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 |
| 2 | Anxiety | Severe neck pain on left side, and headaches. | F | 47 | 4 months 50mg 1X day | 10/19/2020 | 1 | Depression | Cant get out of bed tired hurting as of sore | 34 | 0 months 1X day | 10/13/2020 | 5 | Depression, anxiety | When attempting to switch to another antidepressant because of insurance reasons, I got extremely dizzy. | This has been the best antidepressant I have ever been on, secondary to Prozac which sadly just stopped working. This has been the drug that works amazingly for my symptoms. | F | 44 | 3 years 100mg 1X day | 8/23/2020 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | Nausea, motion sickness even while being the driver, shakes and sweats, feeling a bit too amped up, bruxism, dry mouth, constipation. | I am obviously a new user to pristiq, having only been on it for 2 weeks, so take this with a grain of salt. I have a disease similar to lupus that causes so many symptoms that I may have had more side effects without knowing. This disease also makes me exceptionally sensitive to medication and I tend to get every rare side effect on the book (and it's no different with this one. I've gotten a few of the concerning side effects and my Dr and I are just monitoring it for now. I'm also extremely sensitive to serotonin and I and my brother have had serotonin syndrome several times, including any time we tried an ssri, so I was very nervous to try an snri. I take bupropion xl (300mg) Lorazepam (1-2mg) pristiq sustained release (25mg) phentermine (37.5mg) in the am and trazadone (200mg) seroquel (50mg) unisom (doxylamine, 50mg) omprazole (20mg) at night. I also take 800mg of ibuprofen 2 to 3 times a day. While I still worry about serotonin syndrome, as it's still building in my system, from the very first day the results were huge for me. I have severe clinical depression and generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and a panic disorder that has only just begun the last year of so. I feel good. Yeah I get a bit shaky, and sometimes I struggle to spit my words out, which I'm used to with my disease, but I can't describe it. The depression is always there, but it's like I'm hearing it knock through a 10" solid steel door. I hardly am even conscious of it. | F | 35 | 14 days 25mg 1X day | 8/21/2020 | 5 | Depression Anxiety | Just have to take it same time every day. Just within a few hours of not taking my dose for the day I get side effects of headache, nausea, etc. Missing a whole day causes that next day of being very ill. Otherwise if take like clockwork it has been the best antidepressant ever. | F | 47 | 8 months 50 1X day | 8/15/2020 | 2 | Anxiety and panic attacks | Dry mouth, hot sweats and feeling of hopelessness and urge to cry daily. | F | 42 | 3 months 50 1X day | 8/3/2020 | 4 | PMDD | Reduced sexual desire, yawning, tiredness. | Pristiq has helped lift my chronic depression before and during menstruation. It has improved my relationship and I have not had suicidal thoughts since taking it. I don't experience overwhelming sadness and hopelessness anymore. I don't feel emotionally numb however, I think since the cloud has been lifted I am feeling love towards my family more. I have lost 4kgs as I am not binge eating also. | F | 28 | 30 days 50 MG | 6/20/2020 | 1 | Depression | Unbearable side effects such as nausea, dizziness, headache and tinnitus. | This drug should not be prescribed to any human on the face of the earth | M | 52 | 60 days 50 | 6/13/2020 | 5 | Schizoaffective, ocd, panic, anxiet | None | Helped my ocd and the depression part of my schizoaffective a lot, with less sexual side effects than my previous antidepressant, which is primarily why I switched. I am able to enjoy sex again. I did quickly have to go to 100mg for it to work well for me. After about a year on it though my depression is beginning to come back so I am actually switching to another antidepressant that is supposed to be more effective for my eating disorder. | F | 31 | 1 years 100 | 6/12/2020 | 4 | anxiety | I've had no side effects, I tried going off one time after about 3 days I was feeling sad and weird then remembered Id quit my Pristiq. So went back on