PRISTIQ Reviews (DESVENLAFAXINE SUCCINATE)

Average Rating: 2.8 (628 Ratings)

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PRISTIQ  (DESVENLAFAXINE SUCCINATE):  Desvenlafaxine is used to treat depression. It may improve your mood, feelings of well-being, and energy level. Desvenlafaxine is known as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 2008-02-29 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  severe anxiety, depression weight gain, night sweats, anorgasmia, apathy, difficulty concentrating, cognitive dimming, severe memory loss that became more apparent the longer i was on it, intense discontinuation side effects despite coming off gradually I only recommend this drug as a last resort. Try every other drug or combo of drugs before going to this or effexor. If your dr. tries to put you on this before trying many other things, run the other direction. It is a very effective drug for depression and anxiety, but it has a long list of unfortunate side effects. It pooped out on me and I was having alzheimer's-like symptoms after a while. I feel that once off of it I was worse than I ever was before. Seriously- LAST RESORT. F 24 4 years
75-150 mg 1X day
11/6/2010
 3  Major Depression Insomnia, Severe Constipation, Night Sweats, Blurred Vision, Jaw Clenching, Headache, Major Panic Attack (missed dose by 3 hours), Irritability, Depression, fatigue This is the first and last antidepressant I will take. At the time I was prescribed, I was very depressed, and the reason I rate this drug at a "3" is because it really helped me at first. The side effects didn't bother me considering this drug was helping me with the depression, until I had a panic attack. I have never had a panic attack before in my life and I was in the car, and thought I was going to suffocate. Now I have been researching withdrawal symptoms and having to prepare myself for the hell I might go through. Research is good, but this drug effects everyone differently. I hope it helps you if you are on it, however, be prepared when you feel you want to come off of it. F 27 4 weeks
50 MG 1X day
11/5/2010
 3  Anxiety nausea and dizziness the first few days, continued lack of appetite, crazy nightmares, sleepiness & "spacey" feeling. Not entirely sure how much it's actually helping since I just feel spacey most of the time...and very tired. I've also lost weight from continued lack of appetite. F 30 3 months
50 mg 1X day
11/1/2010
 1  depression **THIS DRUG IS DANGEROUS!!** I have been taking SSRI meds for 16 years, and after 'plateau' is reached, I switch...Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, then Lexapro. No problems, other than weight gain (50lbs!). I took Pristiq for exactly 30 days. On the 3oth day I had a meltdown at work: hallucinations, panic attack, uncontrollable crying, suicidal thoughts, soaring blood pressure...I could go on. Suffice it to say I ended up in the ER for 30 hours while I stabalized. My kidneys shut down, I was extremely consitpated, and by blood pressure got up to 204/110. I had 2 IVs, Xanex, and water. It took a week for me to feel 'normal' again (today). I'm back on Lexapro and am on a mission to let everyone know how very dangerous this drug is. Some people, of course, have no problems, and I'll admit, the first two weeks I felt euphoric. But when the crap hit the fan, it hit hard! Be careful. Read every post you can before you take this. And beware the withdrawal symptoms! Horrible drug. F 61 30 days
50mg 1X day
11/1/2010
 2  depression major weight gain, nightmares, headaches, menstral spotting several times during a month I took this drug in the morning on the first day. It made me very sleepy so I learned quick to take it later in the day. As time went on, I noticed I started getting headaches. After that I started having nightmares and really weird dreams. The worst problem of all is that I gained a lot of weight and I craved sweets ALL of the time. My doctor has switched me to something else now. Hopefully it will work better than pristiq. F 43 2 months
30 1X day
10/27/2010
 1  Depression and anxiety Extreme agitation, sleeplessness, irritability, decreased appetite, nausea. I feel like I'm coming down from amphetamines on this drug, but without the high that came first. F 25 7 days
50mg 1X day
10/26/2010
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 3  major depression/mild bipolar Initial 2-3weeks: severe nausea but stuck through it. Also have been experiencing insomnia, terrifying nightmares, constipation, over-eating, inability to focus on tasks, forgetfulness, fatigue. I immediately felt the meds working from day one. The first month, despite the nausea, it seemed to work wonders, my family even noticed the difference in my attitude and spirit and mood swings had significantly decreased. By the end of the second month, I was so "out-of-it" that I attempted to stop the meds w/o Dr. approval and experienced severe depression w/thoughts of suicide, that was a horrible experience, definitely learned my lesson! Since, my Dr. has switched me to a lower dose of Effexor to hopefully give me the same mood lifting/stabilizing effect but w/o the fatigue and foggy head. F 31 60 days
