I've been off medication for a few years, and slowly eroding. I have a pdoc eval next week with a new one (old one retired). I'm not sure what she'll recommend, but I do know that I did best on effexor and lamictal, but the withdrawal from effexor was so demonic I swore I would never do that again.

Do any of you know if there's an equivalent to effexor that has fewer hellacious withdrawal symptoms? Given my history, meds become ineffective after a few years and I will need to get off it at some point.

Also, it goes without saying, but I don't want to gain a ton of weight and turn into a slug.