PRISTIQ Reviews (DESVENLAFAXINE SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.8 (628 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PRISTIQ with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRISTIQ | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Panic disorder | Slight weight gain but i have never felt better. Pristiq definitely working for me. | F | 48 | 3 months 100mg | 7/20/2013 | 1 | Major Depressive Disorder | Severe heart palpitations/shortness of breath causing coughing; hot flashes; tiredness; severe irriability | Never got a chance to see if Pristiq helped depression, since the side effects were serious enough to cause discontinuing the drug. | F | 56 | 13 days 50 1X day | 7/9/2013 | 1 | Severe depression/anxiety | OMG! I am SO tired! I stumbled across this site; I'm SO relieved to know why I've been sleeping 16 hours(and still barely able to move). I've missed work, doctors appt's, life for6 days . I'm stopping this sh**. In my experience the only anti depressant that ever worked was adderol or Wellbutrin. But you get used to those. All psychiatric drugs are crap and will fuck up your body. I'd rather be depressed than in a drunk like stupor. Do yourself a favor: happiness does not come in a pill. I've tried various stuff fir20 years. Finally learned lesson. Hey, at least it wasn't a " mood stabilizer,". But that's another story. Stay AWAY from mood drugs. Oh yeah, my headaches SO much horrible. | F | 39 | 6 days 50 mg | 7/2/2013 | 4 | Depression/anxiety | Hair loss, weight loss, flat affect after while | Overall this was not a bad drug for me..I lost weight (22 lb) but the hair loss became noticeable and my moods flattened out after about 7 months. I went off of it only because the price was so high after the Pristiq discount stopped - even after insurance my copay was just too high. One thing to know about any drug like this is for the first few days/weeks you are going to feel a little bad - it's manageable. As far as dose - start low - it's better to go up then try to come down. If you decide you want to stop the medication I suggest asking your doctor to give you a week or so of Prozac to help. | F | 46 | 9 months 50 mg 1X day | 6/25/2013 | 3 | Pain management | Relative to effexor and cymbalta the side effects of pristiq have not been that bad...at 50 mg. I take SNRIs primarily for neurological pain and since i did not get pain relief at all at 50mg i decided to try 100mg. The side effects at 100 are far worse - the drowsiness and tinnitus are far more noticeable and there was no pain relief at the higher dose either. Effexor xr worked for me for a while but Pristiq, although closely related, did not have the same magic for me. | M | 44 | 6 days 50 | 6/2/2013 | 1 | Depression | Eye pressure seen ophthalmologist severe muscle tetany had to quit drug will never try new one again | F | 56 | 2 months 50mg | 4/17/2013 | 5 | depression | None | F | 57 | 1 weeks 50mg | 4/14/2013 | 1 | Depression | Huge huge weight gain, fogginess, exhaustion, horrendous dreams you name it I had it. All it did was contribute to my depression and feelings of lack of self worth. | I would not recommend this drug to my worst enemy. It is a shocker in every sense of the word. I ended up going off it "cold turkey". I just was not functioning when I absolutely had to. I have fibromyalgia so when the pain of that gets really high my serotonin levels plummet and depression sets in again so both my natural predisposition to depression and the fibromyalgia feed off each other so I need to be on anti-depressants permanently. Nothing much was working for me when I was home caring for my bed ridden dying father who I just absolutely adored. My Dr. changed my medication. He also managed to kill my father so I should not have expected he would do me any favours either. Pristiq nearly killed me as well. Just don't take it. There is plenty of other stuff out there which doesn't have the horrendous side effects of this piece of crap. | F | 60 | 1 years 1X day | 4/2/2013 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression | The first 2 weeks were hell. I threw up the first 2 nights and was having alot of trouble sleeping. My mind was racing, i was nauseous and unable to concentrate. I had the jitters and was very shaky all the time. I would sweat so badly at night my pillow was soaked and i had to get a towel. I began locking my jaw while i slept which caused migraines and alot of pain. My sex drive does not exist any more. Most of these symptoms went away accept the locked jaw lasted a few months, i still sweat at night but not as bad, and my sex drive is still dead. My new side effect is exhaustion. The last few months i have only ever wanted to sleep. | Despite all the bad side effects, which mostly went away, this drug has been a life saver. After about a month of taking it i remember walking my dog on a sunny morning and actually feeling happy again. It was amazing. It took another month or 2 for the depression to finally lift. I still have a ways to go and the recent exhaustion is hard on me, but it lifted the depression enough for me to be able to get back to my life and make changes to help myself. | F | 27 | 5 months 50 MG 1X day | 3/27/2013 | 4 | Depression and Anxiety | Have been on low dose Pristiq for 2 years, in combination with Concerta for ADHD. In past 6 months, have been dealing with stiff neck, painful and numbing headaches and feeling like I have strep throat without the typical pain of strep (more like a lump in my throat). Am very tired. Sharing this because I see other folks have referenced identical symptoms. I'm definitely going to my MD with this. | F | 43 | 2 years 30 mg 1X day | 3/16/2013 | 3 | Depression | Was Great at first then went down hill after years of taking it. | When I first started it was great. helped me and I was Happy. As time went on I started getting headaches almost every other day. Felt sick at night and my sex drive has gone down to nothing, If you miss a dose you cant function because of the severe head spins and delayed vision. But If you take your missed dose the symtoms are gone in about 30 minutes. I believe its time for me to have the doctor switch me to something else. I was fine for the first few years and it gets worse as time goes on. | F | 45 | 8 years 50mg 1X day | 2/11/2013 | 1 | no | From a family members point of view it is like having a drunk person around you . Have to make sure they don't get up and try even walking, no sex drive, can't remember shit. | M | 40 | 6 months 1X day | 2/4/2013 | 4 | Sever Depression/Mood instability | Calmness, Mild insomnia, Slow gradual weight loss (bonus!), Feeling of being Antsy. High energy (bonus!),... Swollen throat, slight tremors in hands. | I've read online that the swollen throat (which feels similar to having "Strep Throat" without the pain), should subside on it's own within a week. No sexual side effects. | M | 36 | 4 days 50 mg 1X day | 1/28/2013 | 3 | clinical depression | loss of appetite severe headaches if a dose is skipped blurred vision severe dizziness loss of concentration lost ability to think clearly severe withdrawal problems insomnia trippy dreams and nightmares lethargy | M | 26 | 10 months 50mg 1X day | 1/28/2013 | 4 | anxiety and depression | While starting Pristiq I had some head aches, low sex drive,and some body/muscle twitching when relaxed and trying to fall asleep. | All of those side effects have since disappeared and I am so glad now that I hung in their and stayed the course. I feel like myself again and seems to be better than being on Paxil for 15 years. | M | 47 | 6 weeks 100 MG 1X day | 1/25/2013 | 5 | Anxiety | At first it was a rough go switching from Vibryd to Pristiq, but I think it was because the Vibryd was not at the levels I needed. Therefore I was already at a low and needed to come off of Vibryd and build up the Pristiq. The first 2 weeks I experienced some weight loss (yeah), an internal vibe that drove me nuts, not quite the jitters though, slight headaches, naesea. i stuck it out though and am glad i did. I can't say i have too many side effects now, except short term memory loss. I find I am literally searcjing for thoughts that are mashed up in my head, that I know are there but cannot bring them to mind!! Hence why i ended up here. All prior side effects are gone except the memory issue | I do not have any complaints with Pristiq, except tbe cost. My prescription plan change with the new year and $150 a month sucks! | F | 42 | 4 months 50mg 1X day | 1/20/2013 | 2 | Clinical Depression with anxiety | Increased appetite with record WEIGHT GAIN-so much that my clinician called other staff into the exam room to LOOK at me (look at the FAT lady),I'd been underweight before.Also I am becoming increasingly withdrawn & reluctant to even step outside of my home or to answer the phone & be social.My bills sit unopened while I avoid reality eating & in a stupor watching TV.My eyeballs feel bulging & I am in a HAZE mentally,not really so depressed, BUT not FEELING (anything). NUMB. I want to give this some more time, but my world is spiraling downward....... | I've been reading comments with so much honesty & emotion,it's quite frightening.If you want your experiences to be counted & documented,this is a great avenue to help others, but remember to contact the FDA to report ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS!!! Otherwise, all of our wisdom & consequent suffering in way too many instances, won't be heard & the drug companies continue to profit by other's suffering! It's a toll free number, or contact FDA.gov & click on medication side effects. | F | 50 | 6 weeks 50mg 1X day | 1/14/2013 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Definitely helps steady my moods but there are scary side effects while drinking alcohol. These include black outs, memory loss, acting out of character, dropping to ground without cause, blurred vision and slurred speech. I've always thought that it was just me being drunk, but now I'm certain it's the combination of this drug and alcohol that does it. | F | 31 | 6 years 50 | 1/1/2013 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | None. | I have had severe headaches and dizziness for several months. I had been suffering from depression and anxiety when I noticed these symptoms. My doctor prescribed Pristiq and my headaches are gone. Been a life saver. | M | 44 | 8 days 50MG 1X day | 12/31/2012 | 5 | Depression/anxiety | None | F | 30 | 3 months 50 | 12/25/2012 |