EFFEXOR XR Reviews (VENLAFAXINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (2225 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare EFFEXOR XR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR EFFEXOR XR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Generalized anxiety | Nausea, Sleepiness, night sweat, loss of appetite | M | 29 | 2 weeks | 2/8/2005 | 3 | Generalized anxiety | Nausea, Sleepiness, night sweat, loss of appetite | M | 29 | 2 weeks | 2/8/2005 | 3 | gad sad | started at 75mg side effects were dry mouth delayed orgasms.(went away after couple of weeks) also hands and feet sweating still there and hard to sleep most of the time. Went up as high as 225mg. It was too much felt tired no motivation. I am down to 112.5mg side effects are a lot better. | helped about 50% for sad gad about the same but no panic attacks as of late. I also take trazadone at night for sleep it works good so far(just started). | M | 29 | 3 months | 3/28/2005 | 3 | depression | Broke out in a terrible rash, started on my back and went all over my body. Completely killed my libido, no desires in that area whatsoever. | It was great while I was able to take it. I felt so much better, I started enjoying life again, it was like my brain | M | 39 | 2 months | 6/7/2005 | 3 | depression | Broke out in a terrible rash, started on my back and went all over my body. Completely killed my libido, no desires in that area whatsoever. | It was great while I was able to take it. I felt so much better, I started enjoying life again, it was like my brain | M | 39 | 2 months | 6/7/2005 | 3 | depression w/ psychosis | weight gain (75lbs.), dry mouth, irritability, spaciness, massive brain shivers (shocks) if missed dose. | I was originally taking 450 mg. and came down to 300 mg. on my own which is not recommended in the slightest. The brain shocks every time you turn your head and the raging at others makes me want to take out a fatwa on my psychiatrist for ever suggesting this drug. However, it did help my depression and should be used as a medication of last resort. | M | 35 | 5 years | 6/5/2007 | 3 | Depression | Tinnitus, absence of sexual function for years now, terrible night sweats (I have to have a shower in the middle of the night sometimes and it looks like I've wet the bed), poor memory, memory "blanks", joint pains, painful neck muscles, emotionally flat, not depressed any more but a general lack of enjoyment of things too, I'm a great concert goer but don't get the "buzz" of excitement now when going to see a band I really like. The worst thing is the impotence though. | If I miss more than one dose of my effexor fx 150mg I feel terrible, I get a numbness/prickling around my face, headaches, restleesness, irritability, insomnia and generally feel awful. Have tried to dump it on slow withdrawal on three occasions with no luck whatsoever. If anyone can help me get off this drug I'd be most grateful for any help. | M | 53 | 8 years | 4/27/2007 | 3 | Depression (75 mg) | Crippling insomnia | Still works moderately well on my depression, but at a great cost. For the last number of years I have developed a growing case of insomnia that has worsened to the point where I can no longer get to sleep before 2 AM. Also, just by missing one pill can be a nightmare on the psyche. What with the incapacitating fatigue and amplified state of depression! | M | 17 | 7 days | 4/13/2007 | 3 | Treatment Resistant Depression | Lethargy, Vomiting at start of treatment, Restlessness, Apathy with occasional and unexpected Rage, Alcohol cravings, Weight Gain, Difficulty getting out of Bed, Extremely easily Fatigued, Insomnia and daytime sleepiness | Effexor does an excellant job of getting rid of my feelings of "despair" and "negativity" however I often find that I just don't care about ANYTHING. I have started to take it at night, as when I was taking it during the day I will do things like not go to work and not feel bad, sleep all day and not shower all day. It's TOO good a making me feel less emotional. When I don't take it I'm a MESS but I have alot of energy to be productive and concentrate on school. | M | 20 | 1 years | 5/10/2007 | 3 | mild depression / gad | 37.5 mg. First day symptoms - increased sex drive, delayed orgasm, loss of appetite, excessive yawning. | After one day I smile more and see the 'bright' side of things I used to look at with negativity. Placebo effect? Not sure... | M | 23 | 1 days | 2/15/2007 | 3 | Depression, anxiety, suicidal | I came out the depression somewhat at 175mg. A further suicide attempt landed me back in the hospital where the Effexor dose was increased to 300mg. My mind was like mush. Memory loss and slow thinking made me resign a position on my local school board. Loss of balance kept me from participating in any activity that involved in running or climbing. Terrible weight gain!! Loss of sex drive and inability to reach orgasm was devastating for my wife and I. Lost total feeling in my penis. Head "sparks" would make me more depressed and anxious. Vivid and strange nightmares lingered into the day. After seven years on the drug, i developed severe tremors, mostly in the right hand. A neurologist determined no neurological issues. He recommended that I talk to my psychiatrist about reducing the dose of Effexor. A drop from 300mg to 175mg reduced the tremors greatly. | The decision was made to eliminate Effexor