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 |
| 3 | Treatment Resistant Depression | Lethargy, Vomiting at start of treatment, Restlessness, Apathy with occasional and unexpected Rage, Alcohol cravings, Weight Gain, Difficulty getting out of Bed, Extremely easily Fatigued, Insomnia and daytime sleepiness | Effexor does an excellant job of getting rid of my feelings of "despair" and "negativity" however I often find that I just don't care about ANYTHING. I have started to take it at night, as when I was taking it during the day I will do things like not go to work and not feel bad, sleep all day and not shower all day. It's TOO good a making me feel less emotional. When I don't take it I'm a MESS but I have alot of energy to be productive and concentrate on school. | M | 20 | 1 years | 5/10/2007 | 1 | depression | Horrible. Awful. Exhaustion, nausea, vomiting, distress, sweats, uncontrollable itching. I hate it. Please, don't ever start taking it~ | F | 24 | 6 months | 5/10/2007 | 4 | menopause/depression | I became a gambling addict and lost everything. I switched meds and I am no longer interested in slot machines. | It worked for all of the side effects of menopause, but I didn't feel any less depressed. Stopped hot flashes immediately. | F | 39 | 3 years | 5/9/2007 | 5 | Nerve Pain | Anorexia. Intensified sexual experiences. Far better orgasms. Dry mouth. | I took 300mg of effexor xr for almost 3 years for unbearable nerve pain. I was told it helped to block the pain information from getting to the brain. It appeared to help. I went off of it, cold turkey, 3 months ago. I had read about horrible withdrawal. NO problems at all. After about a month or so off, I began to put on weight and have trouble reaching orgasm. After 3 months off, Dr. put me back on at 75mg. It's only been about a week, but I'm happy once again! ;-) | F | 39 | 3 years | 5/8/2007 | 4 | Depression/Suicidal Thoughts | Vivid dreams, feeling of no emotions, excessive yawning, jaw pain, no decrease in suicidal thoughts. | This medication is great. While I have not tried to come off this medicine yet, nor have I missed a dose in order to evaluate the withdrawl symptoms that people have discussed, this medicine did help me go from crying all the time to being more level-headed. While I did have some times where I had no emotion at all (where they could've told me that my entire family was killed and I would've just shrugged and said "that's too bad") It has helped me move forward. I'm on the lowest dose 37.5 right now, might increase to the 75 soon as I'm still having suicidal thoughts and have found myself measuring rope at the hardware store one night and not remembering how I got there. Otherwise, this med has been a Godsend. | F | 26 | 6 months | 5/8/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | No side effects but I have been taking it for a while now so I dont remember if I had and side effects in the begining. | I have been taking this drug for about 4 months, (give or take a week or two) and I have had 3 anxiety attacts, where as before I was having attacts atleast once a week. I think I got tired when I first started taking it. Sex drive is the same. Now heres the bad part. I went outta town for the weekend, left on a friday and I forgot to pick up my refill......I didnt have a pill till Monday, I suffered half the day Saturday, and all day sunday, up untill bout 1200 afternoon Monday. I slept all day Sunday and just felt "blah". I think I was having brain zaps as they say, its kinda an indescribable feeling for me. Almost a twitching thing I guess. Horrable all the way. Dont miss a dose!!! | F | 26 | 4 months | 5/7/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | No side effects but I have been taking it for a while now so I dont remember if I had and side effects in the begining. | I have been taking this drug for about 4 months, (give or take a week or two) and I have had 3 anxiety attacts, where as before I was having attacts atleast once a week. I think I got tired when I first started taking it. Sex drive is the same. Now heres the bad part. I went outta town for the weekend, left on a friday and I forgot to pick up my refill......I didnt have a pill till Monday, I suffered half the day Saturday, and all day sunday, up untill bout 1200 afternoon Monday. I slept all day Sunday and just felt "blah". I think I was having brain zaps as they say, its kinda an indescribable feeling for me. Almost a twitching thing I guess. Horrable all the way. Dont miss a dose!!! O yeah, extreem vivid dreams now | F | 26 | 4 months | 5/7/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, Severe Depression | During the first 10 days: brain zaps, felt like I was on acid a bit, but those feelings subsided very quickly. After first ten days: Dry mouth (but just reminds me that I need to flippin' drink some water!) and not a good thing if I have caffeine (I get a little jumpy) | So far, so good. This has helped a great deal, but I have been anxious/ depressed/ suicidal my whole life. Not sure if this drug's side-effects are good for those that are just mildly depressed. I've self-medicating with hard drugs and food forever it seems, and its nice to be on something that allows me to function, and to be social, with out being paranoid. Effexor isn't without it's negatives, but without