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 | None | None | M | 4 days | 5/3/2007 | 5 | Depression | Mild anxiety for first 2 weeks | Have been on effexor for several months now and can't remember feeling this good in a long, long, time. Energy level is phenomonal, mood is great and almost no side effects. I have seen a lot of people posting with complaints about getting off effexor, but at this point I hope the improvement lasts forever and I have no problem with taking a single pill the rest of my life if needed. No different than taking one for my high blood pressure. I know no single pill is good for everyone, but if nothing else has worked for you, this may be an excellent choice. | M | 40 | 4 months | 5/3/2007 | 5 | Panic Attacks, Depression | While taking it: Weight gain, difficulty achieving orgasm. If I miss a day: extreme disorientation, nausea, headache, agitation, anxiety, inability to concentrate, inability to wake up, wake up feeling exhausted. | I went through zoloft, serezone, and one other medication I don't remember before finally being prescribed Effexor several years ago. I take 300mg daily. Effexor saved my life. I don't even know how to describe how it is to have the veil lifted from my eyes and just be myself. I would rather die than go back to the way I used to live, and I appreciate so much that I don't have to. | M | 29 | 3 years | 2/16/2007 | 5 | Depression | I suspect that Effexor XR has caused me to gain and retain extra weight in the approx. 8 years I have been on the drug. Apart from that, I have had no bad side effects... | Prior to Effexor, I was on Paxil and that drug really did suck big time... Effexor really is my antidepresent of choice, with my experience. | M | 58 | 8 days | 2/14/2007 | 5 | Depression | Only side effect experienced was sweating every night when asleep. kinda annoying but bearable because everything else worked great | Lets first say i have not experienced any withdrawls yet... still on the med. im a bit scared of the withdrawls by reading others tales of it but whatever ill deal with them when i get off. i havnt missed a dose yet either. This medicine has helped me out a TON. my outlook on life has GREATLY increased and I am much more happy in general because of it... currently on 150mg. Tried wellbutrin and had every possible side effect so had to stop that... then tried lexapro and had bad sexual side effects and felt like a apathetic zombie so stopped that... effexor has given me zero sexual side effects (i guess im just lucky?) and i havnt lost libido... i am happy in my day to day life and am not as stressed out as i used to be.. anxiety is still a little bit of a issue but greatly reduced after taking this... give it a try if other meds dont work on you... you may be surprised like i was! | M | 21 | 3 months | 4/22/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | When I first began taking Effexor XR, I experienced some bad dreams, very tired, nausea; it felt alot like the flu. BUT here is my advice. STAY WITH IT! The symptoms are only your body getting used to the medication. The sympoms occur anytime there is a dosage change; down or up. The good news is this. THIS MEDICATION WORKS GREAT! | I've take this medication for over a year now and had amazing results. The highest dose I took is 75mg 2X per day. This gave me a VERY even feeling. I felt normal for the first time in many years. In combination with this medication I've been seeing a psychologist. I've learned to talk myself down from the anxiety; so now I have reduced my dose to 37.5mg 2X per day. I had a few withdrawal symptoms for a few days, it felt like the flu. Also it kind of felt like my axiety was returning; but just like my doctor told me that was just the dosage change. Sure enough I feel fine again! I will hold at 37.5mg 2X per day for about three months then drop the daily dosage to 37.5 1X per day for another three months; and then off all together. REMEMBER any dosage change will create symptoms; RIDE IT OUT! The symptoms go away! This is an awesome medication that gave me my life back! | M | 42 | 1 years | 4/30/2007 | 5 | anxiety | M | 48 | 2 months | 3/5/2007 | 5 | ADHD and chronic depression | The first week was pretty bad, sleeping a lot and headaches but after the first week they went away | While not for everyone this is the drug for me I love the stuff, tried other stuff and had to stop due to side effects. I glad to be old self, I have more energy, motivation and just want to get things done versus lying around and being tired. | M | 42 | 1 years | 9/1/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anger Management | Some sleepiness, but nothing unmanageable. | I think this drug is fantastic. It has turned me back into the person I want to be. No more outbursts, better language, better mood, etc... | M | 37 | 2 months | 10/31/2008 | 5 | Depression | In the first six months of beginning Effexor XR i put on close to 30 lbs. Withdrawal symptoms are a nightmare. I take 225mg everyday and if I miss two days I feel like I am about to die (EXTREME nausea, headaches, confusion) | Even though there have been some umwanted side effects (like gaining 30 lbs) this drug has done wonders for my depression. Even though I have gained weight I feel a 1000 times better about myself than I did before and have not had hardly any depressive episodes for almost 2 years now. | M | 24 | 2.5 years | 8/16/2007 | 5 | M | 13 months | 8/27/2007 | 5 | anxiety | delayed ejaculation(actually as it turns out a more good than bad side effect), fatigue(my wife thinks I am just lazy), high blood pressure??, lack of inhibitions, blurry vision??, nausea, motion sickness??, brain shivers if I miss a