Wendy

Type A personality

48 year old female

4 days on Buproprion SR 9/8/05 until 9/12/05 (Doctor prescribed Bupropion SR 150 mg twice a day with no titration period)

Adverse Reactions: Short term memory loss, hallucinations, depersonalization, trembling, feeling of burning hot needles shooting out of my veins 

(parathethis), insomina, nightmares, vivid dreams to the point that I did not know if it really happened or not, kidney pain, abdominal pain,

 intermittant shooting sharp pains in the brain, inability to articulate, extreme sense of hearing and smell, inability to process what people were saying, 

confusion, wobbly left knee, vertigo, absolutely freezing cold, shakey(probably because I was so cold), broke out in herpes type sores 

(test results negative), etc. Period changed, had many too close together, and got extreme cramps(drop on the floor type cramping), very heavy periods.

Diagnosis by doctor: General Practioner - confusion and dizziness Nuerologist - intractable migraine, prescribed Prednisone (week three of adverse reaction) 

when that did not work, changed his diagnosis to Extreme Anxiety and Panic Attacks and prescribed me Klonopin and Lexapro and 

told me to go find a Psychiatrist, that it was not the Bupropion SR, but that I was always this way, laughing.

Was put on disability for three months.

Still Suffering: Short term memory loss, no sense of time, when tired or stressed I cannot speak properly, ie, words come out garbaled. Still get muscle 

twitches that last about a day then I get muscle spasms. Sometimes cannot process what people are saying. Still stare off into space frequently, but am 

told that people can bring me back. Have trouble in situations where there is too much stimulation, ie, grocery stores, festivals, etc. Have difficulty 

retaining what is read (generally have to read something 4 or 5 times). Need to keep lists to get things done. Anger very easily. 

Problems with menses/cramping.

Background Information: Educated, articulate, successful business woman, single parent. Used to love to play badminton 4 times a week 

(which is harder than racquetball if you know how to play), and hiked in the foothills 5 to 6 times a week for one hour minimum. Had large social outlet, 

lots of friends, had lots of BBQ's. Extremely organized.

Now: Can no longer handle stimulation, no hiking, no badminton, no music. Barely can go to the grocery store (I get too spaced out, cannot even follow a 

grocery list). Barely BBQ, maybe 5 times since the drug. Disconnected self from social outlet, as I just sit there since I cannot seem to carry on small 

talk. Stopped working at one of my jobs (as a sub-contractor) since I lost "the gift of gab" and it was sales with pre-existing clients that I have known 

for years. I plain don't know what to say to anyone, laughing, how sad. Very unorganized. Ocassionally get very bad menstral cramps, but period 

is finally normalizing again.