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 |
| 2 | anxiety | I experienced dizzyness and unusual headaches along with blurred vision. This is a medication I wish I had never started. Only mildly relieved anxiety, but also began having unusual chest pains after I started taking it. I am now weening off the drug and that is also not good, but I am feeling more myself and in control instead of zombie like. Doctors said this was normal symptoms and I periodically would try to get off the effexor but found the side effects of that worse at the time until I finally had enough and decided to go through the withdrawels and end the effexor for good. | M | 36 | 2 years | 5/22/2007 | 2 | depression & anxiety | Increased anxiety, OCD, weight gain. | I did not like it at all. My husband takes it and it works for him. But if he is late missing a dose, he gets sicker then a dog. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 5/22/2007 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression/Energy | The side effects getting on the medicine were not bad. It was getting off the medicine that was horrible. I do not recommend you taking this medicine if you ever have the thought of getting off of it. I experienced dizziness, uncontrollable mood swings, I missed work, I basically could not function for days to more than 2 weeks. I was completely miserable. Please stay away from Effexor if at all possible. Try something else. | F | 32 | 3 years | 5/22/2007 | 5 | Depression/ Anxiety | At first, a bit of a buzz, light-headed, a bit on the stoned side. Now (after six weeks), a bit yawny, some interesting dreams, but that's it. | Overall, this drug has helped me like no other. I'm less anxious, meaning I can go out and be social. My boss has noticed a difference, even though I haven't told anyone at work I'm on anything. Generally, my anger has been reduced, I'm able to tackle tasks without being in a dazed stupor, and it seems weird but my period seems like it is more regular. Overall, I don't know if I would recommend this to everyone, but generally, this has helped me like you would not believe. | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 5/21/2007 | 5 | Depression/OCD- negative obsessions | Stomach problems early on: bloating, nausea, constipation. These disappeared after a few weeks. No side effects now accept for yawning. | I have been taking 75mg dosage for a year now and it has greatly improved my depression. The negative obsessive thoughts playing over and over in my head have disappeared completely. I have not experienced any sexual side effects. I was on a 100mg dose of Zoloft prior to taking Effexor and it completely crushed my sex drive. I no longer have that sense of dread every morning and I am able to handle the stress of daily life. I would definitely recommend Effexor XR. | M | 32 | 1 years | 5/20/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | None bad to my knowledge. As a plus, the only side effect I am aware of is that PMS related bloating and water retention, breast tenderness, weight gain, cramps, headaches and general PMS discomfort all dissapeared. It did away with all of my adverse PMS symptoms. | My doctor had me on very low doses of Effexor for the anxiety (racing heart beat and shortness of breath mainly). My anxiety is not daily, weekly or even monthly a regular occurance for me so I do not know how well the effexor helped this problem, haven't had anxiety prolblems in a very long time. However, I went off of effexor while on vacation and had been off of effexor for about 4 months. The reoccurance of horrible PMS symptoms has made me decide to get back on effexor, it is a Godsend to be without PMS syptoms! Checking into the option of intermittent use during specific phase of menstrual cycle rather than daiy regular use. | F | 42 | 9 months | 5/19/2007 | 3 | GAD | Horrible nightmares, dry mouth, dilated pupils, foggy head, tiredness, slight headaches | just on 37.5 mg for a week but having incredibly frightening nightmares so thinking of stopping... does anyone have any advice for meds for GAD? | M | 23 | 1 weeks | 5/19/2007 | 5 | anxiety/panic attacks | Switched directly from 15 mgs Lexapro to 37.5 mgs Effexor, so not many side effects at all, just regular ones. Crazy dreams, a little tired when waking up, but better energy during the day. Going up to 75mgs in a week... | So far so good.....not much has happened yet, except less panic attacks, which is awesome....not as tired as I was on Lexapro, but still in the beginning, so I'll rate again later. | F | 37 | 2 weeks | 5/18/2007 | 5 | Depression | Trouble Staying asleep for more than 2hrs at a time. Loss of appetite (good side effect) weird, lucid dreams, night sweats. All side effects went away except the dreams. Unfortunately, I developed another side effect after the ones I mentioned above disapeared. When I forget to take my medication I get vertigo immediately after I miss my dose and often I get massive headaches. | All in all, I love it. I have not have a depressed moment since I've been on it, approx. 