Understandably the side effects of this are broad.

But to me, the physical cons outweighed the mental pros.

When in hospital I noticed that the people suffering from serious depression were not prescribed effexor…

Yet I was, plus FOUR stabilizers as my moods were aggressive (not me at all by the way) manic, extreme high / extreme low…

And the physical sides… my god… I don’t want to go there.

I mean, they put my on 4 stabilizers just to get the “balance” right for the meds i.e. Effexor is damn strong at a high dosage.

I dropped the lithium with no side effects, likewise the seroquel and zispin… but the effexor is the tough nut to crack.

I dropped to 125mgs per day with ease (little to no effects) now that I have stopped its like my body has started to shut down.

Again, I could get angry and down or be strong and realise that my body will pull through this… and hopefully my head will too.

its good to be able to get this off my chest, thanks people.

no way could i tell my doc or others... but hey, i'm in work now and its sunny in ireland on a friday for once!

thanks