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hellauhashley
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 Posted: 05/21/07 - 12:18 Post subject: weight loss on wellbutrin |
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I just started taking Wellbutrin XL last Tuesday, and I've lost 8lbs.
Is that bad or normal?
I also haven't had an appetite for anything for the past 2 days.  |
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terena
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| Posted: 06/02/07 - 00:19 Post subject: Lost too much! |
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| I have been on Wellbutrin XL for over 2 months and I have lost 15 pounds. To some that might sound great but I was under weight to begin with! I can not eat on this medication now. This just started a week ago. I still have minor headaches in the evening and the dry mouth. Has anyone else been having really bad memory loss or is it just me? |
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| Posted: 08/31/07 - 13:22 Post subject: weight loss on wellbutrin |
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| Well many people who suffer from depression tend to have eating disorders or food addiction. Eating to fill a missing need. Food activates the dopamines just as a drug does. By taking wellbutrin you are filling that sensation, therefore you do not need the food. That would be my interpretation of why you loose weight. |
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laural4018
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| Posted: 10/01/07 - 18:23 Post subject: wellbutrin and weight loss |
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| To those of you who have lost weight on Wellbutrin...what is your dosage? It was just prescribed for me and I'm about to have my prescription filled. Also, I'll be switching from Paxil (20mg) to Wellbutrin. I hope it don't have withdrawal from Paxil. I tried to wean myself off it slowly last summer over three weeks, and felt really sick and out of sorts, and ended going back on it. Hope Wellbutrin works for the mood and the weight loss! |
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Tusha
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| Posted: 11/09/07 - 02:01 Post subject: |
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| I'm hoping to lose weight on wellbutrin(i just started it yesterday but already I have no desire to eat..even when I am hungry).I was on Paxil for 6 years and I went from 150 to 215.(aka..sexy to gross). I went on paxil to treat anxiety(not depression) and it's made me so depressed I gotta go on another drug(wellbutrin) to treat my damn depression which paxil gave me because it made me get so fat! I need Wellbutrin to help. Paxil is the devil in my books. |
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| Posted: 11/12/07 - 00:42 Post subject: Re: wellbutrin and weight loss |
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| laural4018 wrote: | | To those of you who have lost weight on Wellbutrin...what is your dosage? It was just prescribed for me and I'm about to have my prescription filled. Also, I'll be switching from Paxil (20mg) to Wellbutrin. I hope it don't have withdrawal from Paxil. I tried to wean myself off it slowly last summer over three weeks, and felt really sick and out of sorts, and ended going back on it. Hope Wellbutrin works for the mood and the weight loss! |
[quote="Tusha"]I'm hoping to lose weight on wellbutrin(i just started it yesterday but already I have no desire to eat..even when I am hungry).I was on Paxil for 6 years and I went from 150 to 215.(aka..sexy to gross). I went on paxil to treat anxiety(not depression) and it's made me so depressed I gotta go on another drug(wellbutrin) to treat my damn depression which paxil gave me because it made me get so fat! I need Wellbutrin to help. Paxil is the devil in my books.[quote]
I am currently going off of Paxil and going onto wellbutrin. I have been on Paxil for around 10 years. I was up to 60mg a day and right now I am down to 10 mg, it is really hard to get off, I am really starting to have the dizziness and just feeling crappy, but I am going to try to just stick it out. The main reason I am going off of the Paxil is because of the weight gain. I have put on 60-70 pounds on the Pail. It sucks that you take something to help with your depression and it makes you fat and that makes you even more depressed!! I will be done with the Paxil on the 18th and go to get on wellbutrin on the 21st. Good luck everyone on the wellbutrin and weight loss!!  |
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| Posted: 11/12/07 - 08:47 Post subject: Weight loss |
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I asked for Wellbutrin a month ago to help me quit smoking.I have lost 10lbs on it (and needed too)I was on Celexa for anxiety for 8 years but went off it..the Wellbutrin is causing anxiety now and agitation and im seeing the dr today to ask him to also prescribe a low dose of celexa for the anxiety
Im on just 100mg of Wellbutrin SR...and will not go up any higher |
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TheFlyingLime
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| Posted: 11/13/07 - 23:53 Post subject: Oh, you'll lose weight alright... |
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I just switched to Wellbutrin about two weeks ago, from 40mg Lexapro to zip and directly to 300mg of Wellbutrin. I really wish the doctor had told me about withdrawal because I actually went to the Emergency Room I was so anxious and in pain (all they found was inflammation somewhere near my ovary).
Lexapro withdrawal made me eat a LOT of food (I started getting extreme pain in my stomach if it wasn't always full) and now the Wellbutrin dehydrates me and induces vertigo and vomiting.
It has also made me very volatile and emotional, to the point that I had an anxiety attack while watching a (okay, somewhat violent and intense) movie. I got so involved in the movie that for a moment I thought I was being raped too.
Long story short I'm losing weight, but don't think the damage it's doing to my body.
Is this common or is my doctor a sadistic idiot? |
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| Posted: 12/18/07 - 23:10 Post subject: Worried about going off Lexapro to Wellbutrin SR |
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| TheFlyingLime wrote: | I just switched to Wellbutrin about two weeks ago, from 40mg Lexapro to zip and directly to 300mg of Wellbutrin. I really wish the doctor had told me about withdrawal because I actually went to the Emergency Room I was so anxious and in pain (all they found was inflammation somewhere near my ovary).
Lexapro withdrawal made me eat a LOT of food (I started getting extreme pain in my stomach if it wasn't always full) and now the Wellbutrin dehydrates me and induces vertigo and vomiting.
It has also made me very volatile and emotional, to the point that I had an anxiety attack while watching a (okay, somewhat violent and intense) movie. I got so involved in the movie that for a moment I thought I was being raped too.
Long story short I'm losing weight, but don't think the damage it's doing to my body.
Is this common or is my doctor a sadistic idiot? |
OK this has me a little worried. Just went to the Dr today and she switched me from Lexapro 10mg to Wellbutrin SR 150mg a day. I was having so many bad side effects from the Lexapro but am now worried about the withdrawl effects. I also take Xanax so I think my anxiety will be in check. I need to start feeling better not worse. At this point I can't even work because I am so depressed and tired all the time. I am hoping the Wellbutrin helps. |
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JennyBangBang
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From what I read in the materials that come with the perscription it mentions Xanax specifically as something you should not take while taking your Wellbutrin. I'm sure your doctor is aware that you use Xanax and had perhaps thought of this. Perhaps that is why you're on a lower dosage of the 150 mg.
So far I have had a handful of side effects from the Wellbutrin none of which have been overly terrible.
I have expierenced Memory Lose, Nausea, Lose of appetite, Weight Loss, Dry Mouth, Fatigue, Dizziness and Tinitus.
I have had increased energy and an increase in the desire to do things I normally had no desire to do such as wash dishes, clean, and work out. I used to have to force myself to get into a routine to work out and now I just want to get up and run.
I have never taken any other medications before this and I have only been on it for about two weeks. I've lost 10lbs. |
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