Reviewer: NicWeb, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Been on this for about 4 months now, have gone from 50mg, to 100mg to 200mg daily. Am now also feeling anxious, as well as depressed. Social anxiety is a huge deal, even doing things with friends i am finding difficult. Never felt like this or had this issue before. Have no motivation. Every now and then i get tingling all over my body.

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Been on this for about 4 months now, have gone from 50mg, to 100mg to 200mg daily. Am now also feeling anxious, as well as depressed. Social anxiety is a huge deal, even doing things with friends i am finding difficult. Never felt like this or had this issue before. Have no motivation. Every now and then i get tingling all over my body.
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Reviewer: catmum, Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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*headaches. Effexor XR was the only antidepressant that ever worked for me, after dozens of combinations. A situation arose around access to samples and lack of insurance coverage that I reluctantly tried Pristiq, and I and my husband both like me better on it! I do fight with my insurance to get a tier exception each year because it's so expensive. The only problem I have with it is I can' ... Show Full Comment

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*headaches. Effexor XR was the only antidepressant that ever worked for me, after dozens of combinations. A situation arose around access to samples and lack of insurance coverage that I reluctantly tried Pristiq, and I and my husband both like me better on it! I do fight with my insurance to get a tier exception each year because it's so expensive. The only problem I have with it is I can't make the jump from 50 to 100mg without constant headaches. It took me months to make the connection. Now I'm on a 50 each night supplemented with various adjusted amounts generic Effexor XR in the morning as needed. Best wishes
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Reviewer: Cheryl, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I started on 50mg of Pristiq and the first week, I felt nauseous with headaches and very very tired. After 4 weeks with no signs of working my dosage was increased to 100mg per day. After 2 weeks this seemed to work. My mood had pickup some what, however, I started feeling hot and sweated during the night with broken sleep. I then had a rash under my breast and down the right side of my torso. ... Show Full Comment

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I started on 50mg of Pristiq and the first week, I felt nauseous with headaches and very very tired. After 4 weeks with no signs of working my dosage was increased to 100mg per day. After 2 weeks this seemed to work. My mood had pickup some what, however, I started feeling hot and sweated during the night with broken sleep. I then had a rash under my breast and down the right side of my torso. I thought it was a heat rash but then associated it with the hot skin and extra sweating during the night. After 6 months on 100mg it has stopped working. I now am always on the couch and do not want to do anything. I do not want to sleep at night, I do not want to get out of bed, I could not be bothered with showering. I will be starting back on 50mg per day for 4 weeks to wheen off and then I will be starting on Lexapro 10mg per day in the morning. Hope this works better for me.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I've been taking 50 MG of Pristiq twice daily for 7 years. Last year I needed to add Wellbutrin XR 150 MG & I just started taking Abilify 2 MG once daily also. The Pristiq alone became less effective over time.

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I've been taking 50 MG of Pristiq twice daily for 7 years. Last year I needed to add Wellbutrin XR 150 MG & I just started taking Abilify 2 MG once daily also. The Pristiq alone became less effective over time.
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