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 |
| 5 | Anxiety/Tics/ADD | Weight loss- 20lbs the first two moths. Decreased appetite. Orgasm difficulty, Mentally I'm a little slower, but my brain isn't going 1,000 MPH with ADD/anxiety so it's a trade off. A little tremor, but if I lay off caffeine/alcohol it's not bad. | Don't believe the hype, this pill isn't the devil. It killed my anxiety/ADD and I don't tic (I was blinking a lot) anymore. I love this stuff. Highly recommned it. I've also talked with 2 other people who have gone off effexor and didn't have any problems. Any pills that change the chemicals in your brain are going to be magic for some, and hell for others. This has been magic for me. I just need to quit losing weight because I can't afford to get my clothes resized again. This won't make you fat either. I actually a forget to eat sometimes, I never did that before. And I went from a strict low carb diet to eating whatever I want. Since I eat less on Effexor, I still lose weight, love this stuff. | M | 6 months | 6/28/2005 | 5 | Depression | Dont listen to all the Hype, everyone reacts differently to medications. | M | 55 | 3 months | 2/24/2007 | 5 | Depressioin, GAD | I would commonly experience 'brain zaps' (see wikipedia's effexor page) if I missed a dose. I stopped taking this medicine for a brief time to see if it was causing my high blood pressure; the side effects for me were mild to non-existent. I was on 225MG per day. | I've tried Effexor XR, Paxil, and Cymbalta. I'm now back on Effexor and wish I had never left. I realize that some people experience very nasty side effects from taking this med; my experience, however, is the polar opposite. I have NEVER felt better in my life...this medicine allows me to live. Note the 'length of time taking this drug' is in two time periods. Like I said, I recently got back on it, and (for me) it works perfectly. | M | 33 | 4 years | 2/22/2007 | 5 | Depression | ear infections, difficulty reaching orgasm at times. Many side effects during withdrawal: extreme joint achiness, dizziness, mild electrical shock type of feeling starting in the head and going down the spine, and unfortunatley, very high blood pressure | I am trying to withdraw from taking this medicine, but I am experiencing major, major side effcts as listed above. I have been trying to withdraw from 75 mg to none. Now I am on 37.5 mg/day and everytime I don't take it for 2 days, I experience those major side effects. | M | 41 | 4 years | 10/22/2005 | 5 | Depression and Anxiety | Loss of appetite. Ear ringing. Inability to sleep for more than 5 hours. Tingling in fingers and toes. Dry mouth. | This is my third cycle of Effexor XR. The first time I went off of it I quick without tapering the dosage. BIG mistake. Got really irritable for about 2 weeks. Second time I went off I tapered the dose to 37.5 mg / day. No withdrawal symptoms. I recently went back on it (2 weeks ago) at 75 mg / day and it's a life saver. I was experiencing severe anxiety and depression. Until this episode I had never had thoughts of hurting myself. Now the thoughts are gone and I look forward to starting my day. I've never experienced sexual side effects while taking this medicine and the initial side effects disappeared after a few weeks. I find I can concentrate now and think clearly. I'm not as jumpy anymore either. I suspect I'll be taking this medicine for the rest of my life which is fine by me. | M | 34 | 2 weeks | 11/5/2005 | 5 | Depression | Dry mouth, sleepiness, electrical shocks, superrealistic dreams (I like them), in the firs few weeks light sleep. During my parting from my girlfriend I experienced blurred but clear view. Probably this is now side effect at all. I got my emotions back, felt like the android delta in a Stark Treck movie after switching on his emotion chip.. | First of all I like this medicine. It helped me to get back my emotions. During my depressive phase I had nothing what was worth for living (a good job, assets, nice appartment, nice girl friend, I should have been the lookiest man, but I felt only worthless). Starting at 75 mg in August '06 I'm tkaing 300 mg each day since November, sometimes more. Today, everthing around me is much more friendly (colurs, people, music) it feels like in my childhood. My memory is back and I'm able to think fast again. Why haven't I started my therapy ten years ago? If you ever felt a swoosh followed by a loud noise or electrical shocks plus strange dizzines, please contact me, beacause this is an ugly seldom side effect (over dose, withdrawl?). | M | 33 | 8 months | 4/12/2006 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety & Social Phobia | Nausea,Insomnia, Dizziness, and Low Sex Drive for two weeks. Then those side effects passed; and I feel great. | Tried Lexapro and anxiety increased through the roof. Effexor XR is awesome! It completely eliminates my anxiety and I've only been on it for three weeks. It takes six to eight weeks to get the maximum benefit. I asked my doctor about side effects when coming off this medication. He said they are minimal if medication is discontinued slow