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 |
| 3 | depression and lack of motivation | none at all | In my case it has only helped somewhat, so far. | F | 44 | | 8/15/2002 | 5 | depression | no interest in sex | this has worked wonderfully for me. | F | 32 | 9 months | 8/7/2002 | 1 | | 7/26/2002 | 5 | depression/anxiety | sexual dysfunction | F | 26 | 2 months | 7/5/2002 | 4 | Eating disorder | Constitpation, night sweats, dizziness etc etc | F | 28 | 1 days | 7/4/2002 | 3 | Depression, maybe bipolar. | Severe rectal hemmorhaging, suddenly, after 3 weeks; had to stop taking immediately! Bleeding 50% reduced by next day, stopped entirely within 3 days. Otherwise, no other side affects other than some bizarre but inocuous withdrawal symptoms. | It was like a dream until the above happened, utterly sublime, perfect balance between energizing affect and slight drowsiness, ease of falling asleep, no side affects. | M | 44 | 3 weeks | 6/29/2002 | 3 | major depression | I needed to take a considerably high dosage to have any effect. I currently take 450g a day. | F | 28 | 1 years | 6/27/2002 | 3 | major depression | If i skip tablets or miss a day i find the withdrawal symptoms quite intense. It feels like my head is shaking and the earth is moving. Also have headaches. But if i take it regulary i have no problems and the drug works well for me in high doses. | (i rated this drug before but wanted to add comments about the withdrawal symptoms.) | F | 28 | 1 years | 6/27/2002 | 5 | depression, panic attacks. | None | After being on zoloft, paxil, and several other SSRI's, Effexor was prescribed. Effexor worked like a charm without syptoms of restlessness, hyperactivity, or insomnia. | F | 48 | 3 years | 6/9/2002 | 4 | anxiety | vivid dreams, dizziness if forget to take it | F | 52 | 1 years | 6/9/2002 | 2 | extreme depression, anxiety | weight gain, loss of libido, inability to have an orgasm. Quitting this drug was pure hell! I had weird electric shocks down my spine,was very dizzy, muscle aches, back aches, hot flashes, night sweats, day sweats | I took this drug for about a year and a half. Even though it hardly lifted my depression two different psychiatrists I saw were reluctant to take me off of it. I have no idea why. I'm taking Paxil now and it has helped me tremendously. | F | 40 | 18 months | 6/7/2002 | 1 | anxiety/depression | HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE MED FOR ME! Sweating, shaking, extreme nausea so bad I had to leave work and stayed home the next day! Felt like a zombie and nervous at the same time. Eyes dialated the whole time. Had hullucinations when sleeping at night.It was a very scary feeling. | Everyone is different- what works for some doesn't work for others and vice versa. I just know it didn't work for me. | F | 22 | 1 days | 5/31/2002 | 4 | panic/anxiety | decreased genital sensitivity, it takes longer to ejaculate. Headaches, some dizziness on occation | It works for me | M | 49 | 4 years | 5/30/2002 | 4 | Depression | Insomnia | M | 59 | 4 weeks | 5/28/2002 | 5 | anxiety/depression/ | constipation, bruising, weight gain | Weight gain is significant. The drug is wonderful except for that. | F | 53 | 5 months | 5/25/2002 | 4 | Could not stop crying | Sometimes by hands tremble , my lips also tremble | I am very afraid to actually stop taking Efexor, but I really want to stop. | F | 35 | 2.5 years | 12/31/2001 | 5 | depression/anxiety | diarrhea | helped a lot. More stimulating than Zoloft. | M | 24 | 3 months | 10/22/2001 | 4 | Panic/anxiety/depression | Loss of libido, erection and orgasm problems, no interest in sex, blurry vision, some constipation, | M | 43 | 3 months | 10/19/2001 | 5 | clinical depression | My doctor had originally prescribed Nortriptyline which usually had undependable and uncomfortable side effects and never really seemed to work well. About three years ago I had made a 300 mile trip to visit my mother and felt very drained and fatigued when I arrived. I was out of my medication and could not seem to shake the fatigue no matter what I tried. I explained this to my mother who knew I was on Nortriptyline and offered me a 75mg Effexor tablet. It turns out, many of my family members also suffer from clinical depression. The effects amazed me. Initially I had a very sick feeling in my stomach that lasted about 5 or 10 minutes. After about 20 minutes I just seemed to come back to life and the fatigue was gone. I had been fighting this kind of fatigue and irritibility for almost 10 years before I was diagnosed with depression. Additional side effects I had had was alot of muscle quivering all over my body. Nothing serious and strangely it felt very good to have sensation where normally I had been physically insensitive. When I returned home I aksed my doctor to change my prescription to Effexor. These effects only lasted about the first few weeks I taking Effexor and the good effects have been pretty dependable. I adjusted the dose to about 4-5 65mg tablets per day. | Taking Effexor with or without food seems to make no difference at all. However, my nervous system has adjusted to the medication over time. This accounts for some rather difficult withdrawal symptoms of I stop taking it or miss a day or more of regular doses. These effects include extreme irritibility since I had no longer needed to psychologically cope with many of the extreme effects of clinical depression as I had for over 10 years, these resistances were not as well honed as they used to be. This withdrawal effect has been the worst of them. Another withdrawal effect are flashes of numbness and tingling, mostly in the hands and a similar sensation or dizziness in the head. Finally, over a period of time I noticed I had to adjust to higher doses currently at 4-5 75mg tablets a day and the time it takes for the medication to begin working noticeably has increased somewhat from 20 minutes to about 45 minutes to 1 hour. After taking effect, there is a peak where the medication is working very well for about 20 minutes and drops off again, quickly at first then gradually over about 4 hours. If I miss a day of medication, I need to limit my first dose to about 1 half or one tablet as more than this will cause some almost convulsive nervous sensation and a strong need for rest in order to re-adjust. | M | 35 | 2 years | 10/14/2001 | 2 | recurrent depression | loss of feelings/emotions. | F | 57 | 2 years | 10/6/2001 |