from my drug regimen. After reducing the dose to 37.5mg over four weeks, I stopped the Effexor. What devastation!!! The next day I had a severe headache mostly on the right side of my head. I developed severe nausea and what I can only explain as constant head "sparks". The second day after discontinuation of Effexor I was a "basket case". I couldn't think or remember recent events and developed a crying spell that would not stop. My wife put in an emergency call to my psychiatrist. He immediately put me back on 175mg of Effexor. The next day I was fairly well withdrawal symptom free. Now what? I have an appointment with my psychiatrist in two weeks. Don't you think I should have seen him the next day? I will wait until then since I have returned to "NORMAL" (See above) Don't get hooked!!! Lawsuit pending!!! | M | 65 | 7 years | 4/20/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | Increased sex drive but difficulty reaching orgasm. when finally nearing orgasm, I get the worst headache I've ever felt. Strong enough to make it hard to stand & impossible to reach orgasm. The headache takes hours to go away & along with it I can hear my own heartbeat. Difficulty sleeping, Unsteady hands, feel like I can't hold still, increased appetite & increased heart rate. | This drug has mostly succeeded in balancing my manic episodes. Feel like I think a little clearer. I haven't seen my doctor yet about the headaches but it seems to me like a blood pressure problem. The Headaches always start when my heart rate is high. I feel it helped with what it was supposed to, but the side effects seem worse at times than the problem it is treating. This drug is kind of scary. | M | 25 | 1 months | 10/20/2007 | 3 | Depression | Chronic fatigue, chronic severe muscle tension in my legs, back and neck, jaw clenching, gastrointestinal problems, loss of libido and sexual dysfunction. | I started this drug at 37.5 and complained about the side effects. My doc said the side effects would go away if the dosage was increased. It was upped to 75 mg and then 150 mg. The side effects are worse, not better. I've been on this med for more than 12 years, but am ready to find an alternative. It has helped with the depression, but the side effects are ruining my life. There's got to be a better way to treat depression than this. | M | 45 | 12 years | 11/11/2007 | 3 | Depressed thoughts before sleep | 1.Slowly elevating blood pressure. 2.Spontaneous ejaculations 5 during sleep while increasing or decreasing medication. Per day: 0mg-75mg-150mg-225mg- 150mg-75mg-0mg 3.Withdrawal symptoms : Inner ear neural/electrical signal pulses varying in episode duration, intensity and the frequency of pulse and its dwell period. These pulses affected my sense of balance and hearing ability. My normal hearing is somewhat obscured by the pulse signal while it is occurring. 4.Withdrawal symptom: Ability to fall asleep is severely hampered. Head shaking from side to side wakes me as I am about to sleep, multiple times before sleep eventually comes. 5. Withdrawal symptom: Depression, confused thinking and action, lack of ability to concentrate. Withdrawal symptoms only occurring on last reduction step 75mg-0mg/day. Withdrawal period for me was about 2 weeks | 1.Advisable to take off work if you are withdrawing. 2.Inability to concentrate and dizzyness due to inner ear disturbance may also pose a danger. 3.At beginning of week 2 I was offered Prozac/fluoxetine 20mg. I took 1 that day and 1 on the next. Slept well after the 2 doses. Other withdrawal symptoms also dissapeared within hours of the initial dose of fuoxetine. Ask your doctor for a free professional sample pack it seems to work very neatly. | M | 43 | 2 years | 9/5/2007 | 3 | GAD | Horrible nightmares, dry mouth, dilated pupils, foggy head, tiredness, slight headaches | just on 37.5 mg for a week but having incredibly frightening nightmares so thinking of stopping... does anyone have any advice for meds for GAD? | M | 23 | 1 weeks | 5/19/2007 | 3 | Anxiety/panic disorder | heightened anxiety in 2nd week(after going from 75mg to 150mg), yawning a lot, problems staying asleep for more than 3 hours even when exhausted | going to tough it out although this 2nd week has been hard, doc says to experience full effect i need to have taken it for at least 4-5 weeks. I have noticed an improvement in my thoughts and mood, especially in the first week. guess im just being impatient but am hoping will be worth it in the long run as ive tried everything else! | M | 32 | 2 weeks | 8/2/2007 | 3 | depression and ocd | dizziness. spaced out. | M | 5 days | 1/13/2008 | 3 | Mild depression | No real side effects except maybe sex drive at first. | The problem with this drug is trying to get off of it. I tried weaning off with my doctor's help and still came back begging for more to get rid of the echoes in my head and the dizziness. It is awful to try and get off this stuff. I really think I could do without it but I cannot stop taking it because of all the effects it has when trying to get off. Does anyone else get the echoing and dizziness when you do not take it or not enough or try to wean off? Help! Wish I never started this crap. | M | 55 | 6 years | 2/7/2008 | 3 | depression | brain zaps when dose is missed | helped somewhat with depression | M | 33 | 2 years | 12/21/2007 | 3 | norway | jkhsdf | dsfjhk | M | 43 | 4 days | 12/22/2007 |