it I wouldn't be able to be consistent or reliable. | F | 30 | 2 months | 5/5/2007 | 4 | general anxiety disorder | Vivid dreams (not scary, but great for story telling), extensive drowsiness, odd ejaculations, slight weight gain, and vertigo for about the first 2 weeks. If I miss ONE dose: extreme dizziness and shaking. | Overall I would recommend this drug. Everything has happened at 150 mg/day and all in all I am pleased with it. The strange ejaculations stopped after about 3-4 months and unfortunately the vivid dreams subsided around the same time (for the most part;)). If I had to say a few negative things about this drug they would be that I feel dependent upon the drug, but being dependent upon the drug is WAY better than experiencing anxiety. The other thing would be that missing a single dose ruins my day because I am incapable of doing anything productive while I am dizzy and shaking. But all in all I am lightyears better with this drug than I was before without it. | M | 19 | 8 months | 5/5/2007 | 4 | depression | F | 18 | | 5/5/2007 | 1 | OCD & panic disorder | While taking the effexor: brain 'zaps', inability to become angry, complacent, stomach pain. | I couldn't stand the brain zaps; I told my doctor about them, she claims she's never heard of it and said I should come off the medication if it got worse. Stopped taking it a week ago and I have been so sick. How can they prescribe a medication like this without warning people what will happen when they stop taking it? The brain zaps have gotten so much worse, I have a constant swooshing sound in my head. Dizzy, nauseous, vomiting, diarrhea, extreme pain in my limbs, numbness in mouth, lips and extremities, headaches, stomach aches, mood swings, crying out of the blue and blurred vision are all symptoms I attribute to stopping this medication. Every day gets better though and I'm looking forward to being done with this drug once and for all. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 5/5/2007 | 4 | Depression | I dont feal any side effects from this drug except i notice a masive differance when im drinking hard booze.beers alright to an extent and weed is a o.k. iv done most chems and organics on this stuff and the worst mixture is booze! | this dose work for depression i have 5 more months to go and im fealing 70% | M | 17 | 7 months | 5/4/2007 | 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 | anxiety | None | None | M | 4 days | 5/3/2007 | 5 | panic attacks | severe sweating,nightsweats | i will take the sweating and nightsweats anyday over the severe panic atacks. | F | 40 | 3 days | 5/3/2007 | 5 | depression/panic attacks. | Extreme fatigue, no sex drive. | This medication has saved my life. No more panic attacks. If you have been depressed and feeling suicidal a long time the side effects arn't so important. Give it time and keep in touch with your Dr. Every medication will have some side effects. But when you just want to feel normal like other people and enjoy life its worth it. I've tried many, many other meds. and this is the only one that worked. There is hope. Feel free to email me. | F | 37 | 6 years | 5/3/2007 | 4 | depression | Have trouble making decisions. Feel goofy at times. I have to listen very good to have a decent conversation with someone. | weight loss, I have been on Effexor Xr for 8 months. I don't like to drive my car hardly anymore due to feeling dizzy and I don't feel as sharp as I used to. Reading all the coments about trying to get off this medication scares me. | F | 56 | 8 times | 5/3/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Dry mouth, weight loss, yawning, insomnia at the very beggining, | This is the best thing that has happened to me. It killed my "impending sense of doom" and now I can lead a normal life. I can deal with the side effects as long as it makes me feel this good. My mother has been on it for 8 years and I also have two very good friends that have been on it for 2 years and 4 years. | F | 34 | 4 years | 5/2/2007 | 4 | Anxiety Depression | If i do not take this medication everyday or miss a dose I become a total b***H, as my husband says HAHA. I have gained 50 lbs since I started this med about 9 years ago however I am working on the weight loss. But since i started this med I have Panic attacks less often and I am more confident and I quit smoking too. | Now if I can loose 50+ lbs then I will be really happy :) | F | 34 | 9 years | 5/1/2007 | 4 | depression, anxiety | most noticeable side effect: dialated pupils. also severe withdrawal symptoms/"brain zaps", increased time to orgasm (though admittedly I started this medication so young that I don't really know if it's the medication or me). | I started taking this many years ago, and for about a year it was fantastic! Then I began sleeping ALL THE TIME. About a year and a half after that, the doctor decided it was the effexor, and I was switched to SSRI after SSRI... until finally I was ordered a sleep test and it turned out I had VERY severe sleep apnea, and there was evidence that it'd been around for a while. So, when treated for SA, wanted to try effexor again because it was the only one that had really worked! I'm not entirely sure it's working this time, there's been a lot of external events recently (deaths etc.), only time will tell. | F | 20 | 4 years | 5/1/2007 |