PRISTIQ Reviews (DESVENLAFAXINE SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.8 (630 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PRISTIQ with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRISTIQ | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 3 | depression, anxiety | Pristiq seemed to really level me out when I was feeling depressed. I no longer felt suicidal on Pristiq and had no major side effects, but I was experiencing tachycardia. My cardiologist isn't sure what caused the tachycardia. They are currently doing tests and monitoring my heart. | My psychiatrist and cardiologist wanted to see what affects my heart so they put me on a heart monitor for 30 days. I'm on week one and they quickly tapered me off pristiq (4 days of 50MG then none). It has been HELL. I can hardly function. These are my withdrawal symptoms: anxiety, blurred vision, concentration impairment, crying spells, dizziness, fatigue, highly emotional, irritability, lethargy, increased headaches, nausea, over-reacting to situations, repetitive thoughts or songs, stomach cramps, troubling thoughts (suicidal), vivid dreams, and worsened depression. This is only day three being off pristiq, so I have no idea how long these will last but it is terrible. My docs want me to go on pristiq during week 2 of my heart monitor and back off for weeks 3 and 4, but I am going to refuse to start it again because I know I will feel awful during weeks 3 and 4 if I go on and back off that quickly. My husband thinks I should go back on because it helped my depression, but if I ever have to go off in the future (which I don't want to be taking it forever anyway) then I am not sure if I will survive. It will probably push me to suicide. I have heard similar effects of effexor withdrawal. Now I understand why drug addicts go to rehab. I wish there was a place I could go to get help going through pristiq withdrawal. I am constantly dizzy and I can barely function. If you are thinking about taking pristiq, DON'T! Or if you are thinking about stopping, make sure you have | F | 24 | 3 months 100 MG 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 1 | Depression | Severe headaches, severe muscle pain, weight gain, blurred vision, itchy skin, increased lack of focus (since I already had a problem with that) and I became extremely moody | The 1st week I was on this I started getting the chills really bad all day long. Then when I would try to go to sleep I would sweat horribly all night long and have intense stomach pain so bad I wanted to vomit. Also my nose clogged up and got little sores in the openings of my nostrils on both sides. The 2nd week my muscles started to get really really sore to the point walking across the room was exhausting and made my heart pound and then I would be in utter agony because every muscle in my body ached so badly. A couple weeks after that my jaw started locking up and I started getting very intense headaches that no amount of pain killer could help. But I'd started 2 other meds so I had no idea this was the one causing it. So my doctor finally just took me off this one. She tried to wean me off of it by putting me on a low dose of effexor for a week but this withdrawal is no picnic. Dizziness, brain zaps, irrational anger and can't sleep. But my head aches are far less painful and my muscles are getting a little better hope the other problems start to clear up. This definitely needs to come off the market! This has killed my health and my doc said it was brand new when she prescribed it. | F | 25 | 5 months 50 mg 1X day | 5/10/2012 | 1 | depression | Loss of tactile sensation, Sweats, tingling in legs, weakness, lack of desire to do anything. | I felt nothing. I didn't feel bad, but I didn't feel good. I felt as though I had no soul. This frightened me. | M | 34 | 2 days 50 MG 1X day | 5/9/2012 | 3 | Depression | So far the only side effect I have had is that I have felt a little dizzy at times and my head will really feel funny, other than that, I seem to have no other side effects. Just waiting to see if this will help me. So many others did not. I have taken over 16 others that did nothing for me or the side effects were too much that I had to get off them. | F | 48 | 7 days 50 1X day | 5/8/2012 | 1 | depression | have suffered for ten months with severe diarrhea. 6 to 12 times a day. am homebound due to it. Had to have colonoscopy, endoscopy also 72 hour fecal test and several other fecal tests. developed blood in urine , insomnia, anxiety,Last week had an abdominal ultrasound and also a cat scan in the E.R. four doctors are looking at this now and had me stop taking the Pristiq.. Withdrawals are awful with brain zapping and feelings of anger. | I would never take this drug again Have been weaned off it totally 2 weeks now and still have the diarrhea. My gastroenterologist suggested since I have WBC in my stool that a biopsy for microscopic colitis may be the next option. He also said I may need the Mayo Clinic. How the heck can this drug be on the market? I have never had any of these problems before taking Pristiq. | F | 63 | 13 months 50 mg 1X day | 5/8/2012 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | nausea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation. | On day 1, I could not sleep at all. I was shaking...I felt crazy. My thoughts were very loud, and I could not stop doing things. I crashed the next day. Then the yawning started, and the muscle twitches in my face. Everytime I yawned, my mouth was pulled into a frown or just jerked repeatedly. I did not eat the whole 4 days. I stopped cold turkey and have had no problems, except the anxiety feels a little worse in my chest. | F | 34 | 4 days 50 MG 1X day | 5/5/2012 | 5 | menopause - moody | Night sweats, constipation, major weight gain. Brain zaps -but with all that still a wonder drug for me! | F | 47 | 1 years 50 | 5/3/2012 | 1 | anxiety and hot flushes (menopause) | side effects-weight gain (carbs and sugar) sweating, strange dreams | was taking this for hot flushes, and low and behold this makes you sweat. Also I have high blood pressure and again, this makes your blood pressure go up. I