"my experience was a waking nightmare... i was started on a low dose to treat anxiety.. it didn&#039;t help at all. my dr kept slowly increasing my dose while i suffered from extreme anxiety with no relief.. i had weight gain, night sweats, oddly long menstrual  cycles, cramps, the urge to drink alcohol.  i went to another dr that said the dose needed to be at least 225 to treat anxiety i was on 125 so he increased dosage. this made the side effects much worse and the weight gain. i didn&#039;t care about anything, i wasn&#039;t myself. i decided after 20 lb gain to stop and got tapered off. i became extremely ill it was like having the flu everyday for weeks. i&#039;ve been completely off a few weeks now i have headaches still and extreme anger like rage."