"was put on pristiq around 8 months ago for severe anxiety/panic attacks. i couldn&#039;t even drop my kids at school without a panic attack and we live a minute from the school, i didn&#039;t wanna do anything go anywhere it was affecting my kids, my marriage, everything. now i have my life back i put off going to the doc for a year, i wish i hadn&#039;t. i can function again. i did have to up my dose after about a month to 100mg and i still have a day here or there that i can feel my anxiety bubbling under the surface but it&#039;s nothing like it was it&#039;s manageable."