"5mg worked very well for me for a few months. the only side effects i had for a long time were bad taste/tongue numbness, extreme sedation after taking it, hard time waking up the next day. and weight gain! after about 6 months i went up to 10mg. within 1 month i felt completely &quot;flat&quot; (no true feelings or joy in anything) and my anxiety got terrible! tried to go back down to 5mg but then i suddenly developed akathesia and had to stop completely. i have been off it for 6 days now and feel great. i can actually wake up in the morning, my anxiety is subsiding, and the creepy feeling in my legs is completely gone. my therapist told me she noticed i was more &quot;engaged&quot;. i have already lost 1 or 2 lbs of the 15  i gained. too bad it didn&#039;t work."