"at 47 and pre-menopausal. in addition to having a lung cancer scare (being monitored and if anything were to come out of it, it&#039;s early days). in addition to it a suspicious mammogram and an upcoming colonoscopy (my second) monitoring due to my father passing on from this disease as it was not diagnosed early enough. i was crying for no reason and had no interest in anything.  on pristiq 2 days now and i feel &quot;different&quot;.  my mood is lighter and i&#039;m not going off on angry tangents for no good reason.  i&#039;m glad it&#039;s not supposed to put on weight - i&#039;m 140 lbs at 5 feet 7 and as i just quit smoking, i will be putting on a few pounds from that.  so far, it&#039;s pretty good."