I feel like I shouldn't share my bad experience with it because I don't want to concern you. Just remember that psych meds affect everyone differently! I was recently on Effexor XR for a few months, starting at 37.5 mg and going up to 75 mg. I went on it for both anxiety and depression symptoms. However, it made my depression worse, to the point of making me think about , which I hadn't really considered/thought about in like 15 years.

P-doc took me off it immediately once I told her and started me right on Cymbalta (60 mg). Since they're both SNRIs, she said it was fine to stop Effexor without tapering, and I did not have any withdrawal symptoms (except a little increased anxiety for two days). Cymbalta is working better for me so far.

Just monitor your mood as well as physical symptoms, and report things to your p-doc if they concern you. I waited way too long because I thought it was due to outside stressors, which I'm sure contributed, but I still had the feelings after the stressors went away.