Reviewer: Never again 60, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Didn't sleep for the first 5 days of taking this drug, then crashed for 2 straight days. Heart pounding out of my chest, sick to my stomach, did not help depression and had all the bad side affects named. Thought I was going to die, really! Weened myself off, bad reaction to that, migraine, always tired, sleepy, just not good for me. Started with 150mg a day. Not good. Haven't had a chance to talk ... Show Full Comment

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Didn't sleep for the first 5 days of taking this drug, then crashed for 2 straight days. Heart pounding out of my chest, sick to my stomach, did not help depression and had all the bad side affects named. Thought I was going to die, really! Weened myself off, bad reaction to that, migraine, always tired, sleepy, just not good for me. Started with 150mg a day. Not good. Haven't had a chance to talk to Dr. yet, but I don't ever want to live like that again, even though it was short, I know better.
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Reviewer: churchie, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I've been taking this for 2 months now and I feel like my old self again. I'm sleeping well, have energy again, and am motivated to get things done for the first time in a couple of years. I have finally lost my feelings of not caring about things.

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I've been taking this for 2 months now and I feel like my old self again. I'm sleeping well, have energy again, and am motivated to get things done for the first time in a couple of years. I have finally lost my feelings of not caring about things.
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Reviewer: zexxal, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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Used for: Depression, mood changes, irritability, hostile/angry feelings/actions. This worked very well for suppressing most of my conditions, but not 100% like I would like it to. I started out on 50 mg, move up over 6 months to 150 mg I am currently at now and have noticed the side effects are drastically effecting my everyday life. It has reduced the overall amount of panic attacks, and ... Show Full Comment

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Used for: Depression, mood changes, irritability, hostile/angry feelings/actions. This worked very well for suppressing most of my conditions, but not 100% like I would like it to. I started out on 50 mg, move up over 6 months to 150 mg I am currently at now and have noticed the side effects are drastically effecting my everyday life. It has reduced the overall amount of panic attacks, and my depression to a manageable point. But has worsening my anxiety levels, I get daily hot flashes/sweats, impulsive actions, severe restlessness, and very rapid speech to name a few. I have sever Sleep Apnea and since starting this, my overall amount of sleep has decreased from 6.75 hrs. a night to 4 hrs. or less a night. Even with taking Ambient CR 12.5 mg it doesn't help. As with any medication, it effects everyone differently, I'm only posting this info so it might help someone else. I'm currently researching if I should lower my current 150 mg dose and add BuSpar. Hopefully I can figure out a balance.
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Reviewer: nofunanymore, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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Have been on this med for 1.5 yrs after 6 yrs on wellbutrin which quit working. the first 2-3 days i was a zombie but came back and for about the first year was very happy w the results. actually felt happy every now and then which unfortunately is rare. but after about a year had depressive episode w suicidal thoughts coming back. went to md and had dosage upped to 75 mg and have been doing that ... Show Full Comment

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Have been on this med for 1.5 yrs after 6 yrs on wellbutrin which quit working. the first 2-3 days i was a zombie but came back and for about the first year was very happy w the results. actually felt happy every now and then which unfortunately is rare. but after about a year had depressive episode w suicidal thoughts coming back. went to md and had dosage upped to 75 mg and have been doing that ok for about 3 mths. Still have low days w lots of fatigue, NO interest in doing anything, no sex drive whatsoever, have gained 45 lbs, and very irritable. also not sleeping well and having hot flashes. gonna keep track of low days and see if i dont need to find something else.
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Reviewer: Grecia, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I've been using this drug for 3 months and I am very happy about it. My whole life I've been depressed. I took Zoloft for some time but I didn't feel myself. With Venlafaxine I feel myself again, I enjoy more.

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I've been using this drug for 3 months and I am very happy about it. My whole life I've been depressed. I took Zoloft for some time but I didn't feel myself. With Venlafaxine I feel myself again, I enjoy more.
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