and feel good | I've tried Wellbutrin, effexir, busipar, and others with no notice | F | 52 | 3 years 50 | 3/7/2020 | 1 | Depession | Headaches...dry mouth...fatigue...constipation and stomach pain | F | 66 | 2 weeks 25 then 50 | 2/14/2020 | 4 | Major depressive disorder | I was taking it for several years at 50 mg at first and then bumped up to a hundred milligrams. After my mom died I went up to 150 and then to 200. Once I got up to 200 I experienced significant brain fog and cognitive decline. I have weaned off and tried trintellix to which I had an allergic reaction with much itching and then viibryd which I could only take for two days. I may go back to pristiq if my psychiatrist suggests it. I did have weight gain. It has some sexual side effects but not horrible. I might ask if I could go back on pristiq and supplement it with something else. Pristiq was really amazing for me for many years. | Worked well for me for many years in the 50 and 100 milligram dosages. | F | 48 | 4 years 200 mg | 1/12/2020 | 1 | MDD, HAD, PTSD | It was causing headaches, sexual dysfunction, zer9 appetite, increased heart rate, dry mouth, increased anxiety, irritability. It did help the depression slightly, but brought along a host of other issues I can't live with. | F | 47 | 30 days 25 | 12/29/2019 | 3 | Anxiety depression | Brain fog at higher dose. Lower libido | Better for anxiety than depression | M | 40 | 2 months 75 mg | 12/9/2019 | 3 | MD, anxiety | yawning, headaches, dry mouth, extreme fatigue/excessive sleeping, fidgeting, intense but hard to reach orgasms, panic attacks, head spins, biting tongue in sleep (so weird), zero emotion at times, vivid dreams, decreased appetite, rapid heartbeat | I'm only 3 weeks in and the side effects are starting to disappear except for the yawning, mild anxiety and rapid heartbeat. I definitely noticed reduced side effects when I'm eating healthier. but I'm nervous to continue because of the wd symptoms. does anyone know if I could go cold turkey after this short amount of time? hasn't really helped with depression yet but I have noticed more energy. I think I'm better off not taking Pristiq. | F | 32 | 24 days 50 | 12/5/2019 | 3 | Anxiety | Horrible headache, neck and jaw that goes up to the back of ears. Tylenol and Motrin doesn’t cut the pain. | No more anxiety is a plus but headache and neck pain sucks | F | 47 | 4 weeks 50 mg | 11/29/2019 | 2 | panic attacks, major depressive d/o | urinary incontinence, feeling of deja vu @ times, memory & word retrieval problems, night sweats, racing thoughts, depression worse, bizarre dreams. Weaning off this drug! | After all comments I am dreading w/d symptoms but I must get off this drug!!! Am going to get genetically tested to see ssri or snri that may work or maybe atypical med. I'm taking 350mg Bupropion already. | F | 68 | 2 months 150mg 1X day | 10/17/2019 | 2 | Anxiety depression | Itching terribly...irritated burning skin. no lack of focus or motivation. not wanting to eat... | Garbage...even though it is sister drug to Effexor. Effexor works far better unless you have bp issues | F | 49 | 17 days 50 | 10/6/2019 | 1 | Major depressive disorder | Severe nausea, constipation, weight gain. | I was extremely nauseated on Pristiq - so much so that my doctor had to prescribe me Zofran, which I took 1-2 times a day. I was waking up with severe nausea, so my doctor also prescribed Phenergan to be taken at night to try to combat the morning nausea. And Pristiq made me seriously constipated. I had to take a fiber supplement and stool softener daily. I was taking a total of 4 medications just to combat Pristiq's side effects. Also, Pristiq can decrease appetite and help people lose weight. It was the opposite for me. I gained 15 pounds in 3 months!! Pristiq did lift my mood some, but it was totally not worth all the side effects that came along with it. I'm now on a different antidepressant and trying to lose the weight I gained on Pristiq. | F | 40 | 3 months 50mg 1X day | 9/3/2019 | 4 | depression disorder anxiety disorde | No significant side effects. dry mouth | I went from zoloft (because of side effects like insomnia and worst anxiety) to Pristiq | F | 37 | 3 months 50 | 8/10/2019 |