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 |
| 2 | depression, and stress | weird dreams, dizzyness ... the WORST = stoping it .. u get weird shocking sesations in your body, not pleasant. NO sex drive AT ALL. You feel less emotions which is good for some, but when u hurt someone, and then u get off the medication and realise...u feel emotions. Be very careful, I dont recommend this at all. I even woke up several night drentched in sweat, and I have a good physical endurance. I can run for 45 mins without sweating that mnuch. There are possibilities other than drugs. See your psychologist.. and if he or her recommeds it... then that person is trying to notdo their job. | Please... its not worth it .. its the worst thing ever. I'm not being sarcastic either. I wish I could go back time and not take it. | F | 20 | 1 years | 12/11/2006 | 2 | emotional balance | lack of sexual desire, takes a long time to reach orgasim, increase of anger. | I have been on Effexor XR for over 6 months now and I hate it. I have seen some side effects that I dont like. Im going to talk to my doctor today about taking me off of it. I dont have much of a sex drive any more and that really bothers me. I never had that problem before I started taking this medicine. | F | 45 | | 8/21/2006 | 2 | depression | felt like i was inside screaming and nobody could hear me, teeth grinding, sweating like mad, hot hot hot, weight gain, headaches and general feeling of tiredness | At first it was ok, and then once i got on the 75 mg a day, it really changed, nausea feeling, hadache, no sex drive, i felt as if i needed to be doing something all of the time, i lowered my own dose to everyother day and on those days i take it i can physically see the difference, my husband says i look worried, great!!! i am type A personality and am in the public eye alot, but since on this i do not want to go out anywhere and i surely don't want to do my job, so i must get off of this and try something else. | F | 38 | 2 months | 9/5/2006 | 2 | Depression | loss of libido; dizziness; continued symptoms of depression and anxiety; chronic severe night sweats; evening nausea. | I'm in the very long and drawn out process of trying to get off of this drug. For the minimal benefits I experienced while taking it, the withdrawal symptoms are extreme. I'm tired but can't really sleep; sick to my stomach; have a range of lower GI problems; can't focus my eyes on books, t.v., etc. without vomiting or feeling like I'm going to vomit; can't drive because of same; have constant severe headache that won't go away; feel obsessive and compulsive (the latter was never previously a symptom of my depression); have extreme mood swings; I've started having orgasms in my sleep but have no conscious interest in sex whatsoever; tearfulness; increased sensitivity to cold. With the help of my psychiatrist I decided to taper off the drug at the beginning of the summer so that I would be stabilized by the start of the school year. I have to go back to teaching in three weeks and am very worried. I can't remember what physically normalcy feels like. I've taken Paxil and Zoloft, ea | F | 29 | 2.5 years | 8/3/2006 | 2 | Depression, chronic | GI problems: nausea, diarrhea and/or frequent bowel movements. Feel like everything I eat goes right through me. Have lost weight. Feel I've lost my mental sharpness, short-term memory loss (but could be age-related, too), slower to process things mentally, feel like my demeanor is flat or depressed mostly. | When I see my psychiatrist for med checks and tell her I still feel depressed and unable to find pleasure in many things I used to, she just wants to keep raising the dose. At 225mg/day now, for past 3mos. No improvement. GI problems worse, feel depressed still. Sex drive good but always has been. I do drink alcohol. | F | 43 | 4 years | 8/17/2006 | 2 | depression and anxiety | The first week starting off with the 37.5mg dose was hell. I cried the entire time was either nausated or felt like I had a stomach ulcer. Was either really tired or really awake. Dizzy. Now I am on the 75mg dose i twitch a whole lot but its not too bad. When I am sitting I constantly have to move my feet. Lately its got to the point where I can hardly sleep anymore. In the past week I have pulled an all nighter 3 times. | If you are new to this drug, don't forget to take a dose, it may not effect you when you start taking it but your body becomes very addicted to it over a period of time. Unless you like to feel dizzy and nausated, remember to take your meds. Also I had no problems with consuming alcohol, I don't remember my drunken nights as clearly but I don't blackout. All in all it has helped my depression to the point where I'm not laying in bed crying all the time but I still don't feel that great. I have become much more suicidal than before the meds. I really don't know what to thing about it. | F | 18 | 2 months | 12/13/2005 | 2 | depression, anxiety | the first day : depression, mild chest pain, suicidal thoughts; the second day : difficulty breathing or swallowing. | In a half an hour when I took the medicine, I got difficulty breathing and swallowing. I went online and read that I have these side effects I need to stop the medicine, so I went to the toilet, induced vomiting, and after that took Xanax. After