I was on it for about 2 years. Initially it helped get me out of depression, which was great because i had tried a ton of med combos at the time, and nothing was working. Taking it with a tic tac really helps with the taste. Anyways, eventually the depression lifted and my life was going well, except my emotions were flattened, and my affect was blunted, with little expression. So about 9 months ago i decided to try coming off, so i lowered my dose from 10 to 5, but the depression started to come back so i went back to 10. I did that a few times. But i was determined to come off so i could get my emotional range back, so about 5 months ago i started reducing the dose, and i cracked the discs in half to go down more gradually. The withdrawal was awful - flu like symptoms, anxiety, no sleep for days, but i managed to come off of it 4 months ago, and got my emotions and expression back. It was ok until a couple weeks ago, because the depression is coming back, so i'm considering trying something else.

Overall it was a helpful drug for me when things were really bad, but it leveled off at a baseline lower than what i wanted. I think it is a good drug in general, despite some of the negatives i experienced. I don't think everyone gets the flattening.