50mg 1X day
10/18/2010
 3  anxiety/depression the usual trembling of the hands-otherwise none- but see below switched from Prozac- better feeling affect- tears-laughing etc. took in am-it did seem to fade later in the day. However, both times i missed a dose-had frightening/disturbing nightmares- seriously considering going off. M 68 5 months
50 1X day
10/18/2010
 4  depression When I started Pristiq, I was also taking Budeprion (smoking cessation). Maybe not such a good idea to take both. Taking both may have caused an abnormal ekg. Since I started taking the pristiq, I felt so much better, i.e. happier, stopped crying, better outlook, etc. (I have had 2 normal ekgs since) I think I want to continue the Pristiq and discontinue the Budeprion. I started feeling better almost immediately after starting the Pristiq. F 55 5 days
50mg 1X day
10/17/2010
 2  anxiety weight gain, irritability, fatigue, sweats, foggy head..mild help with anxiety...but the weight gain defeats that! now more anxiety! was on lexapro for 5 years...fizzled out and had weight gain too..can't they find one where you don't gain weight? F 51 3 months
50 mg 1X day
10/11/2010
 1  Depression, anxiety,ocd Greatly increased anxiety, nausea,vomiting,weakness confusion restless, diarrhea,headache, neck pain First week as weaning of Paxil 75mg/day. Mild side effects. Week two side effects started couldn't eat anxiety started setting in, weakness and fatague with some part time nausia. BY WEEK THREE Vomiting felt like I was dying couldn't sleep,couldn't hold anything on stomach. Very weak Anxiety very high,, thoughts of suicide. Very restless.Could only go from bed to couch(to lay down). Off now 3 days and back on Paxil 1st day of 75mg still weak held down some food yesterday, but still don't feel like eating. I think maybe I should have been in the hospital. Had made peace with my Maker. Terrible for me. Still don't know how this is going to end up!!!! Worst experiance of my life!!!! And I've been through some shit!!! M 58 3 weeks
50 1X day
10/9/2010
 4  Turning into a beeoch all of a sudd Night sweats Started on 50mg, and bumped to 100 after about 6 months to take the edge off. F 49
100 mg 1X day
10/7/2010
 2  anxiety/depression For the first two weeks felt horrible. Insomnia, shaky hands, Diahrrea, anxiety attacks, loss of appetite, Almost impossible to orgasm and a strange sort of tingling/burning sensation in my forearms and hands. Most of which subsided by week three but still have insomnia. Mood sort of improved but still feeling very anxiouse with alot of negative thoughts. Seems to work better when used with alot of cardiovascular exercise. Was on remeron before this which was awesome and worked soooo well for me but stoped working after about three years. Compared to remeron I think pristiq is crap. This medication is a seriouse case of "the cure is worse than the disease" M 29 30 days
50mg 1X day
10/7/2010
 4  Anxiety Headache if dose is not taken on time I was on 50 for about 1.5 months and then went up to 100. After reaching my sweet spot "100" I am finally starting to level off after about a week. Helps control anxiety and panic. No sex issues at all and overall feel good. If you are on 50 and it is not working try going to 100 before stopping. It did the trick for me. M 37 3 months
100 1X day
10/1/2010
 1  Neck Pain, Anxiety/Depression It didn't work for me: Day 1 (ON): Within two hours: My head felt like it was on fire. I was extremely nauseated, anxiety became 100 times worse. My neck pain is gone Day 2 (ON): My head still feels like it is on fire. My neck pain is gone. Depression is magnified 100 times. Anxiety 100 times. Nauseated beyond belief. I am shaking like crazy. Day 3 (ON): My head still feels like it is on fire. My neck pain is gone. Depression is magnified 100 times. Anxiety 100 times. Nauseated beyond belief. I am shaking like crazy. My neck is back. I cannot feel my legs. Day 4 (OFF): My head still feels like it is on fire. My neck pain is magnified. Depression is magnified 100 times. Anxiety 100 times. Nauseated beyond belief. I am shaking like crazy. My neck is back. I cannot feel my legs. Day 5 (OFF): My head still feels like it is on fire. My neck pain is back to normal. Depression is magnified 10 times. Anxiety 10 times. Nauseated beyond belief. I am shaking like cr M 33 3 days
50 1X day
9/30/2010
