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 |
| 1 | Anxiety & Depression | Patient suffered with total insomnia at first and then extreme mood swings and the inability to be around others. Patient ran away from home in the middle of the night. Luckily our police department located him and safely returned him home. Prior to trying this medication the patient never reacted like this. | I would never advise anyone take this medication. | M | 16 | 1 weeks 37.5 1X day | 2/20/2023 | 1 | Anxiety | I am now going thru a period of un explainable dread have all the problems mentioned.Body rejecting medication, going into hospital for 3 weeks trying to get off drug do not think I can.It is affecting me so much,..,... | M | 81 | 17 days 70 1X day | 4/19/2022 | 1 | depression | committed suicide | M | 34 | 2 weeks | 2/14/2005 | 1 | Panic attacks/depression | Constant sweating, impotence, stomach problems, fatigue, weight gain. | Switched to this after taking Paxil for 1 year with diminishing results-the side effects were worse than the panic attacks. Am 4 days off of it, and am still experiencing impotence and sweating-sucks. Don't bother if you have other options, this cure is worse than the disease. | M | 34 | 6 weeks | 2/28/2005 | 1 | Depression/bi-polar | No libido and was not helping with depression or bi-polar symptoms. I have been fighting all of this for over 40 years and this was the worst stuff I have ever been on. Withdrawl is horrible with panic attacks and that was after 2.5 months of tapering down from 300 mg to 37.5 at the end. I still am working out the withdraw have been off it now for 5 days. It sucks. | Try anything else you can, no one tells you about the horrific withdrawl problems. I have been on many different psych drugs for bi-polar for over 40 years and this was by far the worst drug I have ever taken. | M | 55 | | 4/20/2005 | 1 | M | 8 weeks | 4/2/2005 | 1 | anxiety, insomnia | Tried to take a 37.5mg on the first night. Woke up an hour later with my heart racing and could not go back to sleep. Dry mouth, dry stool. After about 4 hours I took a Xanax just to get some sleep. Im going to rethink using this drug. Maybe just Xanax, relaxation techniques and therapy would a better route. | Really think about these kinds of drugs before you take them. Weigh the pros & cons. If you know what is causing your anxiety or depression, consider therapy to eliminate the source. | M | 34 | 1 days | 4/29/2005 | 1 | depression | Took one 37.5 Effexor pill. Worsened depression significantly 5 hours later. Couldn't relax. Couldn't sit down. Constantly felt like I wanted to run a marathon. Spent three weeks worth of days mostly consisting of panic attacks. Cried uncontrollably those three weeks. A month later I'm stuck having a panic attack every night--with weird irrational thoughts going through my head. Not to mention the occasional suicidal thought. | After reading accounts from other folks, this is a last resort medication. DON'T TAKE THIS STUFF IF YOU EVEN *MIGHT* BE BI POLAR! PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, READ UP ON EFFEXOR BEFORE TAKING IT! | M | 28 | 1 days | 3/2/2007 | 1 | depression | increase in depression, suicide attempt after only a short couple of weeks on the drug which was supposed to STOP the depression. | The drug did exactly the opposite of what it was designed to do. It made my depression much worse and I had increased thoughts of suicide. It was a horrible drug for me. The numbness and lack of emotion coupled with the increased thoughts of wanting to die were far from what I needed. Run from this drug. | M | 20 | 20 days | 6/9/2007 | 1 | generalized anxiety/mild depression | dizziness, feeling like i took too much nyquil or something, flu-like slight soreness in the body, cloudy thoughts, dry mouth, achy stomach, loss of appetite, couldnt really sleep, and increased anxiety as a result of it all. | i have been recovering from meth and some other drugs for a little over 3 years now (i drink though) and thought i might benefit from this as i have been experiencing anxiety, and depression as a result of the anxiety, since. took my first pill at 5pm yesterday and then started experiencing the side-effects listed. this is not a good feeling. i feel uncomfortably high. i thought i would be sober and eventually feel an enhancement in my mood. within 3 hours of taking it, i was not sober. (plus i only got about 3 hours of half sleep last night) | M | 25 | 1 days | 9/20/2007 | 1 | back pain/mild depression | every one is wired diferently. to those that this drug helps and you can put up with the side effect, I say good for you. however there are others who this drug is your worst night mare!!!! | I started taking effexor over 8yrs. ago, It was suspose to help my back pain and assit with mild depression. the side affects it produced got worse and worse over the years. It started out as not sleeping, no sex drive, trouble orgasming, severe sweats