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 | depression | works great! | M | 52 | 2 months | 2/14/2007 | 5 | Major Depression & Social Anxiety | Moderate weight loss; Moderate loss of sexual desire; Drinking more liquids than usual. These side effects seem to be easing with time. | Began with 75mg/day. Doctor increased doseage to 150mg/day. This medicine has been very effective in lifting me out of major depression. I now look forward to getting the most out of each day, and I enjoy interaction with other people. I had previosly tried Wellbutrin SR, Prozac, Paxil, and Lexapro. Effexor works far better than any of the others did for me. | M | 43 | 4 months | 9/24/2003 | 5 | depression | I started with 37.5 mg. then up to 75 then up to 150 ,trouble relatiing to certain words,names & places, Sleeplessness, Memory Loss, tremors - Restless Legs, Weight problem about 20 lbs | sex drive - i feel horny all the time- getting it up is the problem since i have being on EXR, I wake up around 2-3 AM for an hour almost every night sleeping pills do not help, keep forgeting to take all my pills | M | 39 | 8 months | 3/24/2007 | 5 | Depression and OCD | Frustration because I still do feel depressed and I am only 16. Having said that it has REALLY helped my Obsessive-compulsive disorder. My OCD has improved overall by 65%. What a wonderful drug! | My dose is 200mg a day. No nasty side effects for me. | M | 16 | | 6/25/2003 | 5 | Depression | I am trying to get off the drup but the side effects are awful. | M | 35 | | 12/10/2002 | 5 | Major Depression and Anxiety | Nausea, a light-headed feeling, and dizziness but only at first. The side effects go away. | This drug has helped me greatly. It makes me feel normal again, and I suffer from extremely severe depression. This is my second cycle on Effexor. | M | 29 | 4 days | 3/10/2003 | 5 | clinical depression | First week of 37.5mg brought shakes,sweats,sleeplessness. By end of second week I was adjusted and eventually increased my dose to 150mg. That much brought on sexual dysfunction, very uncomfortable, and also I was so drowzy it was a job to stay awake..felt zombie-like.I decreased to 75mg as I was ok there and felt much better. Some constipation, weight gain minimal.I slowly tapered off over a period of several weeks and had no noticeable side-effects. | This was a God-send for me. I felt better than I had in years, I finally understood my problem and why I used to drink. It helped me through my divorce and although I thought about suicide all the time, I didn't feel like it...a BIG difference!I am happy to know I can count on it if I need it again. | M | 45 | 9 months | 8/18/2003 | 5 | depression/anxiety | diahrea | the best of them all for me | M | 24 | 7 months | 1/6/2002 | 5 | depression | Drowsiness with Wellbutrin and Effexor. | M | 54 | 2 years | 8/16/2002 | 5 | anxiety.depression | Unable to achieve orgasm. Low sensation during sex.Weight loss. | Effexor has taken care of both my anxiety and depression. I have tried nearly evey drug for this and finally found one after 20 years. It allows me to be able to think clearly and calmly.I however can not achieve an orgasm any longer. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Can not take viagara or any of those due to being on a nitrate. | M | 46 | 5 months | 6/13/2004 | 5 | severe anxiety disorder and depress | I was experiencing severe anxiety. I began Effexor on May 15, 2004. I gained about 20 pounds by mid June. However, I am able to function normally again. I take 150 mg. capsules. I love this medicine. I feel that this medicine has been worth every pound that I have gained.....It is certainly better than suffering from a nervous break down. It is a gift from God. | M | 37 | 3 days | 8/17/2004 | 5 | Migrane | Tiredness and lack of sex drive. | Effexor XR/150mg per day has made a great difference in my confidence and career. I am not scared to tackle new items and an very outgoing now. I recently worked for a major corporation (been outsourced for about a year now), and achieved a top rating amoung my peers (Top 20% performance for the corporation, Approx 125,000 employees). This med has given me the edge that I needed to tackle the required tasks that I was assigned without being filled with fear or lack of confidence. Even though I started the meds to prevent Migranes, I have found that it fixed many other issues, that I did not relize were getting in the way of my sucess. I was rasied with the concept of only consume natural items to feel good but found that some of the natural foods were causing a lot of my problems as well (ie Dairy, vitamins, were causing increase in migranes). After 12 years of use I still have benefits of the 150mg dose per day. I have come to the conclusion after several attempts to discontinue that | M | 50 | 12 years | 3/28/2007 | 5 | severe clinical depression | the usual sexual side effects. | this medication was so effective that I'll be happy to endure any drawbacks. | M | 52 | 12 years | 3/22/2007 | 5 | severe depression | loss of libido, stabilized weight, periods of heightened aggressiveness, dizziness