After psychological harassment at my last job in 1997, I took effexor (I think it was 75 mg, can't remember) for maybe one year and a half, then went off cold turkey (I know)...
Never worked again (the idea of having to deal with people in a closed area turned something wild inside). Severe Depression the dr said (not the quack who fought for the employer to deprive me from my rights this one said I was faking). Anyways I made it clear to myself to never ever touch that crap again. I withdrew from society and turned to nature like to a mother. Cannot even tell how hard it's been for so many years. At same time, my mother died. Meeting herbs in Calgary in 2000, as a herbalist student acted like salvation. Years of horror are behind.I am a survivor, and want to become an intuitive healer
ever since those dramatic events.