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  depression severe nausea, euphoria, insomnia, headache, dizziness; could not get up the third day. I was so out of it. At end of 1st day, started having abdominal cramping. Stopped taking Pristiq after 2nd day and it took me all of 3 days to feel better, although I am still having dizziness. Could not stand the severe side effects. F 53 2 days
50 mg 1X day
4/28/2010
 3  Major Depression I have not been taking it that long but I am experiencing terrible insomnia, sweating and decreased appetite. My anxiety is probably caused by outside troubles so I can't rank that. I hope it starts to work. I was on Effexor before but I can't remember why the dr took me off it. I got these as a sample at the doctor's office because I was taken off Wellbutrin and didn't have the money for the actual prescription. F 27 2 weeks
50 1X day
4/26/2010
 5  major depression some sweating, sleep is difficult but appropriate to times taken F 61 30 days
100 mg 1X day
4/22/2010
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 2  Depression and anxiety WEIGHT GAIN!! Severe lethargy--couldn't get out of bed, tired all the time and inability to stay asleep. I gained about 6 pounds in 4 weeks. Switching back to Lexapro. Had initially switched to Pristiq because of the loss of interest in sex with Lexapro. On Pristiq I don't want to do anything because I'm so tired. Wish I had done more research on this medication before I blindly accepted the samples. F 38 4 weeks
25 mg 1X day
4/21/2010
 4  Depression No side effects Works very well for me. I still have emotion but not the deep depression i had. I have used Cymbalta, Lexapro and Zoloft all of those made me a zombie. F 54 1 years
100 MG 1X day
4/17/2010
 4  Anxiety and Depression Increased tiredness. I will sometimes have day naps that last up to two hours which i don't like. Aside from this, however, no other side effects. This drug has been the best I have tried. I've also taken Paxil and Cymbalta and both of those made me extremely tired and lethargic, so this is an improvement. Has lifted my depression and my anxiety is manageable. I feel good. F 24 4 months
100 1X day
4/12/2010
 1  errrrm depression? chronic stomach pains, shakes, ringing in ears, dizzyness,suicidal thoughts,increased insomnia & nightmares,increased panic attacks,blurred vision,,disorientation,headaches,difficulty peeing,lack of ability to think straight,huge increase in anxiety & depression, further decrease in appetite. This so called medication is extremely dangerous and I would warn anyone who is thinking of taking it. I would rate it -5 but it was not available. This medication should be banned from use. I have never had such a bad experience when it was supposed to help. Stay away from it or use it at your peril. M 58 3 months
100mg 1X day
4/6/2010
 5  depression/going thru a divorce I think it is keeping up at night, so I've started taking it in the mornings as opposed to at night. I feel wonderful. Haven't experienced any side effects. I'm feeling much more like myself than I have in a long time. I can say I like it. It's too early to tell of weight gain or loss. F 40 9 days
50 mg 1X day
3/26/2010
 2  Depression Worsening depression, pangs of guilt and despair, inability to concentrate or make simple decisions, crying spells F 29 3 months
50 MG 1X day
3/26/2010
 2  depression weight gain, blurred vision (close not distance), feelings of hostilitly/ lack of patience I teach Kindergarten (have for many years) and couldn't understand why I am feeling so unusually frustrated with my students. I also bought OTC reading glasses because my vision got so blurred I couldn't read any more. F 41 6 months
50mg 1X day
3/24/2010
 3  Major Depressive Disorder Feeling sleepy all the time; hard to get out of bed I switched from Cymbalta (90mg) to Pristiq a couple of weeks ago; for the first time in 8 months I don't have any strong feelings of anxiety, but I still don't feel 100% yet. This did not decrease my appetite, I am actually gaining weight from loss of energy to exercise and nervous eating at night (that has been going on for 8 months now). I am currently on 4 (yes, 4) medications right now: Pristiq, Wellbutrin 300mg, Lamictal 300mg and Buspar 60mg. I'm considering cutting down the Buspar and adding Abilify to see if that brings me to 100%. M 38 14 days
100mg 1X day
3/23/2010
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 4  depression not too sure of side effects. I take pristiq with wellbutrin. Before adding pristiq I was taking paxil. I would say pristiq has a better effect then paxil. I do not have a flat affect anymore. More energy, odd dreams,generally more engaged in life and kinder. F 59 1 months
1X day
