Effexor never really worked for me and it was a nightmare to get off of! Even with tapering I still heard songs playing in the middle of the night that no one else could hear (blue grass and monk chamber music) I was on prozac for awhile then I switched to wellbutrin and it's doing well especially when we added seroquel.

I’ve been on Effexor XR for almost 20 years. I took a one year break from it - it took a full 3 months to wean off of it - I didn’t like myself without it and I couldn’t read more than a paragraph without losing my concentration. It was awful! I feel very blessed to have been put on the right medication for me on the first try.