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 |
| 4 | situational depression | First week, light headed then surpassed. Strange dreams. Mood more positive,feel great. No loss of appetite but no weight gain. Some moments of hot flashes. Increase of sexual appetite, intense orgasms, high volume of ejaculate. | M | 40 | 5 months 100 mg 1X day | 3/12/2012 | 3 | Depression / Anxiety | Weight loss - vivid dreams | Unlike many comments here, I have lost weight - 5 kg in my 2 weeks on Pristiq. I started at 130kg, so it's not hugely significant. My main thing is the dreams. I have never (or maybe 3 times in my life) remembered my dreams. After a week on Pristiq, I had a vivid dream. I remembered so many details. I was on a high for 2 days just thinking about the possibilities if this was going to happen again. I loved that dream ( I was backstage at a concert with so many interesting people ). I didn't remember a dream for a few more days - then I had my first ever nightmare. I am 40 years old and this was a major shock. I am still wound up about it. I have read about others having violent dreams as a side effect of Pristiq. If the nightmares come back, I may reconsider this drug. Aparrently my temprament has improved, but I have not felt much change. | M | 40 | 15 days 50mg 1X day | 3/12/2012 | 5 | depression | Side effects, just one, dry mouth but not too excessive. | This has been a miracle drug for me. I experienced a "lift" immediately upon taking it. I was having trouble being motivated to even take a bath and every day at work was like climbing a mountain. I have my energy back and feel happy again. I have been on other medications and I have never experienced anything like this one before. It's a miracle drug for me. | F | 56 | 20 days 25 mg 1X day | 3/10/2012 | 3 | Mild Depression | Experienced -Increased appetite and awful nausea if I did not eat after taking my dose -Subsequent weight gain from increased appetitie due to having to eat so as not to feel nauseous (gained a total of 8kg) from 60kg to 68kg (all this whilst doing personal training 4 times a week and not taking ANY other medication except the pill which i have been on for 7 years) - mood changes were significant - " brain fog " feeling lifted, able to concentrate and focus more and able to deal with reasons for depression and thus work through the causes of it - increased water retention - insomnia - Severe discontinuation/withdrawal symptoms including a week of the following after which I was off the medication and had no more side effects or withdrawal symptoms - Headaches (minor but don't respond to parecetamol or ibuprofen) - Severe pins and needles and numbness in face, hands and feet - loss of feeling in hands - unable to hold items for long or feel light touches - Diziness | All in all this medication helped me through my brief period of depression but in the future i will seek a more natural way of dealing with my depression as it was what I consider mild, and in hind sight not in need of medication. The added effects of weight gain and AWFUL discontinuation symptoms add to my opinion that this is not the best option for people looking to go on a SRI/anti-depressant but then it is different between people. As a final note I have quickly lost all weight gained due to my appetite been back to normal and my exercise acitivty still been moderate-strenuous 4 times a week. | F | 24 | 6 months 50MG 1X day | 2/29/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Weight Gain! unable to lose weight. Agitation. Tried to come off a few months ago (cold turkey/bad idea) Felt very strange for 2 days without. Now taking in halfs and am going to come off slowly. | F | 34 | 9 months 50mg. 1X day | 2/26/2012 | 1 | Depression/ADD | I talked to my doctor, described all the symptoms of ADD, and she put me on this anyways. Things stay EXACTLY the same, still depressed, still unable to focus. I demand to be treated for ADD, things get immensely better...I can focus and get things done for the first time in my life since I was a 3rd grader, but theres still this unnatural lack of energy plagueing me, and my weight keeps going up, despite weight-training, cardio and a healthy diet. I give thought that it might be the Pristiq, but am not too worried about it. Lethargy gets worse, insomnia gets worse, but I attribute the insomnia to the adderall, so I don't take it for a couple days...insomnia is still there. At this point I want to experiment with