8 months. The side effects caused by missing a dose are easily managed by taking my missed dose. I can live with them. | F | 32 | 8 months | 5/17/2007 | 1 | Accute axniety and depression | Amplification of depressive and anxious symptoms | I was orignally put on Efferor to help with my anxiety (at this time i didnt think i was depressed, just in an altered state of perception). However I'm not sure how Effexor xr is meant to work? I dont see how dizziness, fatigue, grossly dialated pupils and a limp dick are meant to improve your condition....I seriously recommend something else...just through the last of mine out. Of cousre i will try something else (I believe cipramil is ok), but i would rather go without than use effexor ever again......Shithouse | M | 25 | 3 months | 5/17/2007 | 3 | Depression | Dizziness, Nasuea, Fatigue | I tried to kill myself so The doctor prescribed this med in late january. I have been taking it every since and am still depressed so my dr. assumes I have bipolar, wtf. So anyways I was taking a 75 mg pill and a 37.5, because when he raised it to 150 I got really really depressed, so then he just randomly decides to take me off of it, and he didn't even wheen me off. He just said take the rest of the pills you have then stop. So I took 75 mg for like 3 days then I stopped. I got so sick, every time I ate I got all shakey and sweaty and thought I was gonna puke, so I'd lay down and fall asleep. I was so tired and nauseuos, then I got super dizzy, like I was dizzy then a huge surge of dizziness rushed over me, if I moved my eyes weird even. God it was awful, so I called and they said I was having withdrawl, and I'm on 37.5 for a week then 37.5 every other day for a week. God it sucks. | F | 17 | 4 months | 5/16/2007 | 3 | depression/ anxiety/ptsd | The first few weeks of the medicine made my anxiety level unbearable. I had terrible insomnia, sweating, dizziness, nausea, and every other imaginable side effect usually associated with starting antidepresants. I've been on Prozac, Paxil, Welbutrin, and Zoloft and never had side effects as severe as with this medication. Although I still experience these side effects when upping my dosage they all go away after two weeks. I still have mild depression and anxiety, but it has been the most effective treatment for me. I've found that no matter what the medicine is you never really get to the point of being symptom free. | If I am late taking my pill I experience withdrawal symptoms within an hour of my missed dose. Once I start feeling dizzy and nauseous it's too late. Although I take my medicine as soon as I remember i generally feel ill for the whole day until my next dosage the following evening. | F | 26 | 3 years | 5/15/2007 | 1 | depression | Withdrawal symptoms: vertigo, rapid cycling mood swings, hot and cold flashes, anger | I took this years ago when it first came out. One day I ran out of pills, and the withdrawal was overwhelming. This drug is highly addictive, and has known adverse effects such as carcinoma and serotonin syndrome. VERY DANGEROUS NEUROTOXIN!!! | F | 31 | 3 months | 5/15/2007 | 1 | depression/anxiety | weight gain, loss of sex drive | Very hard to go off, terrible withdrawls | F | 29 | 2 days | 5/15/2007 | 1 | Anxiety and panic attacks | Dizziness, nausea, brain shock sensations, weight gain, muscle twitching and jerking, horrible dreams. | I was prescribed this two years ago and doctors did not understand the difficulties of getting off this drug then. My doctor thought all I had to do was reverse the starter pak and be done in a week. The true horror was trying to get off this medication and the withdrawal. My once productive life was reduced to counting the tiny beads out of a capsule trying to appease my body, but yet still work towards getting off this stuff over weeks. I was so dizzy and nauseated I could barely stand from the withdrawal. The drug clears your body rather quickly, it's that you have to retrain your brain to function without it. I dont even like to think back on it and the time this drug took from my life once it had a hold on me. It was the worst time of my life. A horrible, horrible drug. | F | 46 | 6 months | 5/14/2007 | 1 | nothing | mild hallucinations, aplpitations, dizziness, nausea | M | 25 | 1 years | 5/14/2007 | 1 | | 5/14/2007 | 1 | migraines | horrible side effects: big weight gain, sweating all the time, loss of creativity, increased blood pressure, brain 'zapping' if i missed even one pill, swelling in feet + ankles, complete loss of sex drive | terrible, terrible drug. PLEASE do not take this unless you have tried everything else + are suicidal. have heard it's good for that. i took this to help with severe migraines. took me over a year to realize all the problems i was having were related to the drug. i lost all desire to do anything. went to work, came home, went to bed. lost my social life, creativity, sex drive. the worst part? getting off the drug. took MONTHS to wean myself off of it. the brain 'zapping' gets AWFUL. got to the point where i was counting out beads. literally down to 5 beads, then 4, then 3, etc. have been off it almost 1 year, still not back to normal. didn't lose all the weight, sex drive hasn't fully come back, creativity hasn't returned. screwed me up for life. if there was class action law suit against it, i would join in a heartbeat. | F | 43 | 1.5 years | 5/14/2007 | 5 | GAD/Depression | Slight weight gain (about 8 lbs.) first month | I was quite anxious when I read the comments here before starting Effexor, but it's helped tremendously. I was suffering from chronic insomnia (able to get to sleep, but usually woke up around 3 am unable to go back to sleep) and I realize now that I was depressed...I really thought I'd snap out of my funk, but after being on Effexor for several months now, I can't imagine why I waited so long (over two years!) to start feeling better. I'm sort of a large person to begin with (5-11, 175 lbs.), so the weight gain isn't any fun, but I also now have the energy to work out and the motivation to eat more healthily. I have missed doses, once for an entire day, and I didn't suffer a single side effect. As with all medicines, I guess it's just best to trust your own judgment...I never had a single issue with Prozac years ago when I was on that, so I must be able to tolerate these meds better than some people. The cost is a factor. There is no generic, and it's quite expensive (about | F | 39 | 4 months | 5/11/2007 | 1 | depression | ifeel like i am tweaking | F | 27 | 1 days | 5/11/2007 |