that I felt better. This medicine didn't work for me. I'm staying on Remeron. | F | 21 | 2 days | 3/9/2007 | 2 | depression | weight gain, increased need to smoke ciggarettes, constantly doing puzzle books, eating all the time - always needing something in my mouth. | It did make me feel better but I couldn't stop smoking or eating. Now I am off of it and almost hardly ever smoke. | F | 42 | 6 days | 1/24/2007 | 2 | GAD | sweating buckets, loss or appetite, sleep problems, nightmares, headaches, taste perversion | I endured the withdrawls and have been off effexor 10 days (weaned off of it gradually). It is nice not to have to look for a restroom to towel off all the sweat when I go places. It's nice to orgasm again. I now enjoy a good night's sleep. I saw my reflection minus the dark undereye circles for the first time in months. Unfortunately my sense of humor has taken a hit and I'm irritible as hell, but at least I am comfortable again. I'll find something better to take. | F | 26 | 6 months | 11/21/2005 | 2 | for chronic depression | fatigue, constipation, emotional flatness, great weight gain | F | 64 | 9 years | 5/25/2006 | 2 | depression, anxiety | Extreme hypotension and tachycardia (fast pulse). I had to be pulled of the medicine quickly b/c the cardiac symptoms were becomming dangerous -- and withdrawal was terrible. I could not have survived it outside of a hospital because I had to "taper" so quickly (I essentially stopped cold turkey). Also, there was some thought that it was inducing hypomania. | This medication REALLY helped my anxiety. A lot. It did not do much for my mood, but I was also severely anorexic at the time I was on this. Withdrawal was pure HELL. | F | 20 | 2 months | 9/21/2005 | 2 | depression | rapid weight gain, excessive bloating, constipation, night sweats | I was at 150mg and still experienced these side effects. somewhat helpful with depression until the weight gain and that compounded my depression | F | 44 | 5 days | 3/28/2007 | 2 | depression | dizziness, inability to focus, night sweats, constipation dehydration,anxiety, sycope,brain "jolts", high b.p, high cholestrol | Sent me to the E.R. horrible, horrible drug | F | 48 | 3 months | 2/5/2007 | 2 | DEPRESSION | WORMS CRAWLING FEELING IN HEAD | F | 36 | 2 years | 10/2/2006 | 2 | stress/anixety | increased appetite | F | 39 | 5 months | 11/4/2003 | 2 | anxiety and depression | At first on lowest dose of 37.5 I noticed sweating, and chills, very weird vivid dreams. However, I also started taking an antibiotic too (Levoquin) and did not now what caused what. After a week bumbed up to 75. AThen became very agited and angry and extremely tired..yawining frequently and have been using dexedrine successfully for 2 years for ADD. and even that did effect the extreme fatique and inablity to focus, and lack of short term memory. Unable to function. Dr. took me off after 3 weeks total.. And then the nightmare really began.. more extreme sweats, chills, and extreme nausea and headache.. had to to to the ER at nigt where a shot of phenegren and something else ended the pain and nausea. I was also coming off a second drug for bronchitis,and the first antibiotic had not worked..read somewhere that effexor sometimes causes respitory problems and bronchites..interesting. I went to ER last night..they sent me home with sinusitus diagnosis..and another prescription for antibiotic biaxin and some predinzone..so tonight I am a mess again..exteme abdominal cramping and gas, as well as continued hot flashe sweats and chills.. can 't sleep ia m sure because of prednizone.. forgot to mention that i was on a week pack. with the first antibiotic Leviquin.. All the while i was discussing my meds with my pschiatrist drug manager. Also, had many of the other not so commom problems such as neck pain and muscle aches.Nigtmare while awake and asleep. Don't recommend this drug.. | Postmenepausal | F | 55 | 3 months | 12/8/2003 | 2 | depression | sleep patterns disturbed, sexual dysfunction, mood swings, tiredness | Took effexor xr for 3 months. Took one month to start working, worked okay for about a month, and quit working overnight. Took higher dose with no effect, took almost 2 months to quit. Do not suddenly quit taking this drug as the withdrawel can be severe. Dizziness was horrible, as was nausea. I took 25 mg of meclizine 3 times daily for dizziness. It took 3 days, but it finally started to work. Had major crying spells, nightmares, and couldn't sleep (without nightmares). Hope someone else has better luck with this. | F | 37 | 3 months | 11/27/2001 | 2 | Major Recurrent Depression | Insomnia, difficulty achieving orgasm | I don't feel it is working for me | F | 22 | 6 months | 11/4/2001 | 2 | For depression? Wrong!!!!!! | I have taken effexor Xr 450mgs for over 7 years.I am currently going thru severe withdraw symptoms which I was never ever informed about. I would really caution anyone who wants to begin any drug for depression without first finding out all the facts of this medicine. | F | 44 | 7 years | 6/17/2004 | 2 | depression | BAD sweating! weight loss at the very beginning. if i missed more than two doses in a row i'd be a total mess. | 300mg daily. mostly i felt okay, but i wasn't comfortable taking such a high dosage and not seeing big results. | F | 20 | 2 years | 5/9/2004 |