OCD, fear of not making it to the washroom to empty my bladder. Since taking this drug now for 10 years I haven't had an episode. Published: October 02, 2007 ::

Suffer from severe OCD with anxiety and depression. Early on, the side effects of this medication were difficult to deal with - dry mouth, unbelievable appetite, sweating and sexual dysfunction. Over time, side effects diminished along with the symptoms. Currently, I am 18 years symptom-free and have been off the drug for the last 12! Published: March 31, 2008 ::

I have trouble sleeping as I have major clinical depression, panic/anxiety disorder, and OCD. I took Benadryl but it only sedated me and I had night terrors. Anafranil at bedtime works like a charm. I think my other meds keep the side effects at bay. Published: January 06, 2008 ::

I took Anafranil to treat anxiety and phobias, and the side effects were too much for me to handle. I became very agitated and aggressive while on it. My friends nick-named it "The Devil Drug" because I acted so unlike myself while on it. I nearly attacked a kid at school with a math text book for making a bad pun, and almost went after the drama teacher with my scissors for messing up a costume I made. Considering that I have never even gotten near getting in a fight my whole life, I think it is safe to say it was the medication. Apparently this is a common side effect for pediatric patients--it sure drove me nuts. Published: January 04, 2008 ::

DR prescribed this for premature ejaculation have to take it 24hrs before having intercourse. Published: May 13, 2008 ::

Took this medicine for 3 weeks when I was 16. I quit because the side effects were too much to handle. Just started taking it again a week ago. I haven't had any panic attacks or any OCD issues, however, my hands have been very shakey, my pupils have been dilated, I'm very fatigued, and keep getting headaches. I also spent one morning dry heaving. I'm going to give it a bit more time, but stay on the lowest dose to see if the side effects go away. It works... you just have to be able to tolerate the side effects. Published: January 05, 2009 ::

The side effects are driving me crazy. I have uncontrollable muscle twitches, am groggy, nauseated, and dry mouth. Will give it 3 more weeks to see if things change. Published: October 14, 2008 ::

I was put on the medication for anxiety due to insomnia. I never had experienced such severe dry mouth. It was almost causing panic attacks. I am now on luvox and doing great. Published: September 26, 2008 ::

To manage side effects I had to start at low dosis until my body got used. I have to sleep my hours to avoid sleepiness in day; I have to watch my weight, and exercise. I started to feel the real effects after taking the medicine for more than three months; I think that it made the full effect after six months. You must be patient to feel the liberating effects of Anafranil Published: March 03, 2009 ::

I have taken many other antidepressants over many years and have side effects with all I have tried, so I was excited about trying a different drug in a different drug category. Initially I felt the Anafranil was beneficial and I tolerated it at the lowest dose ok but wasn't fully effective so my doc increased the dose (which was about a medium range dose). When I hit about 3-4 days into my dose of 150mg daily I started noticing that the way I was feeling was likely due to this med. I experienced SEVERE dry mouth with furrowing in my tongue making it uncomfortable to eat, cracks in the corners of my mouth - neither of these responded to hard candies, gum, mouth rinsing or drinking copious amts of water or other fluids. Then I noticed I was way more jittery and anxious than usual and the worst was these random, nonpurposeful muscle twitches of varying levels on an increasing interval. When I decided to taper myself off the med I might have twitched 20 times in 5 minutes - everything from a contraction of my little finger, followed by my hip twitching then my opposite shoulder ---- all over! It was awful making my insomnia even worse. I was tremulous, agitated, uncoordinated, confused thinking...I could go on. I have been completely off it for 3 days (after a slow taper down) and still feel a bit irritable with rare twitching. when I told my psych doc today about this = he says, "yeah, some people get that jerking pretty bad".....no one told me it might happen UGH! But remember, just because it happened to me doesn't mean it will happen to you. Every patient is different. Published: July 01, 2009 ::