Well, I know if I don't take my Effexor, you probably wouldn't want to be around me....so I guess that's positive. I also helps with the Fibromyalgia, not as well as Cymbalta, but good enough.

On the scale of how much it made me gain weight, it's pretty close to the bottom, followed by Cymbalta, Pristique, and Welbutrin. On the top of the scale there would be Zyprexa, Abilify, Zoloft, Rispederon, Depakote, Geodon, Paxil....

Everything's good though, since I've been exercising and eating better, I've been able to loose some weight in the past couple of weeks. So it can be done.