Patient Log of Experience Using PRISTIQ
DRUG RATINGS REPORTS HISTORY FOR A PATIENT TAKING PRISTIQ
| Key to ratings for PRISTIQ: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken and Dosage | Date Added | |
| 2 | Depression, mood swings, anxiety | I decided to quit Pristiq a week ago because it wasn't working for me. It seemed to work really well for the first month, but after that it began to wear off. I decided to just quit it cold turkey before I became more dependent on it. The withdrawal symptoms were not nearly as bad as lots of people had experienced, but still not fun. For about 5 days I experienced vertigo when moving my eyes too quickly, occasional brain zaps, and I also felt a dissociation from myself. Only because I've been off them now do I realize what they did to me. I was so numb to emotions, and I didn't really care about anything. Which was good for my anxiety, but bad for my depression, as it made me not care about my life. I'm really quite angry that my doctor just gave these to me. I told him I was having mood swings and depressive episodes and he just gave me a months worth of trials for free. I saw two doctors and neither of them screened me for any mental illnesses, instead they just took my word and wrot | F | 18 | 4 months 50 1X D | 5/27/2016 | ||