"please listen to me when i say that &quot;never start this medication&quot;!!!!! i was reluctant to try this only because a friend of mine talked to me about the withdraws. i (at the time) didn&#039;t have any plans on coming off of it so i thought....what the hay. i was going through a difficult time in my life and needed something to help my anxiety and depression that came from hurting those around me from my anxiety. this medication changed me. i didn&#039;t see it at the time. it made me completely numb to everything around me. yes i could cry but did i really &quot;feel&quot; hurt? it caused me to leave a very amazing job that i was only at for 6 months...kinda one of those lifetime opportunities that i could kick myself for screwing up. awful medication!!!!!!!"