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 & mild depression | World spinning during first week. Coming off after 6 months I was super dizzy and sleeping 12 hours a day, still being tired the other 12 awake hours. In the end, though, I just had the best 6 months of my life because I was actually ME!! | F | 26 | 6 months | 8/24/2004 | 3 | depression | nausea at first and clenching teeth,if i am a couple of hours late taking a dose i feel terrible ,sick,faint,shakey,really awful | F | 34 | 14 months | 8/24/2004 | 1 | depression | anxiety | F | 41 | 8 days | 8/24/2004 | 4 | Anxiety (job related) | Night sweats. Sleep 3 hours at a time. very drowsy. very hungry. trouble staying focused on work. Feel somewhat depressed, but very arroused. Slow to reach orgasim, but | Before, I was very energetic, high paced and productive and always afraid that I was not doing enough. Now, I am relaxed, self assured and confident and at the same time opposite from one month ago. Now I am slow paced, not productive having difficulty staying focused. I am not able to produce my work efficiently, and now I don't even care. Help! I do want to keep my job. I feel somewhat depressed, all I what to do is sleep, wake and drink cofee (read, which I never did before) eat and satisfy a | M | 40 | 45 days | 8/20/2004 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | EXTREME DRY MOUTH, but not until I was taking it for over 4 years. | Please email me if you have ever experienced DRY MOUTH symptoms that started later on in treatment (not initially) | F | 36 | 5 years | 8/20/2004 | 3 | stress, pms, ibs, sleeplessness | yawning, but feel better, just enough to take the edge off | F | 31 | 7 days | 8/19/2004 | 4 | Anxiety and Depression | I have been on 75mg for about one and a half years now. I have found myself getting sleepier earlier; I usually can not stay up past 9 PM. My libido has gone down a great deal. I do still experience sweating, and become cold quite easily now. | I am less emotional with this medication, and feel more | F | 26 | 19 months | 8/18/2004 | 1 | Clinical Depression | Lack of energy, lack of motivation, feeling | The biggest problem I have had has been with my sleep pattern, my brother (age 15) is on the same medication and he has had the exact same problem. I have had countless days where I will sleep for a ridiculous amount of time without waking up. When I finally do wake up I do so in a cold sweat - which is horrible. If I miss even one pill I am dizzy and have spells of shooting dizziness every 5 to ten minutes. I become confused and disoriented- forgetting where I put things that I just set down, it is as though I am lost in some foreign world with my mind. Instinctively, I want lay down and sleep to make the dizziness go away - ( I should mention my eyes are always very dry when this happens, too) and then I will proceed to sleep for hours on end AGAIN. It scares me that these antidepressants are prescribed so casually - because they can alter your life dramatically. I feel as though I am addicted because when trying to go off of the drug (as prescribed) the withdrawel symptoms are so overwhelming - I turn into a true nutcase. I really urge that more medical research be done with these drugs. I know that I am a guinea pig for doctors due to the youth of this drug - but please keep in mind the lifechanging and devestating effects that these drugs can have on people. These drugs are adding chemicals to your brain. When I mention feeling | F | 21 | 3 years | 8/18/2004 | 5 | severe anxiety disorder and depress | I was experiencing severe anxiety. I began Effexor on May 15, 2004. I gained about 20 pounds by mid June. However, I am able to function normally again. I take 150 mg. capsules. I love this medicine. I feel that this medicine has been worth every pound that I have gained.....It is certainly better than suffering from a nervous break down. It is a gift from God. | M | 37 | 3 days | 8/17/2004 | 4 | PTSD/Anxiety | Effexor worked really well for me. I started with 3.7 mg for one week then went to 75 mg for a total of one month before my blood pressure went from 120/77 to 159/99. (before being on effexor I was on and off Prozac for approx 10 years) So my Dr.took me off of the stuff. Too bad. It was doing its job well. | M | 50 | 30 days | 8/16/2004 | 1 | Hot Flashes (menopausal) | None until discontinuation. | Worked well for controlling 90% of menopausal hot flashes. Problem ocurred when family physician discovered multi-nodular, enlarged thyroid. Thyroid was healthy 1 year before starting Effexor. PDR states that rare/infrequent cases of altered thyroid function have been documented as a result of taking Effexor. I am now slowly tapering off and having a myriad of side effects. Dizziness, nausea, muscle aches (even a swollen arm), headache etc. The withdrawal symptoms are terrible. I would caution people not to start this drug unless it is absolutely necessary. AND if you are using it, have your thyroid checked periodically with ultrasound. The thyroid blood tests are not as reliable. | F | 56 | 1 years | 8/14/2004 | 5 | recurrent major depressive disorder | nothing but good things--more energy, less crying, can sleep a normal 8 hour night and feel rested (I used to sleep 15 hours or more if I could.) | I have been depressed since I was a child, and have been able to cope with it unless I experience stress or changes in my life--at those times despair and anxiety would take over my life. I have tried 5 or 6 different antidepressants with no success. After I had a baby this spring, I experienced a horrible episode of Postpartum Depression. After trying Zoloft and Welllbutrin (on doctor's orders--I had no faith in these drugs anymore, but was told that I would be hospitalized if I did not accept treatment.), I was finally put on Effexor a month ago, and started feeling better within days. I really feel like this drug is a miracle. I had resigned myself to a life of hidden tears and forced smiles, but thanks to this drug, I can look at my husband and child again and think, | F | 22 | 1 months | 8/12/2004 | 3 | depression | No sex drive vivid dreams | F | 33 | 2 years | 8/11/2004 | 1 | anxiety, depression | Switched from | Effexor xr should be outlawed, the withdrwal effects are UNIMAGINABLE unless you experience them. I was on 150mg for 8 months and on prozac for 10 years at 80mg with no withdrawal problems. Do your research this drug is horrible!! | M | 34 | 8 months | 8/11/2004 | 4 | fibromylgia | no side effects | F | 56 | 1 years | 8/10/2004 | 3 | | 8/8/2004 | 1 | MS depression & pain | weight gain, sweating!!, | intolerable withdrawal - dizziness, myscle pains, rage, weepiness, nightmares, insomnia, weird ear pressure & noises, itching. Most Dr.s do not know or care about side effects while on the drug & especially when discontinuing. Patient's beware!!!! | F | 48 | 5 months | 8/7/2004 | 3 | Mangled Psyche | Let it be known that if I stay on the prescribed dose withdrawl symptoms don't occur. Let it also be known that if I miss just 2 dosages, HEAVY! withdrawl symptoms persist without fail. Such as; Nausia, Vomiting, | I don't believe there is any real | M | 27 | 3 years | 8/5/2004 | 3 | Mangled Psyche | Let it be known that if I stay on the prescribed dose withdrawl symptoms don't occur. Let it also be known that if I miss just 2 dosages, HEAVY! withdrawl symptoms persist without fail. Such as; Nausia, Vomiting, | I don't believe there is any real | M | 27 | 3 years | 8/5/2004 | 3 | DEPRESSION/ANXIETY | INTENSE JAW PAIN, TREMORS, INSOMNIA, LACK OF SEXUAL DESIRE, DRY MOUTH, MOOD SWINGS | F | 45 | 6 months | 8/4/2004 |