This has been tough as I've had success with concerta for quite some time, I don't think switching stims in my case is or will be the answer to my issues with anxity , depression ( kind of a stuck mood combined with worry) . I have had success with wellbutrin and concerta but after a month or two some of the anxiety that wellbutrin can promote gets overly hard to deal with. I am not your typical can't get out of bed , give up on life sort of depression, no...this is more generalized anxiety with the depression creeping in. I was or am trying pristiq but as we all know when going through the process we can all feel off, well I start googling during this period and I'm already feeling sluggish and slow from the pristiq and I just come into too many dead ends and or people complaining about effexor or it's new predecessor pristiq... I am angry, I'm angry and upset because #1 I don't want to have issues withdrawing from a med, I'm also angry because worry gets a hold of me as well as does boredom and I waste my time researching the side effects... I already feel kind of dumb because it's only my 3rd day, yesterday at night at one point I didn't really know what I was doing and I'm usually with it. Is pristiq and ssri's or more accurately snri's really bad for adhd , does it take away motivation and sedate in all cases... and is it really that bad to stop? I mean you'd think it was poison from some people whining about stopping the medication....Its so frustrating! At this point all I know is wellbutrin plus my stimulants really help but over some time the anxiety is annoying, I guess there is no solution to this issue. I hear no good feedback and a million times the bad press. Does effexor or pristiq cause weight gain? I hear people *****ing that it does, I've heard the opposite.. I just don't know what to believe anymore.

Hey Hollywood,

You've already heard my opinion on Pristiq's effectiveness for anxiety and depression, I'll try not to keep repeating myself :)... but just for the record, I've lost weight steadily since starting it. (Between Adderall and Pristiq, it's easier to follow up on good intentions instead of just grabbing junk.)

thanks fierwing,

pristiq does some crazy stuff, I was really slow in the morning but then when that wore off I was calm relaxed...Haven't been at that point in quite some time, almost forgot what it felt like to be calm and less stressed and it makes a huge difference. My problem is I felt racy and had some muscle palps and chest tightness after working out, it's startup anxiety and its uncomfortable as hell! Not sure what to do about that -one things for sure pristiq does something and it does it well, I had confidence like I've never had before , I'm certain that I'm very confident but kind of socially shy, pristiq apparently destroys shyness