EFFEXOR Reviews (VENLAFAXINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (925 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare EFFEXOR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR EFFEXOR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | anxiety, depression | blurred vision, unfocused/cloudy mind, decreased libido, slight head tremors, extra drowsy upon waking, weight gain, migraines | though these side effects aren't ideal, so far they are minor compared to the anxiety and depression problem i had before trying this drug. i almost didn't give this drug enough time to work because initially, it made my heart race but that completely went away. it took a solid month before it kicked in and i was amazed. i had tried so many other anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds which either didn't help or made the problems worse. after several years of not taking anything, i tried this one and it works. i no longer suffer from severe anxiety. i can walk into situations with a calmness i didn't have before (especially social functions. i still experience depression and anxiety but i think it's a pretty healthy balance. i am concerned about getting pregnant while on this med and since it works so well, i worry about deciding to stop taking it. so far, it's been a life changing drug for me in a positive way. since being on effexor, i've tackled some major 'issues' with near ease an | F | 32 | 1 years | 12/8/2006 | 3 | depression | clenching of teeth, tired all the time, no sex drive NONE! | the most frustrating part of this is the fact that i was feeling better than i had been. had been on welbutrin before with no success. slept like a rock with effexor. the MAJOR part for me was the absolutely no sex drive. I mean NONE! i could deal with being tired somewhat but have to admit that my 40 min drive home from work scared me a few times. a lot of ppl have said that coming off effexor was aweful. ive had no problems. just some ringing in my ears but that is normal for me. the ringing is just a little louder than normal. i really wish i could countinue the effexor! today is my first day on celexa and hope it works. the part that sucks about this whole thing is that anti-depressants affect some ppls sex drive. I can only hope to find something that doesn't and so does my wife. any comments feel free to email. | M | 36 | 1 months | 12/7/2006 | 4 | Anxiety and Depression | First few weeks vivid dreams when I could sleep legs would shake violently when mixed with alchohol, Difficulty achieving orgasm usually 45-1 hour if at all and when I did have one it was more intense but muscle cramps in legs occured simultaneasly | Not sure what im going to do I am a very sexual person and it is killing my sex drive which makes me want to stop taking it but helps very well with the depression its like weights been lifted off my chest. If you are thinking of coming off of effexor xr u will have severe side effects the only thing that i found that takes them all away is marijuana which is also good for anxiety and depression but happens to be illegal in most states. | M | 24 | 1.5 years | 12/6/2006 | 1 | anxiety, stress, mild depression | Brain zaps, severe mood swings, confusion and misperception of reality, time warp type of blackouts, emotionlessness, uncaring, moments of great sadness and pain, nausea, dry mouth, muscle cramping, suicidal thoughts, constantly conversing but no one was there, inappropriate and abnormal behavior both social and moral, irritated eyes with light sensativity, complete lack of focus. | I lost my job, my girlfriend and many good friends because of this medication, never again. If your even contemplating taking it, forget it!!! | M | 41 | 5 months | 12/6/2006 | 1 | Depression | I took this pill when I was 18 after fighting off doctors and psychologists for 7 years about getting on anti-depressants. I had plenty of out of body experiences after taking this drug. I would be laying in bed lethargic and feel that I was floating and looking down on my body. I was an emotional wreck, constantly crying, irritated with my family, and down about having to drop out of college due to an illness. The reason I got on this was because I was so depressed about leaving school that I didn't get out of bed for 2 weeks straight. After getting on this pill, it didn't help with anything. I just felt worse. | Once I told my doctor about how I felt, he quickly changed my meds to Wellbutrin SR (I owe my life to this stuff...). He told me there had been reportings of the same thing that happened. Unfortunately a few of my friends had to experience this pill as well. Without having told them about my experience, they told me what happened to them. They reported the same experience