taking a small break from Pristiq...and am immediately thwarted by electric-zap feelings like my brain is a tesla coil, am incredibly irritable, dizzy, and nauseous...the VERY next day. I wasn't warned, and when I attempted to tell others about these withdrawl symptoms noone took me seriously, so I stayed on it. Well, I've been on it for over a year, and am now into week 2 of going off it, and the symptoms are. not. going. away. Everytime someone says "you should taper it with smaller doses" I feel like punching them, because there are no doses smaller than 50mg, and it's time-released, so you can't break it up. A major doctor from the company admits this drug is terrible, so why are we being prescribed this poison? Don't take it. | M | 25 | 1 years 100mg | 2/26/2012 | 1 | Switched off zoloft | Weight gain, mood swings, lack of energy, angry, loss of memory | F | 35 | 3 months 30 mg | 2/21/2012 | 5 | major depression | I've not had any negative side effects from PRISTIQ. Infact my experience has been completely the opposite. Within a week of starting it I felt like a new happier person. It has improved my life 100%. | F | 61 | 3 years 50 MGM | 2/20/2012 | 1 | anxiety | dizziness,low sex drive, weight gain | The only thing that helped me to come off Pristiq, was using scopolamine patches. They are prescription, but could not have done this w/out them. I tried quitting once before and couldn't because the dizziness was horrible. The scopolamine patches didn't completely get rid of the dizziness, but compared to the time before when I tried to quit, such a huge difference. FYI-Scopolamine patches are put behind your ears. They are used for sea sickness. I also tried dramamine but it did not help. If you are trying to get off of this drug, please get the scopolamine patches. | F | 39 | 3.5 years 50mg 1X day | 2/15/2012 | 4 | GAD/DEPRESSION | Two weeks in, I was ready to throw in the towel, but I know that meds can take up to 6 weeks to work. By 4 weeks, I was totally back to myself again. Side effects during the two weeks: major insomnia, worsened anxiety, and night sweats. All of that subsided and the only side effect now is low sex drive. All in all, Pristiq has been a God send!! | For the comments screaming, DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG seem to mostly be people who have been on it for a day or two. Please don't take them seriously. It takes a good 3 to 4 weeks to get into your system fully. I think Pritiq saved my life, but the first 2 weeks were horrible. You can't judge a drug on taking it once or twice. If you really want to TRY to get your life back, give it a month and if you don't feel better talk with your doctor about it. | F | 32 | 1 years 50 1X day | 2/7/2012 | 1 | ocd, anxiety | If I skipped a dose the side effects were vertigo, confusion, brain zaps, a ch-ch sound in my ears, psychotic episodes, anger...the list goes on! | F | 31 | 8 months 50 mg | 2/7/2012 | 4 | Depression | I struggled with anorexia and depression last year, so my doctor prescribed pristiq. It started working after a week or so, and over time i did feel better mood-wise, although I still did have bouts of anxiety. I put on weight seriously rapidly on this medication, although I needed to, but it's very excessive. I can't orgasm on this medication. It's been about a week now that I've quit cold turkey from this, and have been really really nauseous and my eyes can't focus properly. I hope to be completely independent again because I know i can help myself now. | F | 16 | 4 months 50 mg | 2/3/2012 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression (Mild) | I only took a quarter of the dose recommended by the "psychiatrist" I saw, and didn't feel anything for the first few hours, then my tongue started to feel like it was too big for my mouth and my throat felt constricted. Through the afternoon, I started to feel like I was falling away from the world, almost as though a barrier was blocking me from everyone around me. This made me feel quite overwhelmed. That night, I could not get to sleep for about 4 hours, then woke up at intervals of approx. 