"i am 19 years old. i was diagnosed with depression/ocd/gad at 11 years. this medicine worked wonders for me. i took it for 3 years. i later began to think i&#039;d be okay without it. now that i am back on effexor, it makes me really sick every time i take it. it made me put on a few pounds. i have taken almost every anti-depressant out there, and i have to say this is the best one. stay on it, even when you feel better."