Posted by Vincent_QC on July 1, 2009, at 5:41:29
In reply to Re: Pristiq help, posted by zeitguest on July 1, 2009, at 1:10:41
> I'v been on Pristiq for 7 weeks now (the first 4 weeks at 50mg, the rest at 100mg). So far it hasn't had much of a positive effect -- perhaps a slight mood elevation, but very negligible compared with my experience on Prozac. Side effects are as mild as the primary effects -- slight drowsiness in the afternoons, a slight lessening of sex drive and performance (but nothing as drastic as I felt on Prozac). No weight gain or loss.
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> At this point I will stick it out for the remainder of my 8-week prescription. But I am wondering now if this drug is for me. Not a lot of bang for the buck.Well, don't give up... sometimes, a slight improvement is better than nothing... except if you pay it 300$ each month for it!!! ;-)
I was not for a long time on it... it's seem to have the same side-effect profile than the Effexor-Xr... the main difference is the fact that the Pristiq, who is the active metabolite of the Effexor-XR, don't involve the whole process of your body metabolising (bad word in english, I know!!!) the Effexor-XR into the Pristiq, so someone with a poor metabolism can react more well with the Pristiq... and someone with a good metabolism will not be able to tell the difference between these 2 meds...
Normally, a 3 months trail is good enought to say if a med work or not... but at this stage and with so little improvements, maybe it's not worthing the price to pay for it...
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