3/17/2010
 1  anxiety and depression Headache, ear ringing, total inability to achieve orgasm, stomach cramps, dizziness, foginess, loss of short term memory, sore throat, lethargy. This is the first AD drug I have ever taken. My Dr added Alpenzin to try and offset the sexual side effects-had awful result and had to discontinue that in third week. Then got fed-up and quit Pristiq cold turkey. 3 weeks later, still not totally back to normal. Will never take again. No benefit, lots of side effects. M 35 4 months
50mg 1X day
3/17/2010
 4  anxiety loss of sex drive, took care of anxiety tho. Have tingles in legs and side of head sometimes. Is that brain flashes? feel sleepy often and when I give in, it's a 2 hrs. nap. Feel like a giant pulse goes thru me when I am standing still. F 54 4 months
100 mg 1X day
3/15/2010
 1  migraines I have had migraines for about 15 years. After about 3 days I started having headaches every day.I also had hotflashes,drunck feeling,insomnia and my tongue got numb. I hate this drug. I would not reccomend this to anyone with migraines! F 29 1.5 weeks
1X day
3/15/2010
 2  depression/anxiety loss of appetite I gave it a month. The first two weeks it seemed to be working, then things went downhill again. I was weepy and anxious. I know this is supposed to be like Effexor, but for me it did not work as well. Going off of it was fine because I just switched right back to Effexor XR. F 44 4 weeks
50 1X day
3/14/2010
 4  depression and anxiety insomnia, increased energy and alertness, weightloss the initial week was very difficult, extreme stmach cramping and dizziness however after that i felt very well balanced, panic attacks had decreased and there were minimal side effects other than loss of appetite and insomnia (but i was tired). coming off the medication proved the most difficult with vomiting, mood swings and all around irretability but i found if gradually weaned myself everything was ok. uncertain if i should go back on them andhence i'm here... F 22 4 months
50 1X day
3/12/2010
 2  depression, anxiety Heart palpitations, diarrhea, insomnia, irritability,foggy head impossible to work when your in the bathroom all day.havoc to the GI tract; back to calcium/ magnesium, B12 & D3 plus multi, and probiotics; exercise, limiting caffeine and alcohol..sucky drug...I know you have to give these drugs a shot I have tried Celexa, Prozac, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, for extended periods, but these samples are going into the garbage M 53 7 days
50 mg 1X day
3/9/2010
 5  depression no side effects during the course of treatment getting off of it..... WOW!! before i was taking effexor, and i had to seperate the capsules and if i took more than two beads out per week, i felt horrible. i finally after 5 months of getting off of that, started pristique. it is the same, but not as severe, but much harder to cut the dosage due to it being in tablet form. this may sound crazy, but to alieviate the brain buzz, just take psudophedrine. it cuts out the dizzy, fuzzy brain zapps!! dont know why it works, but it does!!! i just get the 12 or 24 hour dose so i dont have to take it every 4 hours.......try it!! F 44 2 years
50 mg 1X day
3/4/2010
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 5  major depression and anxiety loss of apetite and nausea now gone, continuing dizziness, lightheadedness, morning fogginess, difficulty focussing. constant and sometimes bad muscle/joint pain (like Ross River fever) tired and I sleep a lot . sometimes I have trouble walking -feel like a very very old crippled puppet. and Ihave dreams that are amazing (sometimes scary amazing but mostly just amazing) I have tried Prothiaden, Aurorix, Effexor(made me feel dreadful and I stopped cold turkey after 5 days), Cipramil and Lexapro etc. They (except perhaps Aurorix which was pretty good) just made me numb and eventually they all seemed to stop working. Exercise is the only thing that always helps a bit. Pristiq side effects are not particularly nice but I am (for the first time maybeever) happy. I can see thatt he sky is blue now and flowers are beautiful - I don't expect this to last but oh how easy life is now. I don't have to 'fake' being OK anymore. I am now,most of the time genuinely interested in some things. And I (yes it feels weird) really do laugh . (not the pretend one). It is a fragile thing but at least I know how easy (and wonderful) life is for those people without a black dog. (He's still there lurking in the distance- and I know he'll be back one day- he's a very persistent mongrel. But today is OK and I want to be here tomorrow and that is just wonderful. F 55 10 months
100mg 1X day
3/3/2010

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