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RCWinston
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RCWinston
Data Quality: 0 stars
  • Gender: F
  • Age: 61
Condition: 2 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: Unreported
  • Physical: Unreported

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Apr 20, 2009 (Started Mar 19, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (Jittery feeling, Weight gain, Depressed mood)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 37.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It has some benefit for pain control and sleeplessness when taken. It did not help in either case for me
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: Jittery feeling, Weight gain, Depressed mood, Depressed mood
  • 0 helpful marks
podpeople
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podpeople
Gender: M
Data Quality: 1 star
Depression: 2
Mania: 1
Emotional: 2
Anxiety: 2
Compulsion: 1
External Stress: Severe
65 M
Function: Low
Distress: Moderate
I am: b
I have:
Major Depressive Disorder

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Apr 16, 2009 (Started Jan 15, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: avoid getting on this treatment , even though it is efective somewhat in helping my depression ( and I have tried many type's of meds for over 20 years ) and at this time after changing from Lexapro to Effexor ( since Lexapro stopped helping ) Effexor seemed to be much more effective until I forgot once to take my daily dose for several days ....I started to experience the brain flops and did not know why ...well after doing some research I found out why! Now I " never leave home without it"
  • 1 helpful mark
Eiram
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Eiram
Sex: F
Data Quality: 0 stars
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Moderate
Cognition: severe
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
I have:
MS

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Apr 8, 2009 (Started Apr 05, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Mood swings)
  • Side effects
    Mild (Weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Side effects: Weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks
wanttoteach
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wanttoteach
Gender: F
Data Quality: 0 stars
Pain: Some
Fatigue: Most
Sleep: Most
Stiffness: All
function: Some
external_stress: Some
Stickman: most
Description:F60y
FM:9y Dx
I have:
Fibromyalgia

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Mar 26, 2009 (Started Mar 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for Pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (Feel flat, Loss of appetite, Heart palpitations)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 6 mg Daily
Side effects: Feel flat, Loss of appetite, Heart palpitations
  • 0 helpful marks
Snoogleberry
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Snoogleberry
Gender: F
Data Quality: 0 stars
Depression: 3
Mania: 1
Emotional: 3
Anxiety: 3
Compulsion: 2
External Stress: Severe
50 F
Function: Low
Distress: Moderate
I am: vb
I have:
Major Depressive Disorder

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Feb 12, 2009 (Started Oct 20, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (Weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I find it brilliant for treating my depression
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: Weight gain

Oct 22, 2008 (Started Oct 20, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Don't just stop this drug on your own. I find it very good for depression
Side effects: Weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks
Snoogleberry
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Snoogleberry
Gender: F
Data Quality: 0 stars
Depression: 3
Mania: 1
Emotional: 3
Anxiety: 3
Compulsion: 2
External Stress: Severe
50 F
Function: Low
Distress: Moderate
I am: vb
I have:
Major Depressive Disorder

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Feb 12, 2009 (Started Oct 20, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (Weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I find it brilliant to treat my depression
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: Weight gain

Oct 22, 2008 (Started Oct 20, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Talk to your doctor about this treatment, and don't forget to tell them if your feeling better, so they can lower the dose if needed. Don't stop taking this drug yourself.
Side effects: Weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks
nubizguy
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nubizguy
Gender: M
Data Quality: 1 star
Depression: 2
Mania: 1
Emotional: 1
Anxiety: 2
Compulsion: 1
External Stress: Severe
57 M
Function: Moderate
Distress: Moderate
I am: b
I have:
Social Anxiety Disorder

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Jan 22, 2009 (Started May 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Anxiety and frustration)
  • Side effects
    Mild (Brain zaps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Find the right dose for you. We started at 75 mg/day and went to 150/day. At 150 a day nothing bothers me, but I also felt I was nearly neutral emotionally which is unacceptable to me. So we back off to 75 again and I used meditation and exercise to manage the frustration level but I feel like I have a better, more real life experience. I expect to reduce to next level down in a few months and be drug free -- barring any setbacks -- within a year.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: Brain zaps
  • 0 helpful marks
pinkgirl82
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pinkgirl82
Data Quality: 0 stars
  • Gender: F
  • Age: 35
Condition: 6 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: Unreported
  • Physical: Unreported
I am: g

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Dec 31, 2008 (Started May 05, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: During the first few weeks on this medicine i lost my appetite completely and had a very strange taste in my mouth. I felt very anxious and was unable to sleep, but these effects soon passed and this is honestly the best antidepressant I have found.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
katpalou
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katpalou
Sex: F
Data Quality: 0 stars
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: none
Walking: mild
I have:
MS

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Dec 13, 2008 (Started Jan 06, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 37.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: will never stop this medicin, tried and went into relapse, it really helps with cooping with life, i have found that if i am in too much pain or really stressed my face gets numb so I need a second dose for that day.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
josie-jojo
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josie-jojo
Gender: F
Data Quality: 0 stars
Depression: 0
Mania: 0
Emotional: 1
Anxiety: 1
Compulsion: 0
External Stress: Severe
49 F
Function: High
Distress: Low
I am: g
I have:
Major Depressive Disorder

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Nov 27, 2008 (Started Feb 15, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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