and vertigo upon missed dose. | Although suffering from depression for most of my adult life, I only recently acknowledged that I had a severe emotional disorder in my early thirties. Still, even then, I refused to take medication. Finally, when I had exhausted all hope and effort, I 'submitted' to my therapists advice and tried Lexipro-- to no avail. Lexipro actually made me feel worse. Effexor was the drug that changed everything. It evened me out. The highs and lows I used to experience dissipated; I didn't well up with emotion at the drop of a hat; I finally felt in some sort of control over my emotional state. When friends ask about it, I tell them that I still experience other symptoms of depression: fatigue, loss of interest in sex, sometimes a lack of motivation; however, I no longer carry the feeling that I am worthless and useless (despite having a ph.d. and a good career) and the world would be a better place without me. It is really like the weight of the world has been lifted off of my shoulde | M | 40 | 20 days | 7/18/2006 | 5 | severe depression | loss of libido, stabilized weight, periods of heightened aggressiveness, dizziness and vertigo upon missed dose. | Although suffering from depression for most of my adult life, I only recently acknowledged that I had a severe emotional disorder in my early thirties. Still, even then, I refused to take medication. Finally, when I had exhausted all hope and effort, I 'submitted' to my therapists advice and tried Lexipro-- to no avail. Lexipro actually made me feel worse. Effexor was the drug that changed everything. It evened me out. The highs and lows I used to experience dissipated; I didn't well up with emotion at the drop of a hat; I finally felt in some sort of control over my emotional state. When friends ask about it, I tell them that I still experience other symptoms of depression: fatigue, loss of interest in sex, sometimes a lack of motivation; however, I no longer carry the feeling that I am worthless and useless (despite having a ph.d. and a good career) and the world would be a better place without me. It is really like the weight of the world has been lifted off of my shoulde | M | 40 | 20 months | 7/18/2006 | 5 | depression | M | | 12/3/2006 | 5 | GAD ,social anxiety, panic attacks | withdrawl(nervousness,insecure), dilated pupils, | if you dont know how to make friends and you want to just relax in a social setting effexorXR 75mg helped me more than zoloft, prozac, lexapro, welbutrin, or any of the the other SSRI anti depressents, effexor also releived my symptoms of withdrawl from clonazapam 1mg, effexor gave me the confidence to "be myself" when taking it, and that lead to popularity at school. when i stoped taking effexor i had to learn BE NICE, AND love OTHERS BEFORE YOUR SELF AND ANYONE WILL LIKE YOU IN DUE TIME... i hope this will help you. jesus loves you no matter what you do. | M | 17 | 1 years | 11/18/2006 | 5 | severe depression | at first it caused my emotions to become flat. that's tapered off, as has the sexual dysfunction side-effects. the higher the dosage, the harder it was to orgasm. this has eased a bit, thankfully. but i did find out after awhile that the longer the sexual activity, the harder it was to climax. which was cool for my girlfriend as she liked the increase in oral sex that offset my relatively quick work (five minutes or so). i also yawn constantly, but not tired. i'll be at the gym actively working out and i'll just yawn and yawn. | it's the only anti-depressant that has ever worked for me. | M | 26 | 8 months | 4/24/2006 | 5 | mood | M | 34 | | 8/15/2005 | 5 | IBS caused by Anxiety/depression | It was tough to get started, and took almost three weeks for the severe stomach pain to go away, and then it did, completely. It makes me sleep very deeply, which I never did before and I've gone from being awake at 6:00a.m. to happier sleeping until 9:00a.m (in my case this is a good thing). I am also must less preoccupied with sex. I didn't think this was an issue for me at all until I found what it's probably like for normal people. I have no performance problems at all, in fact I think my wife is enjoying our sex life more than ever before. But I am not constantly horny, which I was. I am enjoying sex much more. I am more patient with everyone and much more able to focus on my work. The major side effect for me is that I sleep deeply. | Saved my life. I was in a downward spiral and feeling like an old man. Sad, and in pretty much constant pain from various things. I was down to eating plain meals of only easy to digest food. I didn't go out much. Now I'm like a normal person again. Since I've been on this treatment I've come to understand that I was probably suffering from severe anxiety for the last 20 years, with depression and physical symptoms of the anxiety setting in since I was about 40. Now I have the outlook I did when I was 25 (if not the energy). I look forward to all the things I can do in life. Effexor has turned off the background of worry that was always dripping in my head. | M | 47 | 16 months | 6/14/2005 |