sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that’s exactly what effexor does!! so weird you’re just starting that stuff today cuz today is my first day of taking myself off of it! i liked it at first, but after a couple weeks my body adjusted and i just felt kind of out of it all the time. no anxiety, tho. that’s the great part of the drug. it didn’t do much for my depression either….it actually made me have worse depression than when i wasn’t taking it! my friend started at the same time and feels the same way and is going to get off of it. suicidal thoughts are a side effect, and i started having them every morning about a month or month and a half of taking that stuff. i was on 75 mg. but the thing was, i just didn’t care about anything. i stopped caring about life and my passions and started going to bed really early. i was quite antisocial too…oh, and i gained about 10 pounds since being on it :/ and most the weight is in my tummy, which is grooossssss. it makes you retain water or make you constipated or something, i don’t know, but it makes your stomach bloated. all the bad aside now, though, i’m still glad i took it cuz it served it’s purpose, it helped TREMENDOUSLY with my anxiety and as an added bonus helped me repair a pretty bad relationship w/ my mom cuz i could actually stand her on this stuff! lol

man, well im happy to hear it help you. Im still sad about it tho. thanks for the info.