"i stopped taking effexor after being on it for five years. worked great but it was keeping me up at night, had to skip a dose to have a decent sleep. so i reduced to the lowest dosage before completely going off with the help of my doctor, in the hopes i didn&#039;t need anti depressants anymore. was ok for a few weeks and boom, super depressed, suicidal, the works. so i was prescribed wellbutrin and mirtazepine for sleep. the wellbutrin worked right away and mirtazepine was great for sleep. but it only worked well for a few months. started redeveloping social anxiety, panic attacks, fits of rage, suicidal thoughts and all that fun stuff. i went to a new doctor and he basically told me that wellbutrin isn&#039;t good for anxiety lol. good to know!"