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 |
| 5 | Depression/anxiety | No side effects as long as I take it regularly. If I miss a few days or run out, I get angry very easily. | This medication saved my life. I went from taking all kinds of things- Zoloft, Prozac, lexapro, klonopin- you name it, I was on the max dosage. It turns out I just needed one simple thing. I cannot say enough good things about Pristiq. I also take Valium occasionally for anxiety, but Pristiq has saved me! | F | 25 | 2 years 150-200 | 1/8/2015 | 3 | GAD, PTSD | First few days couldn't function, like the drugs withdrawl symptoms, without the brain zaps. Nausea, dizziness, confusion, dream like state that I'm still in. A lot of jaw clenching and tension, mood swings and some rage. Suicidal ideation, and other ideation at various moments. Overall i have experienced a 75% improvement in general, the remaining is a bit intense, not gonna lie. Its about coping and controlling your mind, and side effects with the positive aspects outweighing the latter. | Exercise extreme caution when deciding to take this drug. Spousal or family support, care, and supervision are important. | F | 28 | 6 weeks 50mg daily | 1/8/2015 | 2 | It makes me very nervous | F | 1 years | 1/7/2015 | 1 | Depression | Depression worsened, crying spells, suicidal thoughts, anger bursts | My dr wanted to try me on a different anti-depressant that's suppose to cover a large range of things. After about 3 to 4 days I felt a change but not for the better. It kept getting worse and worse. I went back and she switched me back to my old meds. | F | 30 | 3 weeks 50 | 1/6/2015 | 2 | depression | No sex drive, virtually a sexual anesthetic, little appetite, no effect on anxiety and obsessiveness | After years on 80 mg of Prozac and diminished sex drive and appetite, my doctor said Pristiq has less sexual side effect than Prozac. After 8 months my sex drive is still zero, appetite low. Anxiety and obsessiveness still high. | M | 49 | 8 months 50 mg 1X day | 1/5/2015 | 1 | depression | Helped with Depression, but heart raced, terrible mood swings, changed personality. Became super irritable, screaming at others which is not part of my personality. | The most horrific Drug I have ever encountered to get off of, After the bad mood swings. My dr. told me to take every other day and I would be okay. Became so Ill I could not stand, Vertigo is terrible, brain Zaps, Still at one week have all of the symptoms, at times unable to drive. I have gone off of Lexapro and Zoloft and nothing was ever this terrible. I will never take again. | F | 59 | 4 months 50 1X day | 12/19/2014 | 5 | major depression | None. | After 8 yrs. of trying many other antidepressants, this has given me my best results. Very pleased. | F | 56 | 2 years 50 mg | 12/12/2014 | 5 | Depression | None | I love Pristiq. It gave me energy and motivation. I lost almost 50 pounds. I have been on quite a few different meds and this has worked the best for me. However after being on it for a little over two years it has lost its effectivness. So I am in the process of changing meds | F | 43 | 2 years 100 mg 1X day | 11/24/2014 | 1 | acute anxiety | No sex drive drowsiness. Loss of interest in anything. | Pristiq is poison. It worked for the first say 4 months. Then it stopped working. Tried to stop taking it and the withdrawal was terrible. Brain zaps. Dizziness. Anxiety. Nausea. You name it. After I became so miserable and nearly lost everything in my life ie husband. Friends. I stopped. Cold turkey. Well its been 2 months and I get the occasional dizzy spell. But wow. Completely new person. Happy , energetic and my sex drive is back and everything is so much better. Please don't try this drug. It nearly ruined my life. | F | 29 | 2 years 50mg | 11/17/2014 | 1 | PMS=irritability & Mild depression | At 1st it was ok, but gave me an unconnected feeling, kind of too relaxed. 