User Reviews for venlafaxine oral

The first dose gave me diarrhea and urinary retention. My doctor prescribed it knowing that I am on propranolol. Now my heart is racing, I am sweaty and cannot pee. I will not continue taking this. Oh, it didn't change my level of pain at all.

I had been with a psychiatrist for nine years. I suffered from severe depression and anxiety. He tried a variety of anti-depressants all from the same family. The last medication was Lexapro. He kept me on this medication for six months even though adjusting the dosage had no effect on relieving my depression. He did not keep up with research and was disorganized. In May 2012, I decided to change psychiatrists. Two people referred me to a new psychiatrist. I contacted her office in May 2012 and was put on a waiting list. I finally began seeing her in early June 2012. She told me there were a variety of medications that we could try. She adjusted my medications, but the most important change she made was to put me on the generic for Effexor ER which she told me was from a different family of anti-depressants. Within three months, I began to feel better. Now 13 months later, I feel very well and glad to be alive. I no longer to to bed early and stay in bed in the morning. I get up early (I was an early riser for most of my life.) I am happily engaged in many activities and look forward to each new day. I know that life presents problems for all of us but that I have the skills and new confidence to tackle them. I know that I must not stop taking Effexor ER and that I must remain on medications for the rest of my life. I will continue to see this excellent psychiatrist. She is very organized. She has a computer on her desk which she uses to keep up with research, detail her patients' records, submit claims to Medicare or insurance companies, and order electronically most of my medications from my pharmacy. Effexor XR has been effective for me.Read More Read Less

Worked well for depression,But weight gain is not good.Gained 35 pounds in 3 1/2 months scarey.But not depressed,legs aches and tried feeling,No ambition.And diet do not help.

Been on this medication twice. The first time about 12 years ago for 2+ years and currently on it for 2 years. The side effects/withdrawal symptoms are the worst things I've ever experienced. I can miss a dose by about 24hrs and have migraine headaches, dizziness, nausea, and irritability, and sometimes I feel like my brain is shaking. As long as I take the medication as directed and on time the only bothersome side effects I have are increased sweating/hot flashes and random muscle twitch mostly occurring at bed time. Overall, I love how this medication works for my depression and anxiety issues. That completely out weighs the side effects of a missed dose. Just have to be extra cautious to fill RX on time and not forget a doseRead More Read Less

Very good until my stomach took it out exactly as i swollowed it.

I notice no difference when I take it but when I discontinue I have strange nervous feeling. I hate the dreams that I have while taking this medication. The cure seems to be worse than the "disease". Is there an alternative without the side effects?

anxious, lack of communication control. tend to say things that if reasoned would recognize perceived offensive behavior. i have a twin sister who has had problems with this until she got medicine.

I take this for fibromyalgia. It alleviates some of my symptoms, but I yawn a lot.

I had one 37mg and within an hour felt strange I felt very chilled clammy/tingle hands and feet high BP called 111 advised to visit A&E couldn't sleep felt very alert wide awake It did stop the hot flushes but I didnt sleep properly for 2 nights Wont be taking again

this drug should be taken off the market. i only took 1 pill of 37.5 mg and experienced a trip to the ER w/ High Blood Pressure, Elevate Heart Rate, Chills, Tremors, lightheaded, dizziness, not able to think clearly, and sensory shock sensations all over my body. This drug is NOT good at all and should be recalled.

mood,sleep,energy,productity are normal.

I'm so happy my Dr. prescribed this for me. It has really changed my life for the better. I've been on it for almost 1 month.My weight loss is awsome! Yes, they're side effects, but it's worth it!!!!

I have been on the 37.5 mg for 2 wks and the 75 mg. for 4 days. Is there any chance i will experience the withdrawl sysmtoms I have read about?

Been on the drug for several months now and everytime I am unable to get my prescription on time I have unbearable dreams and excessive sweating. I recently missed two days in a row due to holiday shortened hours at my pharmacy and have had vertigo, nausea and vomiting for 48 hours. done taking this pill.

I love how this drug makes me feel, but, I do not lik the fact that it makes me gain so much weight.

I was on this medication for three months. I was always on the lowest dose, 37.5ml. I was told to quit cold turkey because it was making me have severe memory loss, sweating, shortness of breath and inability to wake up. With stopping I have experience and continue to experience, ringing in my ears, nausea, and dizziness, sure hope this gets better.

While this drug is effective. It causes weight gain. It's also very physically addicting and you will go through absolute hell trying to detox from it. More than any other drug I've been on.

Suggested use for hot flashes due to Estrogen feed cancer. Prior to use having several episodes of hot flashes, w/Venlafaxine, starting at 37mg, now 150, maybe 1 hot flash, mostly none. So far, working. No complaints, no detectable other s/e's.