dont think these Doctors know what goes on. | F | 49 | 4 months 50mg 1X day | 4/26/2012 | 3 | Anxiety, Mild Depression | Hangover-like headache, lethargy, insomnia, lack of motivation, feelings of being outside of my body, lack of any emotion or caring about anything | Okay - if you have major depression, this will work to keep you from feeling. The first day I was on it, I immediately felt a burst of energy and being happier. I was excited. All of a sudden, I became very tired. I had a hangover-like headache (which lasted 2 days). I could not sleep and slept 2 hours that day. Normally I rush around trying to get stuff done. I didn't want to do ANYTHING. I sat in bed all day and didn't care what I did, what I had to do - I didn't care about my kids, about my boyfriend, about me... I questioned why I was even alive (although I wasn't suicidal at all... just felt pointless). I pretty much had a complete lack of emotion and motivation - I felt like a complete tired zombie/robot. This scared me - I'd rather be up and down than to feel nothing. I guess if I were majorly depressed, this may be better, but not for me. I stopped immediately because I could barely make it through the day as it was. | F | 31 | 1 days 50mg 1X day | 4/24/2012 | 4 | depression | Very tired in the afternoon after work need a sleep neally every day i get home.first 2 weeks bit off food and a bit absent but got better.feel much happier in life only drama is the tiredness not sure if it is the med | M | 31 | 6 months 50 | 4/23/2012 | 1 | depression, anxiety | vomiting, dizzyness, sleepyness, i felt dopey and could not concintrate, weightloss, blurred vision, headache, | the first day i started taking prisiq i instanly felt so sick, i couldnt drive, work or do anything, i felt like spewing all the time, i was dizzy, could not eat and just wanted to sleep all the time. this did not go away and was getting worse with each dose i took, i stopped taking them and now have insane withdrawal symtems i have all of the about but they are now worse, i cant work, drive of pretty much do anything, my husband says that i look like a zombie, i have not eaten a proper full meal since starting these.. how long is this going to last??? i have been off them for a week know and there is no improvement... :( | F | 22 | 5 days 50mg 1X day | 4/23/2012 | 2 | Anxiety, Mood Disorder | I feel much worse on Pristiq. I am MUCH less patient, intolerant of loud noises, and i feel angry and on edge all the time. Only one pro to speak of, it is an excellent appetite suppressant, and it helps me focus on my goals. Doing P90X and without it, I would start and never finish it (or anything for that matter) Tried everything under the sun, and i mean EVERYTHING. Zoloft (allergic to) veneflaxine, (Effexor, so- so) Cymbalta (loved, but my body adjusted to Max dose), Celexa (loved but gained 10 lbs) Paxil, (terrible) already on Wellbutrin, (love, but not enough) any advice?? I could really use some... :( | F | 30 | 2 weeks 50mg | 4/22/2012 | 4 | ocd anxiety | weight gain (13kilo) heavy sweating, low sex drive. | Pristiq worked for me. but weight gain was getting to much no matter what i did. decided to come off it, but that was a nightmare. severe nausea and diarreaha .Tried for 6 weeks. and different tapering methods and none worked. So my Doc put me on lexapro. Stopped Pristiq on a Monday, Tuesday starting taking 10mg Lex for 7 days, then cut that in half to 5mg for 10 days, then cut into quarters for 4 days. Absoluetley no withdrawal symptoms. on day 3 with no meds. and feel great. Now just waiting for the weight to start to go. | F | 59 | 2.5 years 50mg 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 4 | depression | my wife says i last too long.....up to 2 hours....or more | M | 50 | 6 months 100 1X day | 4/7/2012 | 2 | I suffer from ocd, depression and anxiety. This medication worked quite quickly but was worse for my anxiety! Increased my heart rate 24 hrs a day! Had a major panic attack week 4 into taking it! Felt wired and tense! Had to come off it as It wasn't helping. It did help decrease my worrying thoughts but side effects were toatally not worth it! Prestiq was the 2nd drug i have tried. Citalopram was the first and worked sooo much better so I am now back on that and am much calmer and relaxed about life :) | Dissapointed as i was told that it would work better for my anxiety than citalopram but it was way worse! I felt really anxious even after 6 weeks on 50mgs tried going up to 100mg and neally took myself to the emergency department! It increased my blood pressure daily and increased anxiety! I back on citalopram and am feeling much more relaxed and happy! citalopram kicks pretiqs butt for anxiety!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very dissapointed! | F | 31 | 7 weeks 50mg 1X day | 4/4/2012 | 3 | PTSD | The drug works great compared to other SSRI's.. Downside is clumps of hair loss at beginning of therapy that tapered off but then hair thinned out over time, now scalp showing through. | F | 42 | 1 years 50mg | 4/3/2012 | 1 | depression/anxiety | While taking the drug it seemed OK. It definitely was not a cure all and recently I have been switching my approach to more counseling and weaning myself off of all meds. The weaning from Pristiq has been TERRIBLE. I have had extreme dizziness, memory loss, sensitivity to light, extreme irritability and anxiety. I was told by my MD that it caused the low blood pressure and light headedness that caused my to lose conscienceness and wreck my car. I advise extreme caution tapering off of this drug. I have not found many medical professionals who prescribe Pristiq. The Cleveland Clinic advised me that they do not prescribe it. | I do not recommend this anti-depressant. I've been on many of them and have never experienced the side effects when stopping any of the others like I have Pristiq. I think it is a very dangerous drug. | F | 31 | 6 years 100 1X day | 4/3/2012 | 2 | Makor depression, anxiety | Extreme fatigue, some weight gain, constipation, really bad discontinuation effects, have had to remain on it longer to avoid severe withdrawals | F | 24 | 2 years 150 | 3/19/2012 |