What people actually say

“SSRIs were very effective at improving my executive function at first, but now they barely work, and Prozac is the only one that really works for me.”

“I used Ssri s for a few months. it does work quite well for anxiety, but unfortunately the side effects turned me into an unmotivated zombie”

“I really got better from anxiety ... on effexor. My personal miracle drug does not work for everyone.”

“I tried Venlafaxine and my ADHD improved significantly. However, it also had a certain amount of excitotoxicity, and I couldn't sleep at night.”

“I started Venlafaxine three months ago when I got depressed again...and it got me out of bed, but NAC was the game changer for me.”

“I found that Venlafaxine was good once it down regulated my norephineprine. Before I was constantly full of somatic anxiety but now it’s definitely improved.”

“When I quit Effexor many years ago, I had to slowly decrease the dose over a period that was twice as long as I had been on them. Brain zaps from hell.”

“never actually found anything that helped. Not one thing... Supplements I've tried include fish oil pills, htp-5, fluoxetine, effexor, adderall, ritalin, vitamin b complexes, and st johns wort.”

“I've been taking Effexor which has shown to be effective for some people. It has helped me some but it's not 100% gone.”

“venlafaxine did something...This at least helps me sleep...it just gives me that flattened serotonin effect where everything is 'fine,' apathy, emotional blunting, low libido.”

“after the second week I could only sleep 2 hours a night and I felt anxious and foggy all day.”

“i had Effexor prescribed. It did not seem to help but was prone to crying fits on it and felt like crap.”

“The withdrawal symptoms, including extreme anxiety, are absolutely hell and I recommend staying away from it.”

“Be careful with Effexor. If you have to take it, and it really helped, go for it. I spent literally two years tapering off of it the withdrawals were that severe.”

“effexor does fucking suck. It helped me at the time but after taking it for only a year I now have chronic fatigue”

“I have been on effexor 150mg for 1 year now which helps almost cured the depression and helped me regain mental clarity”

“I tried Venlafaxine and my ADHD improved significantly. However, it also had a certain amount of excitotoxicity, and I couldn't sleep at night”

“i was on effexor which was marvelous until the libido side effects creeped in”

“then i came to SSRI , it helped a little bit then.”

“I only took them for those 25 days and quit because it made me feel 100% numb with zero emotions or pleasure.”

“Started doing some therapy and an SSRI, and saw huge improvement in all my symptoms.”

“I decided to try an SSRI one day and now my life has completely changed. Anxiety is gone, obsessive behavior/rituals are gone, agoraphobia is gone.”

“My psychiatrist thought I was depressed, put me on SSRIs, but since serotonin counteracts with dopamine, it only made everything worse.”

“I have done SSRI's and they didn't help. They made things slightly worse.”

“I've taken an Ssri and it didn't help me with these things.”

“Ive taken SSRI's & SNRI' and I either didnt feel much or they made me feel worse (especially venlafaxine, that shit made me wanna kms)”

“I've been on SSRI for over a year : it doesn't improve my anhedonia (make it worse depending the med)”

“This didn't work for me at all and had horrible side effects.”

“they worked for me when I took a 3 month cycle and tapered off.”

“I took for 3 months different SSRI's for anxiety and depression. I began having disgusting psychological side effects.”

“SSRIs can have major side effects, but they can also save lifes, like my own...SSRIs on average don't really even beat placebo for MDD”

“SSRIs prevent and reverse the worst of this... The only thing that worked was Klonopin... they really messed me up bad”

“If I didn't take an ssri, I would have no energy and no motivation...sexual dysfunction”

“during my time of SSRi's it did alleviate this heaviness albeit made things worse because of emotional blunting”

“I've always had a positive response to ibuprofen and would take it morning and night if it wasn't for the side effects and agmatine provides the same anti-depressant effects of ibuprofen.”

“I take 1600mgs of advil and a 100mgs of zinc supplements a night. Have noticed absolutely nothing. Except better sleep.”

“I find curcumin works just as well, if not better, than ibuprofen.”

“I tried paracetamol, ibuprofen, tramadol(all painkillers) and methyl salicylate to decrease inflammation prescribed by my doctor but nothing is working.”

“I've noticed that NSAIDs (ibuprofen, naproxen, and especially meloxicam) not only cure migraine pain for me, but relieve everything else especially the terrible physiological effects.”

“ibuprofen and weed is supposed to be a good way to inhibit memory loss but I didn't notice much of an effect when I tried.”