Exercise and eating a healthy diet is known to improve moods. Its the doing of these things thats hard.

ok i thought i was loosing my mind...my , hands are sweaty, i feel so weird. i cant sleep. my head hurts it's been three days on meds. i'm glad i found this site good luck to everyone taking this meds its horrible

I have been taking the same dosage of budeprion for about 18months. About a month ago, I decided to give it a go and attempt to start the weaning process by reducing my dosage just a bit. Within a few days, my mood was nasty and I was having intense headaches. I switched back to the same dosage I had been on prior to that and thankfully the headaches subsided. That was about 3 weeks ago.

Here's the problem: I have still been experiencing the same headaches only not as intense. I am positive it is the meds because I'm fine up until I take it and I've tested this several times. Between my doc and the pharmacist, we haven't been able to figure out the culprit. The manufacturer and all the specifics about batches of pills are the same. At this point, I am going to try another manufacturer because my doc has no idea what else to do. Anyone else experience this?

Wellbutrin saved my life! I was a complete wreck with mood swings and depression and after about 4-6 weeks on Wellbutrin, I was a NORMAL person again! That was 8 years ago. Sometime last year I switched to Budeprion because the Wellbutrin price got out of control. I wanted to write in since I have been on these medications for such a long time and honestly I have to say I have had little to no side effects. Like I said, these drugs saved my life. I expect I will be on them forever unless something changes because I have never been better in my life. I feel for all of you that have had bad side effects, maybe try a different medication? All meds are not right for everyone. My sister takes prosac and she has a lot of problems with it and I keep telling her to switch to Wellbutrin or Generic but then again, who knows? Maybe it won't be right for her.

Anyway, again I did want to post because most posts are negative and I have had absolutely no problems at all - I feel the best I've ever felt, even after taking it long term. :) Good luck to all!

Well, well, well. I'm glad I stumbled upon this drug in the side effects area. I, too, was sneakily substituted it for Wellbutrin XL! I've been on it for 2 mos now. I couldn't figure out why my moods had gotten worse and I was wanting to cry at stupid stuff on tv. I was thinking bad things were going to happen to my kids. I was having "almost" panic attacks when I was around a lot of people. That doesn't help when you go to church every Sunday. I have to sit in the crying room with the little kids. I just feel "out of sorts". I'm extra tired. I crave sweets and MUST have them. I'm like a drug addict, but with sweets. I thought my side effects were from the other meds I'm on, which I have not changed in many, many months. Now I know It's Budeprion. I am in the process of weaning off anyway because of the sweets addiction thing....I'm trying to lose weight that I gained on other meds over the last 2 yrs and THIS isn't helping. Thank you to all who posted. Good luck!

I did not even notice until a few months ago that my generic was not budeprion, not buproprion. Looked it up, found it was also the generic of wellbutrin and di not give it another thought. But I was also becoming increasingly worried, worried about my kids, that something bad was going to happento them. Worried that I would get cancer and die. Then I started to feel extra lazy, stopped exercising, and began to feel like I had something caught in my throat, the feeling moved from the throat to the abdomen and back and forth. I felt heart palpitations occasionally. today, when I flet the feeliong in my throat, I got nervous, and all of a sudden flet like I could not breathe, then flet like I was going to pass out. My sister was there, felt my pulse and it was racing and pounding. My toes felt cold and sweaty and my face felt numb. That feeling in my throat made me feel like I could not breathe, I actually had to tell myself to breathe. My sister is an EMT and she thought I was in shock. It slowly passed. I took a xanax to try and help, and I eventually felt better, though I still fell my heart palpitating. I am going to my doctor Monday to be sure I am physically OK, and discuss this drug. Has anyone else ever had this type of experience?