User Reviews for venlafaxine oral

My dr put on this forgot flashes

I have been on lots of antidepressants since losing my son in a car wreck. After a couple of years on each antidepressant, they seem to stop working or work less effectively, however, Venlafaxine has been a life saver, it has helped me enormously.

I can not tell any difference.

It take the peaks and valleys off the day. I started to try to get off it but life had other designs. Things don't bother me as much I don't get as upset about things -it does make me tired and has reduced sexual desire. I have to take it directly after eating or I have upset stomach. Also, I take it with allergy pill or my limbs and stomach feels itchy. I wish there was better alternative and I don't understand what is being said about effexor recall and how its related to venlafaxine? Also concerned with what other posts are saying about getting off of this drug.Read More Read Less

Starting having problems w/ depression along with the onset of lupus and fibro. I took this with good results for several years, before my rheum. decided to switch me to Cymbalta. He said to just stop taking the Effexor, and I am furious that he told me that. After a week, I still have horrible side effects trying to withdraw from this medicine. Nauseous constantly, terrible headache, dizzy, sweating constantly, mood is aggressive and nasty. How can prescribe these poisons to people?

Found this to work much better than any other anti depressants that I have tried over the years & i have tried several. I found it to give me much more energy than the others have but you definitely don't see or feel a difference for at least two weeks. I was worried in the beginning cause it didn't feel like it was working at all & actually made me feel more tired & for some reason I just kept yawning constantly the first two weeks of taking it but doctor said give it 2-3 weeks before giving up on it & she was right, after two weeks I felt the complete opposite, happy & energeticRead More Read Less

I am sleepy often

I had severe pain in my big toe of rt foot and both heels pained badly.( i had suffered for 10 long years with heel pain)The bone around my heel and most bone in my both foot pained lot.Tons of NASAIDS AND STEROIDS DID NOT HELP ME.After taking Venlafaxine HCL ER 37.50 MG(MFG:TEVA) my pain disappeared to 90% extent in 5 days. i took it for 2 months.I suffer from no depression.I had no words to explain how good i felt.but once i stopped it all came back.I took again and the pain disappeared again.I plan to continue for some more time and slowly reduce 2 tabs/day to 1 and then 0 and watch.Read More Read Less

Have been on this med for about 10 years, works for me but trying to get off this medication has very bad withdrawals, unbearable!!! And I only take the lowest dosage 37.5mg

I took it for 6 years. The HORRIBLE thing about this medicine is if you're trying to get off of it because it stops working for you. It gives SERIOUS Withdrawl issues. Think twice before starting this medication.

tROUBLE SLEEPING, BLOOD PRESSURE AND PANIC INCREASES, WEIGHT GAIN, SUPPOSE TO HELP LOSE WEIGHT NOT GAIN!

This medication reacts with 8 of my other meds I take. 2 of them severe. I suggest everyone check about drun interactions with any med. Web MD has a great site to enter all your meds & see the intereactions.

Good luck getting off this stuff. Was prescribed for anxiety caused by PVC's. Tired all the time and hard to reach the big "O". Decided to get off of it and it was pure hell. Finally did and everything works well now. I'll live with the irregular heartbeat.

It is essential for my every day well-being...My mood is so much better in the mornings since it last over 24hrs...I don't wake up anxiety filled and I am able to function really well...It took less than a week to see a major difference...

Have swollen ankles, could Venlafaxine be causing this?

I started taking this medicine for chronic migraines. I was put on 75 mg to start, took it for only 4 days. At first it made me really energized, then after day 1 I was extremely tired and lethargic. Day 4 it gave me severe chest pains and numbness in my arms. Never felt anything like that before. This medicine scared me to death.

I only took half a tablet as prescribed and within 2 hours felt like I was going to throw up and was soaking wet sweating. I was in bed for almost 24 hours feeling horrible.

My doctor has me on a "Combo-Drug". This Venlafaxine (75MG) and Sertraline (50MG.) Together, they work great. My anxiety has greater diminished and panic disorder almost nil. I do fight sadness.

I take 150mg for fibromyalgia. I have tried Celexa and Lexapro in the past with minimal effectiveness. Both drugs dulled my emotions to the point that I was a jerk to my loved ones. My GP switched me to this since it was very effective in getting me through PTSD with few side effects 15 years ago. I started seeing results in about 2.5 weeks and now it has been months since I have had to take a Flexeril for pain. I also have less fatigue since I am not battling pain every day. I felt a little off this morning because I forgot to take it last night, but I took it around lunchtime and was back to myself within an hour.Read More Read Less