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Vivactil User Reviews & Ratings

Vivactil has an average rating of 9.5 out of 10 from a total of 3 reviews on Drugs.com. 100% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 0% reported a negative experience.

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Depression  
9.5
3 reviews for Depression 76 medications
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • June 13, 2023

For Depression "In 1991 my triggered event for deep depression was my grandfather's death. I had been diagnosed with moderate clinical depression in 1990. I had tried 12 different antidepressants once a month with no relief from depression. I checked myself into the mental facility and my doctor there had me try Vivactil. Within four days I woke up feeling 100 % normal. He told me that Vivactil had an activator effect, unlike other antidepressants. It is now 2023 and I am feeling normal as well. This drug saved my life literally! Some of the side effects I experienced were a dry mouth which I just drink a lot of water, a small decrease in my sense of smell, and make my eyes a little worse but I've always worn glasses. I am glad I never gave up on finding relief from the very real and very dark place that depression puts you in. You are paralyzed and can't function. I am a lucky woman and I'm so grateful that I found it. I recommend it to anyone who needs it, help reach out don't stop trying, there is a relief."

10 / 10
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  • exist...
  • September 26, 2007

For Depression "This drug worked to pull me out of the sort of depression where I had no energy,no interest in doing anything & was completely paralyzed and unable to make any decisions. It took 5 weeks to bring me a good day and then I had 7 more bad. Then another good day, and another etc..., and I never went back into the depression. That was 3.5 years ago. It took about six or nine months before I trusted that the depression was not coming back soon. old is so no longer sampled, but good if needed."

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  • Scruf...
  • July 30, 2017

For Depression "This is one of the most under rated drugs for depression. I found it myself and every time I mention it to a new doctor, they have never heard of it. I am afraid they will someday stop making it, which would be a tragedy. It saved my life--multiple times--when NOTHING else worked. I'd had every SSRI in the book thrown at me (because, OF COURSE if one doesn't work, SURELY another of the same type will). No weight gain--actual loss. Pulls me out of suicidal despair within a few hours. I still have a bottle for emergencies. For me, however, as a longterm treatment, it would start making me apathetic--not lethargic, just kind of nonchalant. After 3 days on it, I would want to quit my job. Fast acting, low side effects, mildly energizing."

9 / 10
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