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Reviewer: Missy, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I am wondering if it has increased my sex drive. I have noticed it takes longer to reach oragasm.
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Reviewer: jazwc, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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This medication has worked extremely well for me. I was really concerned about taking medication at all as I had just turned 18 when I tried my first medication to help ease my horrendous anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts... can't remember what I was on the first time but I stopped taking it because I felt super cloudy, almost like I had smoked a huge joint. A year and a bit later I was st
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Reviewer: colleen, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I have been in pristiq for about seven months and I was going great then two months ago I started to get numbness in my face, tongue, and arms. my tongue swells up and I get small panic attacks. don't sleep good at night. but feel like I could roll up on the floor and fall a sleep during the day . just don't feel like working have no motivation lately
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Had tried others before changing to this. It worked immediatedly for me.
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Reviewer: shelley, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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If I forget one dose. I have numbing in my body; mostly tounge and arm and fingers. And a overall feeling of just not feeling good.
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