night and day, yawns, night mares high blood pressure and just about 3/4 of the list on webb md. The most severe was I started to have thought of sucide, I mean really bad ones and I have never thought this before. (not ever) I managed to ween off and experienced severe side effects. extremly dizzy. shocks, pains, sweats. even weening it takes about 3 months to get all the drug out of your system, and the whole time you do have some side effects although it does get better. been totaly of for 6 months and I feel so much better. I sleep now have great sex no more sweats memory returns to full recall and best of all no thoughts of suiced at all!!! MY heart goes out to those who wish to ween, you can do it just go really slow!!! and for | M | 40 | 8 years | 6/20/2007 | 1 | anxiety/ depression | beggining:Never ending elevator ride,nausea,increased anxiety. Same each dose change.each missed dose:severe anger and revived memories/severe shocking sensations. innabality to connect with others emotionally(probablly the drugs purpose).Couldn't tell when i was hungry till stomach pain.Insomnia, couln't differenchiate between night/day.eyes got very sensitive to light, never wore sunglasses till meds. | Partialy due to my terrible memory(missed doses)and the effexor's nature i've destroyed my life in less than a year. Lost 60k year iron working job at boieng,benifits, haven't spoken to family in 4 months. Still have my dog though.Went from summiting Mt.Raineer to totall isolation. today i finally made myself go to doc to get off of this stuff! I hope to get my life back. Don't know how, but have to try. If you start effexor keep a daily or at least weekly journal to remember who and how you felt before the meds. It shakes me to read mine. | M | 26 | 2 years | 6/19/2007 | 1 | SUPER anxiety,(mild depression?) | Terrible insomnia,SUPER increased anxiety, i started having some wierd twitch in my shoulder,just like I randomly got tazered out of no-where, THEN i got really really depressed!!! | I was on for just over a month,was freakin out, didn't leave my house,went on Lorazepam to help the "anxiety" which Lexapro was SUPPOSED TO TREAT,said f*ck this,tapered off and was angry all the time. My doctor said i should up the dose to 150mg right before i stopped taking it,that was stupid as hell. This stuff JACKS you up, and just plain sucks. I wouldnt take one stinkin pill again for a brand new Porsche. When i was on it, i caught myself thinking about how I would "off" myself,..! That would have never crossed my mind before/after I was on this dangerous medication. If you have to take an anti-D, get one thats less harsh and doesn't have the short half life like this yak dung. Im takin a little Lorazepam(generic Ativan) in o.5's to squash the freak-outs and I'm sailin along, tryin to forget about that terrible "E-crack-xor XR." | M | 30 | 5 weeks | 6/21/2007 | 1 | Depression | loss of appetite, locked jaw, flu like symptoms dreams and flashbacks | M | 37 | 90 days | 6/10/2007 | 1 | nothing | mild hallucinations, aplpitations, dizziness, nausea | M | 25 | 1 years | 5/14/2007 | 1 | Depression, anxiety | Didn't really help depression, just dampened feelings. Didn't care about anything or anyone | Withdrawal symptoms are horrific. Nausea,confusion,disoriented,unable to function. Wean off slowly or take forever... | M | 39 | 2 days | 9/8/2007 | 1 | panic disorders | i had a normal bp of 120/75 before effexor,2 weeks after taking effexxor xr, my pressure was 155/100 and more until i stop the medecine.many skin problem appear,the most was acne in the face.delayed ejaculation. | d'ont take this medicine at any cost! | M | 30 | 3 months | 11/5/2008 | 1 | GAD,SAD,PD | Look on the website. it was horrorable. my legs danced in the air at night from the electrical shock, my girlfriend left me because of no sex drive. Never Take This Drug. When I stoped using the drug it was the worst Mo. of my life. The withdrawels are hell. The drug worked at first but the side effects were hell. | Xanax works 50 times better and costs 90% less. the withdrawels are nothing compared to effexor. These types of drugs cause RLL (Restless Leg). Thank God I am off this medicine. I spent over $ 8000.00 on this hell. | M | 49 | 5 years | 10/18/2007 | 1 | Depression | Erectile disfunction, delayed orgasm, lack of libido. Feel disconnected from my emotions, apathetic, no creativity or motivation, can't focus. Extremely tired, loss of appetite, slight twitching, agitated, slight abdominal pain. | I have never been on any other antidepressant, and my doctor immediately put me on this. Let me tell you, _do your research first_. I didn't know anything about this kind of drug and dove into taking it as prescribed without a second thought, and I regret it, even after 2 days I'm hating it. The side effects alone make my previous bouts of depression seem pleasant. I'd rather have emotions. | M | 19 | 2 days | 10/23/2007 | 1 | M | 43 | 6 years | 11/9/2007 |