It sucked—especially the withdrawl coming off of Effexor. But, I did it. I suffered through the massive flu like effects, the chills, feverish feelings, nausea, etc. It’s such a weight lifted off my shoulders to know that I don’t NEED the medications. They helped, certainly, but the stress of trying to come up with $200+ every month for them was ridiculously brutal. I’m now free of this beast and working on other ways to beat my depression (exercise, better thinking, etc).