dose. | I started taking effexor xr 150mg about 7-8 years ago for anxiety. At first I thought it was a miracle drug. For the first time in my life I felt normal-maybe a little bit better than normal. After about 9 months that better than normal wore off and I was left anxiety free and feeling normal. I quit after about 2 years. I ran out of my percription and was to lazy(one of the side effects) to get it refilled. I quit cold turkey. Some will say that the withdrawals are absolutely hellish and they would be right. But for me after 2 days of cold turkey the brain shivers went away and I felt pretty normal-if not a little cranky. Now the problem-my anxiety came back. I have tried every non drug remedy there is and they do not work in my case. So after being effexor free about 1 year I started taking it again. My only complaint is it makes me lazy and the brain shivers if I miss a dose, but other than that it is a wonder drug and I have no fear of the withdrawals if I ever quit | M | 44 | 6 years | 7/10/2007 | 5 | depression | decrease in libido | M | 40 | 5 years | 6/22/2007 | 5 | Major depression | Have been on intro dose of 37.5mg for last two weeks. Had nausea in mornings until I ate a full breakfast with pill, now it's gone. Have noticed decreased libido and difficulty achieving orgasm in sexual relations (but not masturbating). Sorry for TMI, but want everyone reading to know what I experienced. | I've been on variety of depression medications for almost two years, with minimal result. At therapist suggestion, switched psychiatrists (I stopped using my GP for depression meds when it was clear he was just "going down the list.") He got to try Effexor, but I balked due to side effect comments. I tried Remeron instead and was a zombie for 48 hours. So back on Effexor. I am delighted with results. I am hopeful for the first time in years. Haven't figured out how to deal with sex side effects yet, but not having 1000 lb. weight of depression on me is a good start. | M | 40 | 15 days | 5/22/2007 | 5 | Depression & Anxiety | Yawning and fatigue | I have read the comments and can only conclude that people react differently to this drug in extreme ways. As for me - this drug has changed my life! I have suffered from severe depression for 16 years. In 1997 I survived an overdose of 300 lorazepam, clonazepam, and sleeping pills. I spent a week in a coma and another week in a psych ward. I have taken so many different drug I can’t even name them all. I lived in hell until the fifth doctor I tried finally changed my diagnosis from Bipolar to Depression and prescribed Effexor. Since taking this medication, I have discovered a life I couldn’t have even imagined. Although I still take other medications with the Effexor I know that without it I would not be the same. Because of my experience, I am very skeptical of “miracle” drugs but I am convinced that Effexor has delivered more than I thought possible. | M | 37 | 11 months | 7/11/2007 | 5 | DEPRESSION/WARTIME REMENISION DREAM | TIGHT JAW @ 150 MG AND INABILITY TO FINISH OR CLIMAX DURING INTERCOURSE LOWERING DOSAGE TO 112.5 TO HELP WITH JAW TIGHTENING AND TAKING 10 MG OF VARDENAFIL FOR SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS WORKS GREAT | RELAXES ME, ABLE TO THINK STRAIGHT AND I DONT SNAP AT THE FAMILY AND NO MORE DREAMS ALSO I AM TAKING AMBIEN TO HELP WITH A GREAT 8 HOUR NITES SLEEP BY TAKING THE VARDENAFIL WHEN NEEDED BEFORE SEX I AM ABLE TO CLIMAX AND ENJOY THE OTHER EFFECTS OF THESE PILLS. | M | 35 | 2 months | 1/11/2008 | 5 | irritability | loss of sex drive, inability to orgasm | Effexor has worked very well for me and aside from the sexual side affects I can't say anything bad about it. I used to just get so irritable over the most insignifcant things, now I feel happy almost all of the time and a whole lot more relaxed. I started with 75mg but felt no change until I went to 150mg; the difference was night and day. Effexor has alievated so much stress from my life that I only wish I started years ago. | M | 32 | 10 weeks | 1/11/2008 | 5 | Depression | Only problem is forgetting to take it. If I forget 2 days in a row I feel miserable dizzy and then I have the vivid dreams. | Just feeling better. It just takes away the phyiscal aspects of depression, unreasonable fear. I realize that I basically have a physical addiction to it and I'll be on it forever. I'll take that tradeoff to not have to experience life without it. | M | 43 | 5.5 years | 1/14/2008 | 5 | depression | sexual dysfunction, sleeplessness, vivid dreams, yawning. | It has improved my mood greatly, to the point of me being cheerful and having a positive outlook. I am far more talkative. The sexual dysfunction is not terrible and the sleeplessness is managable with sleeping tablets and hopefully it subsides soon. | M | 25 | 6 weeks | 1/25/2008 | 5 | Depression & Insomnia | At 150mg, I had difficulty urinating unless my bladder was really full which led to reduced urination and discomfort. I also had severe erectile dysfunction and tiredness in the afternoons. At 75mg, the difficulty urinating is mild and I can obtain erections a couple of days after ejaculating. Orgasms are delayed but not difficult. I'm going to try MACA and Ginkgo to assist with libido although it's not too bad on the lower dose. | I've been on and off Effexor a few times in the last six years. I was recently on Remeron but it was not effective. After being back on Effexor for a month now, I feel great. My mood has improved, I have more energy and my insomnia has improved. 75mg seems like a happy medium between benefits and side effects for me. My experience with this medication has been really positive. | M | 31 | 6 years | 2/21/2008 |