"i am 40 years old and i have never taken a ad in my life, however i should have! i have a hip injury and picked up a addiction to opiates along the way! luckily effexor has helped with the psychological effects of getting off of opiates! i know about all of the horror stories of ad but for me it was the best choice i could have made! i just returned to a very stressful job after a 2 year absence and i don&#039;t think my return to work would have been as successful without ad! during my 2 year slump i never used to leave the house, i slept all the time, used to cry at the thot of doing the dishes.....insanity! luckily the only side effects that i had was the dry mouth and slight headaches in the beginning which went away!"