Reviewer: Saad , 19-24 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I'm suffering from depression from age of 14. I recently started taking this medicine. My doctor advised me to quarter of tablet for first week then half for next week then whole 75mg tablet once a day for a year. It has little side effects like I'm suffering from constipation

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I'm suffering from depression from age of 14. I recently started taking this medicine. My doctor advised me to quarter of tablet for first week then half for next week then whole 75mg tablet once a day for a year. It has little side effects like I'm suffering from constipation
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Reviewer: ez, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I had suffered from dysthymia since i was 14. At the age of 20 i went to seek help for my condition. Been taking diffrent types of SSRI for one yearand Due to many side effects i was put on venlafaxine 150 mg. After a while my life became wonderful. I was flourishing and most of my bad feelings just went away. My self esteem went up. I felt normal, woke up every morning with good energies. Firs ... Show Full Comment

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I had suffered from dysthymia since i was 14. At the age of 20 i went to seek help for my condition. Been taking diffrent types of SSRI for one yearand Due to many side effects i was put on venlafaxine 150 mg. After a while my life became wonderful. I was flourishing and most of my bad feelings just went away. My self esteem went up. I felt normal, woke up every morning with good energies. First time for years i was happy.actually happy. Thats been the best days at my life. And then everything deteriorated as i decided to stop. First i was put on 75 mg, after that 37.5 mg. It was very hard quitting this drug. My dysthymia came back. Been feeling bad for 1 year after i quit, so i decided to take this drug, that changed my life, again. But it didn't work. I guess im thankful for this drug for breaking my illness. This drug actually stopped my dysthymia for a while. After seeing it didnt work,Been trying diffrent types of snri,ssri, vitamins, b12 supplys but none of them worked. Im desperate.
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Reviewer: Em, 19-24 on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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It was really life changing for me taking this. Iâ??ve been on so so so many other things when this finally worked it made such a difference

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It was really life changing for me taking this. Iâ??ve been on so so so many other things when this finally worked it made such a difference
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Reviewer: me again, 45-54 on Treatment for 10 years or more

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Life-changing, life-saving. I was prescribed 150 mg a day of the regular (not XR) form 18 years ago. I started feeling much better right away -- far less anxious and sad. The only downside is I can space out just enjoying my random happy thoughts so I need to remind myself to get back to getting things done -- but that's not too hard and way better than being sad and scared all the time. Once ... Show Full Comment

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Life-changing, life-saving. I was prescribed 150 mg a day of the regular (not XR) form 18 years ago. I started feeling much better right away -- far less anxious and sad. The only downside is I can space out just enjoying my random happy thoughts so I need to remind myself to get back to getting things done -- but that's not too hard and way better than being sad and scared all the time. Once when I was sick (for other reasons) I couldn't keep the venlafaxine pills down which made me unintentionally go off it cold turkey, which gave me nightmares until I could get it to stay down again. That scared me so I weaned myself -- VERY SLOWLY! IMPORTANT! -- down to 75 mg a day, so now if I forget to take them I only get really sad and anxious ( no nightmares) until I get back on it. I also went off it on purpose -- VERY SLOWLY -- and stayed off for a year to see if maybe I didn't need it anymore. It was a horribly anxious year. I felt a million percent better when I went back on it. Because I take the regular form, I have never had the "brain zaps" or other weirdness associated with the XR form. A relative takes venlafaxine with results like mine; I think we have a genetic brain wiring issue that it mends. I am infinitely grateful this medicine exists and sad for all the people with this condition who were sad and scared every day before this was invented -- or who still are because they can't afford it. It is not for every depressed or anxious person -- I read that each medication only helps a small percent (but a different group usually) of all patients, but at least this helps some of us.
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Reviewer: donthaveone, 45-54 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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This was prescribed for me when I was diagnosed with a fatal, incurable disease and expected to live no more than a few months. I have been taking it these few months and it has really helped. I actually feel happier and more upbeat than before my diagnosis! Which is kind of crazy, but I'm grateful to spend this time enjoying my remaining life. I hope it helps you as well. :)

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This was prescribed for me when I was diagnosed with a fatal, incurable disease and expected to live no more than a few months. I have been taking it these few months and it has really helped. I actually feel happier and more upbeat than before my diagnosis! Which is kind of crazy, but I'm grateful to spend this time enjoying my remaining life. I hope it helps you as well. :)
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