"i took a new job back in 2006 that required me to start work in another city and without my family for six months. i began to suffer from depression and anxiety. at first, i thought i was just homesick for my wife and kids. the depression and anxiety began to grow much more severe - inability to focus at work, incredibly negative outlook on new job and new city, unable to get out of bed, wanting to die to escape the pain. i did not understand what was happening to me. thank god my wife realized something was wrong. she got me to go to a psychiatrist who prescribed 300 mg effexor. this saved my career, my marriage, my life. no side effects."