User Reviews for venlafaxine oral

Have had depression all my life. This has taken care of it. No sex drive. Some difficulty urinating. It's expensive

I still get hot flashes. It does not help with my nervous, shaky and can not sleep.my doctor wants me to see a shrink because I want to get off the medicine! I had a seizure taking this medicine. I wish someone can help me out here!

My doctor decided upped my dosage from 37.5mg ( which I was on for 1 week )to 75mg. That's when the problems started!! First I was exhausted all day so I started taking it at night. Then after 2 weeks I woke up with slight facial swelling in my chin. By the end of the day my chin and bottom lip were huge and I had massive hives all over my body! Not knowing I went to a allergist who didn't think it was a drug allergy so we did blood work and put me on prednisone for 5 day. Well at day 5 the hives were gone but I had started taking my mess again so of course the hives came right back. I since saw my counselor and he switched my meds to wellbutrine 200 mg. I can't say it's working as well but I thankfully don't have hives!!! Read More Read Less

I am suffering from PTSD and my wife has Lung cancerand i have ben really depressed for the last few weeks and before tht 47 years from ptsd, it has helped me remain the sam personality and not sad all the time or feeling sorry for my self.I have been having one thing right aftr another and this last sunday my first born My daughter passed away, I really need omething to hold me togetherbut i have not slept in about a week my doasge has been increased from 150 per day

The only way I notice effexor is when I don't take it. It takes about 24 to 36 hours to start feeling something like jolts or shocks through my body. I was on 75mg now down to the 37mg now i'm going off of it. I'm sure many people could benefit from this drug unfortunately I am not one of you. I truly hate thinking/believing a pill can solve my problems without me having to get my hands dirty so to speak. Thats what counseling is for. I have never hoped for a miracle pill I just want something that can kick me out of that funk. So i'm not upset that this drug didn't change my life. This drug didn't give me a dulled or baseline feeling (no high highs or deep lows) which was what kept me on it for so long. Sometimes it hard to tell whats working and you don't want to stop taking it and find out it was doing the lion's share of the work. I would also caution everyone to take any review of (5 star or 1 star) from people within a week of treatment the placebo/expectation effect can be very misleading. I am only sharing this because I have been on it for a long period to explain its effects on me. extra info I'm 30 on lisinopril/hctz for high blood pressure. Ritalin 20mg. Bupropion 200mg. Hope someone finds this helpful. And I hope everyone finds something that helps you make it through the day.Read More Read Less

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I HAVE NOT HAD GOOD RESULTS WITH THIS TAKING THIS MEDICATION!

Venlafaxine gave me my first sign of hope back. Along w/depression were anxiety/panic attacks, agoraphobia(afraid to go out in crowds, Was not in good situation, But now I can drive again, go intown, I am able to re-start my life with some energy. Sometimes I feel tired & flushed, but have no weight gain. My Migraine medication did not work with this medication, so I had to change that. Overall for me so far it has been worth it. I do not cry all the time, and I am not afraid to do errands. Its a start. Read More Read Less

I am having difficulty taking this drug. I am having memory loss,headache,rapid heartbeat. I have lowered myself to 75mg from 225mg. I do have a doctors appt in 2 wks. I did try to take less than the 75 and ended up vomiting and diarrhea. I finally started reading up on this drug and realized a lot of my feelings and the change in me has been attributed to the medicine. Hopefully I can reverse the sympoms that have plague me.

I have been taking venlafaxine hcl 75 mg for 1 year now. This is the 4th pill I have tried to eliminate my anxiety. I will say as far as my anxiety goes this pill has been very effective at removing my anxiety but it has made me less effective as a person. One of the first things I noticed when starting it was the constant hot flashes and sweating. After 4 months I noticed my thoughts were foggy but as long as I really focused I could get by at work. I also had my blood pressure increas so much I had to star taking pills for that as well. I also have frequent migraines, weight gain and tiredness. As I said it has been 1 year now and my mind has gotten so foggy and I have become so irritable that I am going to request my doc take me off it and we try something else before I lose my job or my family.Read More Read Less

I've been on this a week. I know it takes a month to get used to but I want to put out there how it's affected me. The first day I was real dizzy and my hands were shaky. The second day not dizzy as much but random yawning. These last few days I'm okay I find everything funny periodically. You really have to get a good amount of sleep on them or the side affects really tend to show.

without this drug I will pick voice fights with people. I had no interested in life. now I have more things I want do not enough time.

My psychiatrist gave this to me for my depression. I often jolted awake from my sleep while taking it, and those spasms got worse as the early morning progressed. I often felt tired even if I slept okay. It increased my appetite and gave me flashes of lightheadedness. It didn’t help my depression much. I felt kinda anxious, and at most I felt emotionless, not happy. So I didn’t stay on it long. Keep in mind, though, that fifteen antidepressants have failed me, so I have a very stubborn case of it.Read More Read Less

I have been on this drug for about a year now, recently went from 75mg a day to 150mg per day. Have noticed weight increase and muscle cramps (extremely painful). Has anyone else had the terrible muscle cramps, told my dr about it and she wants me to try calcium, magnesium or potassium?????

I was on Effexor XR for over 10 years and had no problems with anxiety or panic attacks. I worked fine for me. Then came the generic brand & Medicare & the part D Plans stopped paying for the name brand, Effexor. I haven't felt the same since. I've had 3 panic attacks since March. The generic is not as good or it just doesn't work for all people. I feel like I'm moving in slow-motion & sideways also. I haven't had those systoms since 2000! If you experienced changes, please report them to the FDA! Otherwise, they will never know! Read More Read Less

I have taken Venlafaxine HCI Oral for over 15 years alone with Buproprin SR. I have tried to get off the medication twice with bad withdrawal systems. It was too difficult for me to go through I decided to go back.