7-10 days before my cycle started I was either yelling at the kids or Mad at my husband, or crying over some world issue. This got better for 7 months, then it was like I was back to my self , but more agitated. | I came off Pristique 2 weeks ago, I took 1/2 a pill for 2 days , then 1/4 pill for 2 days, then no more. It wasn't great, but tolerable. After 7 days with no drug, I am so irritable and agitated and it's not PMS time. I just hope it goes back to normal, as everything bad from years ago, seems to be at the top of my brain. I don't know why, but odd memories and things I've suppressed are flooding back in. | F | 39 | 9 months 50mg 1X day | 10/31/2014 | 3 | Severe depression | Immediate severe urinary incontinence. Had this happen when I tried Pristiq a few years ago. Urinary incontinence ceased as soon as I stopped the medication first time so really need to find something better. My self esteem is rock bottom and weeing uncontrollably is not helping. | F | 43 | 6 months 400mg 1X day | 10/22/2014 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Was great during the first week and didn't notice any side effects during week 2 BUT then week 3 came and I want no more! I have been having the brain zapping and feeling dizzy and really off balance. I feel out of control a lot of the time and depression and anxiety seems to have worsened. | F | 39 | 21 days 50mg 1X day | 10/6/2014 | 2 | depression | Headache, eye pain, easily agitated, restlessness | M | 41 | 3 weeks 50 | 10/3/2014 | 5 | anxiety/depression/panic disorder | at the beginning had nausea and flu like symptoms.brain zaps,insomnia | Once the initial side effects wore off, it made me a new person. I became more tolerant and happy in my life. Midway I felt it had decreased in its effectiveness doc upped it to 100mg and I had severe reaction that landed me in the ER. went back to 50 mg and all went back to perfect. I take it at around 3 am and it puts me in a deep sleep with vivid dreams but wake up feeling ok. | F | 50 | 5 years 50mg 1X day | 9/28/2014 | 5 | Major depression and anxiety | Excellent.Changed from Soloft as this was mafter many years was having no effect in fact, the opposite! Pristiq has given me a new outlook on life.I'm happy and look forward to what life brings. | F | 60 | 10 months 100 mg | 7/24/2014 | 1 | anxiety | I was put on this medicine because I was experiencing sadness.. I started taking it and three to four days later I literally lost it. Felt like I had snapped. Had a panic attack that lasted for hours couldnt even finish driving. It turned my world upside down! It has devastated my life. Been four years and I have driving anxiety so bad can barely leave my house. Before, I loved to drive and do thibgs. | F | 36 | 1 days 20MG | 7/10/2014 | 2 | depression and anxiety. | Felt great very quickly. I thought is was a miracle. I noticed my heart rate was up but I liked having an uncluttered brain. The feeling didn't last long. Within a month I was back where I started. Dr upped the dosage from 50 to 100. My blood pressure and heart rate went crazy high. Dr then put me on 50 one day and 100 the next. It was still too much and wasn't doing anything for my original symptoms. I was finally down 50 every other day. After about a month of that I quit. My gp said it was bad for my heart. The first 30 days after I quit were really wonderful. I don't remember ever feeling that happy. Then I basically crashed. I feel worse now than before I started. I was wondering if anyone has had those kinds of euphoric feelings after quitting. | F | 61 | 5 months 50-100mg | 6/5/2014 | 5 | anxiety/depression | slight low sodium levels. initial high blood pressure but that went back to normal. slightly lower sex drive | i also take this with wellbutrin xl 150mg 1/day. the combo works great for me. tried switching from pristiq to see if sodium levels would go back to normal, but within a month had terrible anxiety/panic attacks, insomnia, and anger - went back on Pristiq and was back to myself within a week. Pristiq definitely works and the benefits outweigh the side effect. Also, Pristiq is weight neutral for me. | F | 43 | 6 years 50 1X day | 5/21/2014 | 1 | anxiety | I switched from Effexor to Pristiq because the phy doc thought it is stronger. Probably is because it made my anxiety and agitation much worse to the point that i could not lie still in my bed. Switched back to Effexor XR and symptoms dissapeared. | If you don't feel better or even worse don't take it, try something else i had a bad experience with it. | M | 36 | 7 weeks 50mg 1X day | 5/19/2014 | 5 | cyclothymia (mild mood swings) | Head rushes when getting up. Went away after 2wks. | Life saver. THE MAGIC PILL for me at 50mg. I went up to 100mg one time, and did not like it at that dose it made me feel cloudy. | F | 46 | 5 years 50 1X day | 4/28/2014 |