as I. There was a report on MSN yesterday about patients taking Effexor are more likely to committ suicide than not taking it. I believe that. | F | 22 | 3 weeks | 12/6/2006 | 5 | depression/anxiety | Flu-like symptoms, chills, fever; slight irritablity. All these side affects disappeared after a few years. I've been taking Effexor since it was in clinical trials, about 14 years. | Has worked very well for my bi-polar type II. Sometimes, though, I am still slightly depressed. | F | 51 | 14 years | 12/5/2006 | 1 | depression | no sleep, delusions of grandure, nightmares, blackouts, sexual thoughts but still no sex drive, pressure behind my eyes and light sensitivity, more depressed on it than off it, voices, constant crying, total confusion and lack of reality experiences | Never again!!!!!!!!! | M | 39 | 10 months | 12/4/2006 | 1 | depression | weight gain, severe sweating, vivid dreams, restlessness | I was intitially very pleased with effexor. In the begng I thought it was a huge help in allowing me to manage my depression. My only complaints were that if I did not take the meds by 4pm I would be extremely nauseated and would have "body shocks." I also found that I had no drive on the medction as if I did not care, but I also wasnt as sad so I still felt content with the drug despite the other frustrations. During my 4th month on effxor I began severly sweating, it was terribly embarrising. I never wanted to go out with my friends, b/c if we would walk anywhere for even 5 min, the temp difference of outside to inside would make me sweat profusely. The effexor made it very easy to sleep, and I did alot of that, sometimes missing important events, which is completely out of character. Eventually I was sick of the nausea from a late on a dose, the weird and troubling dreams, the embarrising sweating, and missed my old self that worked hard and was always prepared. I tried | F | 21 | 18 months | 12/3/2006 | 1 | depression | weight gain, severe sweating, vivid dreams, restlessness | I was intitially very pleased with effexor. In the begng I thought it was a huge help in allowing me to manage my depression. My only complaints were that if I did not take the meds by 4pm I would be extremely nauseated and would have "body shocks." I also found that I had no drive on the medction as if I did not care, but I also wasnt as sad so I still felt content with the drug despite the other frustrations. During my 4th month on effxor I began severly sweating, it was terribly embarrising. I never wanted to go out with my friends, b/c if we would walk anywhere for even 5 min, the temp difference of outside to inside would make me sweat profusely. The effexor made it very easy to sleep, and I did alot of that, sometimes missing important events, which is completely out of character. Eventually I was sick of the nausea from a late on a dose, the weird and troubling dreams, the embarrising sweating, and missed my old self that worked hard and was always prepared. I tried | F | 21 | 18 months | 12/3/2006 | 1 | depression, anxiety, stress | memory loss, delusions, insomnia, decreased sexual drive, episodes of confussion, inability to focus, split personality traits, completely emotionless, deep mood swings, blackout periods, night mares, hallucinations, exessive talking, weight gain, acted out in irratic behavioral episodes very unlike my normal way of being before effexor which was probably attributable to the split personality traits I was portraying. | Absolute worst period of my life. Thi product should be removed permanently from the market. | M | 40 | 6 months | 12/1/2006 | 1 | depression | muscle spasms, horrible dreams when I was able to sleep, difficulty distinguishing reality and fiction, blackouts and memory loss, muscle tremors, long periods of weeping, swaeting and hot flashes, vision problems, talked constantly and flirted especially to strangers, I felt like an trapped animal ready to attack all the time, emmense sadness, thoughts of suicide, thought of hurting others, strange voices. | Though I am a devoted Christian, I think I would rather kill myself than live through this time in my life ever again. My husband and I are seperated because of this tiny pill, 150 mg a day was all it took. He is trying hard to understand that this medication was the source of my behavior. God have mercy on us, effexor destroyed 14 years of happiness and two beautiful children. | F | 37 | 1 years | 12/1/2006 | 5 | depression | yawning, tired, jaw clenching | has worked rather well for me. had read a lot of negative stuff but was felling bad enough to try any way. glad i did. was on welbutrin before but couldnt sleep. switched to effexor and now i sleep like a rock, best sleep ive had in years. the side effects that are