It's been 18 days since I was given Effexor and I've yet to start taking it. I've made myself scared to take it after reading the possible side effects. I'm so depressed and want to get to feeling more myself but I just can't even take the first one. I worry about it all the time, kind of obsessively. Is anyone here taking it or has taken it in the past? Any side effects? I've read that even missing one dose will make a person very sick, its hard to get off of, some kind of brain "zaps", seizures....I don't know how to quit worrying about it and just start!