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 |
| 1 | Depression | Dizziness, vertigo, trouble concentrating, excessive bleeding during cycle, bruising, joint pain, | Worked great for about 8 months with just excessive menstrual bleeding but tolerable. Trying to go off this medication is horrible. I am on the fifth day not taking it and have had the worst dizziness/vertigo ever experienced. Driving and working feels unsafe as i feel like i am completly drunk entire day with insatiable appetite for only sweets. I had to stop taking this medication because it caused thrombocytopenia(excessive bleeding) i was coughing up blood and bleeding in excess when i got a small scrape. Be careful with this medication. | F | 31 | 14 months 100 1X day | 8/11/2012 | 1 | Depression | I have been on Prestiq for approximately 2 years. In the beginning, the drug was doing its job and I was feeling less depressed. However as time went on, the drug would make me think weird thoughts (usually about death) and I would have blackouts. Now I've been off them for 2 weeks and feeling better in the mind- however I'm experiencing cramping, wind, constipation. If anyone has had a similar experience please send me an email.. I'd like to hear about anyone else's experience coming off them :) x | F | 29 | 2 years 50mg | 8/8/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | I only experienced irritating side effects the first 2 weeks of commencing this medication. I was hesitant to take it because I was told that it takes atleast 2 weeks for the side effects to go away. The only problem I can really remember having was a little bit of difficulty swallowing. You have to give these things time to work! 7 days from the above post is not enough time . I had horrible panic attacks and general anxiety and now I feel normal again on the occasion I get anxious but just the same as every one on earth. Prestiq is brilliant although I do get night sweats I would take them any day over anxiety!! | F | 20 | 2 years 100mg | 8/6/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | Vertigo, weird dreams, might sweats, headache, memory loss, no appetite, panic attacks, normal sex drive unlike other ad's, shakes | F | 34 | 3 weeks 100 | 8/5/2012 | 1 | Depression, anxiety | extreme sweating, nausea, insomnia, cloudy vision, swollen eyes, shakiness, dry eyes, extreme eye blinking | I don't recommennd this to anyone unless there is no other drug on the market you haven't tried | M | 33 | 7 days 50mg 1X day | 8/2/2012 | 2 | Major depressive disorder | dry mouth, insomnia, sweating, weight gain, decreased libido, irritability, itchy skin, tiredness, some anxiety | Also take 450 mg Wellbutrin, but that stopped working as an antidepressant so only taking it to "charge" system. Changed to Pristiq after Cymbalta worsened my depression. Very little change in depression on Pristiq, periods of weepiness, vivid dreams and insomnia are driving me insane. Not sure what to do at this point, but I have taken almost every antidepressant and out of options. | M | 40 | 5 months 50 mg 1X day | 7/29/2012 | 2 | anxiety/panic disorder | Gained approximately 20lbs in 6 months despite exercise or diet. Loss of sex drive. Extremely itchy skin. Blackouts- loss of memory for minutes to hours at a time. | This medicine did change my mood and was effective for anxiety but unfortunately has wicked side effects and a nasty ride for withdrawing from this med. | F | 38 | 6 months 59mg. 1X day | 7/23/2012 | 1 | depression | lethargy,severe nausea,sweats,insomnia,foggy head,stomach pains. Far worse than depression. | F | 28 | 3 days 50 | 7/18/2012 | 3 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | If you forget to take it: extreme headache and mood swings. Constipation. Weight gain. It has lowered my anxiety and every medication you try is going to have side effects. I can tolerate these side effects over other medications I have tried. | F | 19 | 8 months 50 MG | 7/11/2012 | 1 | depression | Weight gain, gained 9 pounds in 9 Weeks, dizziness at times and by 9th week severe swelling of upper and lower extremities. stopped Prestiq today and went back to Prozac as directed by my doctor. | F | 50 | 9 weeks 40mg | 7/7/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | On day 8 I had my first of many panic attacks and intruding thoughts. Thoughts that I could hurt myself or someone else... I was assured by 2 pharmacists, a dr and a crisis line councilor this was all the result of pristiq. It is now 4 days later and 95% of the intrusive thoughts are gone, they do still randomly come into my head. And I was given clonezepam to control the panic. I stopped taking this nightmare of a drug 4 days ago as well. Just a few more days till it is completely out of my system. | F | 34 | 8 days 50 | 7/2/2012 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | Withdrawals if forget to take prescription - dizziness, headaches, vertigo, cloudy feeling. Other side effects: loss of emotions, loss of sex drive. PLEASE DO RESEARCH BEFORE GETTING PRESCRIBED THIS MEDICINE - MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TERRIBLE ISSUES WITH IT. I am currently in the process of getting off this medication because of the awful side effects. | F | 25 | 3 years 100 MG | 6/12/2012 | 5 | Depression | Itchy skin vague but overall