 1  Depression/Anxiety/OCD I only lasted 2 days on this drug, the side effects were horrible. I tried 50MG first night, couldn't sleep for hours. Went down to 25MG second night, but side effects were still awful. Stopping the drug. Severe nausea/gastro distress, inability to eat, food tasted weird. Headache, altered mental status, very spacy and out of it. Was hard to drive. Couldn't think properly, cognitive impairment. Disoriented, confusion. Increased Anxiety/Depression. Feelings of terror, despair, hopelessness. Not sleeping or sleeping as well, waking up too soon wired and anxious. Exhaustion, inability to focus and concentrate. Bleary feeling, mind feels very uncomfortable. Agitated, jittery feeling. Very nervous, have to keep doing things. Heart beating hard, dizziness. Difficult to function on this drug. These side effects are so severe, scared me and caused panic. Revved up feeling, talking rapidly. Jaw clenching. Also-face turning red, and skin broke out on neck. Very stressed and scared. Also experienced diarrhea, muscle twitching and tremors, shakiness, short term memory loss/forgetfulness. Felt like I was going crazy. This drug hit me like a sledge hammer! Just overall extremely uncomfortable side effects, causing suffering. Terrifying going through this. Only took for 2 days it was so bad. Hoping it wears off soon, but severe effect mentally and physically. Some minor benefits, but not worth the excrutiating side effects. This drug may be helpful for some, but I don't think I can tolerate the SNRI class of medications. F 50 2 days
50/25MG 1X day
9/25/2010
 1  for depression spiked dangerously high blood pressure when it has also been low, dilated large pupils, respiratory distress, anxious panic, fevers, jittery I was rushed to hospital and i though i was going to die. very scary experience. several days later i had a ct scan as dr thought i may have suffered mild stroke. That was 3 weeks ago and i still don't feel right with breathing and weakness down left side. F 44 1 days
50mg 1X day
9/24/2010
 4  Bipolar 2 This medication has kept me from my depressed cycle, where I was suicidal. At 50 mg it did not have many side effects. I had gone completely off all meds and lost 45 lbs. but5 with the 50 mg. I stopped losing. Then when we went to 100 mgs., thinking it would help with my anxiety, I actually couldn't control my hunger and gained 20 lbs and my cholesterol, which is extremely low naturally, shot up to 269. I am going back to 50 mgs., but this has been the best med for me at this time . Wish they would find something that didn't make me gain weight and struggle with high cholesterol - I feel like Alice in Wonderland! After reading the many other comments, I would have to say that everyone seems to be different and you will not know if this is for you until you try it. There aren't many choices that are healthy for people in our situation and it's a game trying to figure out which one and how much is okay. I just keep praying for a complete healing. F 42 1 years
100 1X day
9/21/2010
 3  Depression (bipolar type 2) Weight gain, panic attacks,very vivid weird dreams & fatigue Since starting Pristiq it has definitely improved my mood and I feel quite good but the longer I stay on this medication the more side effects seem to be taking place. Fatigue is a big factor, I am tired all day and constantly want to sleep. It is ruining my weekends because of the naps which last for an average of 4 hours! This is after a 9-10 hour sleep at night. When I am asleep the dreams are very real and weird and it really unsettles me for the rest of the day because I keep thinking about them. Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between what was real life and what was the dream because they can be so similar. More recently I have started to have panic attacks when meeting people which has never happened in the 15 years I have had depression. I have been physically sick, dizzyness and unable to speak when out in company because it feels like I am in a tunnel looking out and can't hear people speaking. The weight gain is bad. I have gained 18 pounds and this is with me really cutting back on alcohol (only about 2 glasses of beer/wine per week), counting calories and going to the gym 4 times per week. I feel like the side effects are now becoming too bad that I will have to change meds even though my mood had improved - the depression is creeping back because of my weight gain. F 36 9 months
200 1X day
9/19/2010
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 2  Depression, PTSD Dizzy, Stomachache [like food poisoning], Trouble Breating, Generally feeling unwell. This drug did not help me at all. It was constant painful side effects even weeks after starting & stopping the meds. If I went a few hours late taking the pill, I would be so dizzy I could hardly walk. And didn't help. Pointless pain. F 18 2 months
50mg 1X day
9/15/2010

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