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Vortioxetine side effects

Across 30 first-hand reports, people mentioned a side effect 6 times (about 20 per 100 reports). The most common: fatigue, nausea, apathy. User reports show what people notice — they can't tell you whether Vortioxetine is safe for you.

Reported side effects

fatigue2
nausea1
apathy1
emotional numbing1
insomnia1

What got worse for some people

In their own words

“I feel a lot better with antidepressants, I can remember things again... I can sleep again... I have again libido and I haven't suicide ideation anymore”
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“Vortioxetine ended up improving my mood, lowering my anxiety and had much less emotional and sexual side effects... it also started to decrease my motivation and cause lethargy.”
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“I recently came off vortioxetine 20mg because it made my anxiety a lot worse.”
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“testing out depression and anxiety medicines, 10mg brintellix (trintellix/vortioxetine) and 250-500mcg xanor (xanax/alprazolam). They seem to not help me after 1,5 months.”
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“In the past I'd take zoloft and later trintellix and they didn't cause any sense of well-being, they just numbed me out in a bad way”
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“My psychiatrist prescribed me Trintellix, because its positive effect on cognition but it doesn't seem to help at all.”
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Is Vortioxetine safe? What the research covers

AResearch: Strong77 meta-analyses · 102 randomized trials on PubMed
Mol Psychiatry · 2023
Antidepressants for the treatment of adults with major depressive disorder in the maintenance phase: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Conclusion: Compared to placebo, venlafaxine was associated with a lower incidence of dizziness, while desvenlafaxine, sertraline, and vortioxetine were associated with a higher incidence of nausea/vomiting. In conclusion, desvenlafaxine, paroxetine, venlafaxine, and vortioxetine had reasonable efficacy, acceptability, and tolerability in the treatment of adults with stable MDD.

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry · 2021
Gastrointestinal side effects associated with antidepressant treatments in patients with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Conclusion: In conclusion, commonly used antidepressants showed different profiles of gastrointestinal SEs, possibly related to their mechanisms of action. The specific tolerability profile of each compound should be considered by clinicians when prescribing antidepressants in order to improve adherence to treatment and increase positive outcomes in patients with MDD.

Vortioxetine side effects: what 30 users report — PlainPill