fantastic | F | 43 | 3 years 100 | 6/11/2012 | 3 | Major depression | Sore teeth and grinding mouth, wide awake at night. Sometimes makes me feel like suicide | M | 26 | 4 weeks 50 | 6/11/2012 | 1 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | Weight Gain, Bruising Easily, Fatique, Lack of Energy, Forgetfullness, Dizziness, Headaches, Decreased Sex Drive | I gained 40 pounds over the course of two years taking Pristiq. The first time I took it I noticed almost immediate weight gain. This was over the course of almost a year. I went off the medication and noticed my weight start to decrease. My doctor put me back on the medication about six months after I went off it because I experienced some family trauma. I gained all of the weight back and then some. I have to say that I am more depressed being on the Pristiq than not. Mostly, due to the weight gain. I have always been thin all my life and contribute my weight gain 100% to taking this medication. Over the past few months I have put myself on a diet and increased my exercise and that has not helped. The scale does not change no matter what I do. I don't have the same energy I once had and are tired all of the time. I am looking forward to my life without medication and practicing a clean lifestyle. | F | 28 | 2 years 50 1X day | 6/11/2012 | 1 | Depression | Jaw clenching, choking sensation, dry mouth, loss of appetitie, weird dreams, hyperactivity, spacey head, shakes, a feeling of something crawling on my leg, it goes on and on. | THIS DRUG IS NOT SAFE. The first day I had a high like I'd been smoking pot all morning. The fact that this stuff is legal and a PLANT FROM THE EARTH isn't just blows my mind. I took this for two days. I'm on day three and didn't take the 3rd dose because I feel LIKE IM TRIPPING ON ACID. I hate it. This drug is horrid. | F | 37 | 2 days 50 MG 1X day | 6/5/2012 | 1 | Depression / anxiety | Weight gain! 30lbs in one year. Nausea everyday, stomach cramps, extreme fatigue, aches and pains, teeth grinding, locked jaw, a feeling of not feeling or caring about anything, lethargy I just had a meeting with my doctor who could not explain why i have gained so much weight and am feeling ill all the time. With this information we are now working at slowly weaning me off this horrible drug. | F | 34 | 1 years | 5/17/2012 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Joint pain to the point of not being able to walk or carry anything. Itching to the point of scratching my skin off. Tired, Irritable, Moody, No normal sex drive, foggy brain, headaches, nightmares, blurred vision, disorientation, insomnia, swelling of feet and hands - couldn't wear my wedding band or any rings without problems. | My doc that prescribed this horrible little pill sent me to a specialist for shots for the joint pain and I received more than one set of shots in hips and shoulders - couldn't move for days - even more pain. I have had everything checked from my Thyroid to being checked for Lupus with all of these symptoms!! Oh, and my insurance would not cover the shots that both my doc and the specialist thought I needed and that put me out over $2000.00!! This has been a nightmare that has finally ended because the Good Lord told me to stop taking this poison!!! I weened myself off of it over about 3 weeks to avoid the horrific withdrawal symptoms that I had read about! I am a Breast Cancer Survivor and now after all of this time - 3 years since my Cancer - I am finally starting to feel better!! If you value your quality of life and your health - DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!! I am glad to have figured out what was causing all of the problems and that they are gone; however, so pissed off at my doc of more than 10 years that he did not figure this out or just didn't care! | F | 45 | 17 months 100mg 1X day | 5/16/2012 | 3 | anxiety | Impaired recall, low sex drive, fatigue, weight gain, zaps, dizziness | Went from Effexor XR to this, immediate positive result. After a year, seemed to lose its efficacy. After two years, I stopped using it. The first month was rough physically, with zaps and a sort of vertigo. Then clarity came about and I was thrilled. Then the anxiety began returning. I resumed taking the Pristiq, and have found that every six months or so I seem to need to stop taking it for a couple of weeks to level out, then resume when the anxiety returns. Drowsiness, poor memory and recall, fatigue and overall ague set in. That ends with a two week break, seems to stay away for a few months after resuming normal 50 mg dosage. Docs seem mystified by this. I must be the only person in the world with this kind of relationship with Pristiq. | M | 60 | 3 years 50 mg 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 3 | GAD,OCD and Depression | Dry mouth/throat, Grinding teeth, shaking, problems focusing, decreased appetite, weight loss, yawning, increased sex drive, Brain fog | So far it seems to be working, slowly. I haven't taken it long enough for it to take full effect but I have noticed a few things that are better and a few things that are worse so far. My OCD seems to be getting worse however, my Anxiety and Depression are lessening. I figure that it's a good trade off-- a clean home and less depression. | F | 25 | 2 weeks 50mg 1X day | 5/13/2012 |