annoying for me is being tired and yawning a lot. i have to keep busy to curb these efffects. tried switching the time i take it from the morning to evening. it helped some. the best thing is im finally starting to feel "normal". my wife said i used to be like a "jumping bean" always in a good mood and ready to go. after the death of my grandmother 5 yrs ago, whom i was very close to, that jumping bean went away and i turned into something else. could care less about doing anything or even talking to anybody. those days are at a close now. still have bad days but not even close to what they used to be. for me effexor has been great so far. | M | 36 | 1 months | 11/30/2006 | 4 | panic disorder w/ agoraphobia, OCD, | I had really bad headaches for the first 2 weeks. I was depressed so my doctor up'd my meds. I am currently taking 225 mg per day. I have not had any panic attacks since I have been on it. | Weight gain. I feel fuzzy brained, dizzy, and have headaches when I miss a few doses. Loss of appetite, not very energetic. | F | 40 | 1 days | 11/26/2006 | 4 | panic disorder w/ agoraphobia, OCD, | I had really bad headaches for the first 2 weeks. I was depressed so my doctor up'd my meds. I am currently taking 225 mg per day. I have not had any panic attacks since I have been on it. | Weight gain. My doctor told me that Weight gain is not a side effect of Effexor!! I feel fuzzy brained, dizzy, nausea, and have headaches when I miss a few doses. Loss of appetite, not very energetic. I also have difficulty concentrating, and can be irritable. | F | 40 | 1 days | 11/26/2006 | 1 | Depression | Dizziness, Dry Mouth, Impotence - Difficulty getting and maintaining an erection, Took forever to ejaculate. | My doctor put me on Effexor (75 Mg) for 3 weeks as I was in depression. However, the side effects of this drug made things worst. I was in depression because of my illness - Chronic Prostatitis. Prostatitis itself is extremely painful, depressing and long illness of male urinary system. When I took Effexor (and wasn't aware of the side effects) I got sh*t scared, as I couldn't get an erection. I thought I have developed an ED !! Thank god my Prostatits got cured in the same week and I stopped taking Effexor. I would not recommend this drug to anyone. | M | 27 | 16 days | 11/26/2006 | 5 | anxiety, depression | shakiness,sleeplessness,sweating,increased libido,dizziness, clenched jaw,vivid dreams,jumping in sleep,nauseau,not hungry, itchiness, most of these are gone but still have some. PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU STILL HAVE DIZZINESS THAT'S NOT FROM BEING LATE OR MISSING DOSE. | However my anxiety is completely gone as well as my depression. I have never known life without both. I feel much more clear minded and sharp. Much happier, still having dizziness but not sure it's from ephexor, it could be from another condition. | F | 41 | 3 months | 11/19/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | Do not remember any of the early side effects. As far as weight gain goes, I had just quit smoking as well so I put on 15-20 lbs. Main long term side effect has been sexual. | I was pretty sexually active prior to going on the drug. Relatively speaking, I'm married with kids. After being on the med for a month or so I didn't even think about it but for once or twice a month. Still is that way. The orgasms I have even feel different now. That may be another issue though. But overall I do feel better than I did before I was on it. I do get a little foggy headed from time to time though. | M | 35 | 13 months | 11/17/2006 | 4 | depression | tired all the time yawning muscles in jaw feel like i've been clinching them even though i havent | went to effexor after taking welbutrin. welbutrin gave me insomnia and after 3 weeks i said no more. effexor makes me exteremly tired al the time. has helped a lot though. feel like interacting with people for a change. starting to feel like old self again. if you plan to take this make sure you research it first and make your decision. read a lot of neg things but felt bad enough to take the chance anyway and so far glad i did | M | 35 | 1 weeks | 11/16/2006 | 5 | | 11/14/2006 | 3 | Depression & Anxiety | I do dream vividly every night and remember the dreams. They are always an adventure and rarely bad dreams. | My heart has palpatations but I have history of Wolf-Parkinson-white Syndrome...heart palpatations but know Effexor has brought them on more. Some shaking of my left hand..minor. But lately I realize that everything hurts. My back, elbows, shoulders, hips. Has anyone else experienced this? I didn't connect it to Effexor until today and looked it up finding one other person complaining of the same. | F | 58 | 18 months | 11/13/2006 |