1 - 1.5 hours. The morning after, I decided that feeling like I was choking and slowly being shut off from the world was not something I wanted to face for the two weeks the psych said it would take for the drugs to settle and really did not want to face the withdrawal symptoms of coming off Pristiq after that long. I cannot imagine why anyone would prescribe 200mg of Pristiq as an initial dose to someone who only has mild depression anxiety! | F | 20 | 1 days 50mg 1X day | 1/22/2012 | 5 | depression | I have depression, induced by an unpleasant divorce and have been taking Pristiq (50mg) for 6 weeks. First 3-4 days made me feel drowsy, but no other side effects. | Positive effects were noticed after about 4 weeks, particularly in work which had become a big problem. Lethargy, lack of interest and concentration have all improved a lot. Outside of work, appetite has improved and sleep patterns are starting to improve | M | 51 | 6 weeks 50mg 1X day | 1/19/2012 | 1 | anxiety | i started off with the common side effects of nausea. after a week or two that went away and i was feeling great until about week 7 on this. i got every side effect possible. headaches were the biggest problems especially in back of the head, tight jaw muscles, major naseau, anxiety level went throught he roof, then i was getting intermitant headaches and intermitant periods of euphoria. i have been off of the drug for a week now and it has been hell for side effects for withdrawl. all the ones i listed above but the other night i felt like i was going into a ceasure. symptoms are better ow but i would not take this drug ever again. | M | 38 | 12 weeks 50 1X day | 1/17/2012 | 5 | MDD with Seroquel and Lamictal | None at all | It seems to me that SSRI's are old school and SNRI's are new school. You owe it to yourself to see what effect noriepinephrine reuptake has on your brain. It has made me a new man!! | M | 36 | 600 days 50 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 2 | Anxiety | Constant yawning for the first month or so, easy bruising, slow wound healing, feeling generally awful if I forget to take it/when quitting | I started taking Pristiq to mollify my parents, not because I actually wanted to, so I may be a bit biased. That said, this drug has done absolutely nothing for my anxiety. I feel exactly the same way I did before taking the medication. Except with more bruises. I am also on birth control, which can also cause bruising, but I have been on the same birth control (Reclipsen, which is generic Desogen) for nearly three years prior to taking Pristiq with no such problems. I'm a klutz, I bump into things all the time, but this has never before been cause for concern for my health; on Pristiq, nearly every bump, trip, and stubbed toe leaves me with a giant patch of frighteningly dark blue/black bruise. I also have gotten a number of cuts which have taken far longer than usual to heal, including a dozen or so ordinary mosquito bites which have taken over 2 months to heal. I don't doubt that Pristiq works for some people, but it has done more harm than good for me. | F | 18 | 4 months 50 mg 1X day | 1/8/2012 | 2 | anxiety | This medication helped with my axiety, but the side effects are horrible! I gained 30 lbs, my blood pressure shot through the roof, and I have such excessive thirst I cannot even sleep at night for having to get up several times for a drink. The side effects make taking this medication not worth it. | F | 32 | 3 months 100;G | 1/8/2012 | 3 | Major Depression | Major Weight gain, Dilated pupils, Dry mouth, Lethargy, Withdrawal symptoms ( brain zaps). | Because of the weight gain (30 lbs) on this med, my Dr prescribed me Wellbutrin. Other than that, this med has given me more motivation and has helped with my shyness. | F | 32 | 10 months 100 mg 1X day | 12/30/2011 | 3 | Fibromyalgia, CFS | feeling jittery in the beginning, slight stomach upset/ all disappeared after a couple of weeks, restless legs got worse | I started taking Pristiq after weaning off Prozac, which had made me tired and emotionally flatlining. 3 years ago I started taking Cymbalta after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and it helped a great deal. I really loved it. Then the poop-out came... :( I started taking Pristiq with my hopes being high. I don't really have any significant side effects, except maybe my restless legs worsening. I probably would have dealt with that side effect, but the problem is that Pristiq might be working well for depression and anxiety but it doesn't do ANYTHING for Fibromyalgia related pain. The pain came back with a vengeance after being off Cymbalta. I have just started weaning off Pristiq and giving Cymbalta another shot. If that doesn't work out then I will ask my doctor for Savella. | F | 42 | 4 months 50 2X day | 12/6/2011 |