enough. My advice, don't worry about withdrawal; the benefits of the medication are exceptional. It gave me my life back! | M | 41 | 3 weeks | 9/4/2006 | 5 | M | 2 years | 8/11/2006 | 5 | anxiety and depression | the first night I took it, it felt like my body had woken up from a deep sleep and I could have run a mrathon. I slept,maybe, two hours that night.But when I woke up I felt like a new man. Sometimes I can't sleep. Sometimes have weird dreams and something(totally unrelated to it)triggers the memory of it.. never nightmares just really fantastical dreams(kinda cool).had dry mouth for a couple weeks. Maturbation and finally ejacuating was tough to acheive.. not the hard on.. just finishing.That lasted a couple weeks.. but now things are normal again and the orgasms are out of this world.I really have nothing bad to say. No rashes.No ichyness. nothing. | M | 37 | 3 months | 9/21/2006 | 5 | depression, anxiety, mild OCD | I am an on again/off again taker. I currently am back on the medication. I have really been pleased with the medicine lately. I do yawn and itch alot though. The medicine if taken at night keeps me awake and makes me a little "nervous" at times. DO NOT MIX with phentermine though. I developed an eating disorder when the two were mixed. | This drug has the least amount of side effects of any depression medication I have taken. The side effects are well tolerated. I can concentrate better and feel like my life has some meaning now. I feel like I am waking up from my depression due to this drug. I will say coming off this drug is hard, wean yourself off gradually if you do. | M | 22 | | 6/21/2006 | 5 | General Depression and Anxiety | Sleepiness yet couldn't sleep, yawning, jaw clenching, extremely vivid dreams, shocking sensations on my legs, delayed ejaculation (not that it's a bad thing). If I accidently skip a dose I "tweek". It feels like a brain shiver, not pleasant. | All in all, it's good stuff. I didnt like it the first few days, but after MOST of the side effects wear off it gets better. If you shift times when you take it you may get a weird dreams if you take it at night like I do. Just DON'T forget to take it. Skipping a dose could result in one of the worst days in your life. | M | 21 | 3 months | 6/13/2006 | 5 | Mild depression / anxiety | Yes it has reduced by libido, but I think the brightening of my mood makes up for this side effect. | M | 50 | 10 years | 8/24/2005 | 5 | Depression, Epilepsy | Night Sweats, Restless Legs | Take 150mg, and that, along with Provigil that I started a bit later, appear to have given my regular epilepy meds a push to stop my seizures, that were previously at 4-5 a day. I do sweat like a pig at night, am very flat emiotionally and have zero sex drive, which is good, because it also keeps my johnson from working very well. May sound like a crappy drug, but I'll take the side effects for no seizures any day. | M | 39 | 6 months | 8/4/2006 | 5 | Severe Depression | Increased sexual health | Started on regular Effexor 37.5mg twice daily then a month later upped to 75mg XR once a day and haven't looked back.(tried Paxil & this makes Paxil seem like a Placebo) | M | 29 | 5 years | 12/22/2005 | 5 | depression after car accident | thirsty at times, no labido | as good as it gets, at a price | M | | 5/18/2006 | 5 | depression | none that I know of | M | 46 | 5 years | 5/19/2006 | 5 | Depression | First two weeks- yawning, fatigue, after 1 year elevated blood pressure | M | 43 | 2 years | 3/25/2006 | 5 | ocd obsessive thoughts | no side effects lost 50 lbs on it that i gained from luvox,sleep 10x better, excellent drug, obsessive thoughts leave my head much faster now(tried anafranil,prozac,luvox,trazadone,zoloft, with no results at all) | M | 29 | 4 years | 9/12/2005 | 5 | bi-polar disorder | I haven't experienced any side effects what-so-ever. | This drug changed my life! I suffered from extreme depression for 3 years and nothing worked. After being on Effexor XR for only 4 weeks I noticed a drastic change in mood. | M | 31 | 3 months | 9/23/2005 | 5 | Migrane | Tiredness and lack of sex drive. | Cont from previous comments... Maybe think of it like this. Years ago we did not have cell phones now we use them everyday to make our life better. Do you feel your cell phone should be given up because of your fear of being dependant on your cell phone vendor ??? I know this is not exactly the same thing but my point here is that if your life is much better with new technology (or meds) why not take advantage of that ??? I am currently 50 years old and been married once, for 30 years and held the same job for 29 years. I have no doubt that the meds has helped to make this possible (took Elevil for 15 years previously) and my wife has made statements to the fact that before med's she was not sure if she could hang in there, but now I am more like the person she though she married... If I found that the long term effect was that this drug will shorten your life by 10 years (for example), I would still take it due to the fact that I believe that quality of life is far more importan | M | 50 | 12 years | 3/28/2007 |