"i don&#039;t usually write reviews, but i feel obliged to do so for this one. in many ways, effexor helped with my clinical depression and gave me boost of energy that i otherwise didn&#039;t get with typical ssris. 

on the other hand within 2-3 weeks of taking it, i felt a sudden energy boost where i felt like i could do a million things at once. before i could never wake up in the morning and felt groggy, and then all of a sudden i was up at 5:00am to do yoga 5 days a week. this pattern of hyperactivity continued for on end, until finally i flipped out and became suicidal. at this time i was on 200mg of effexor and could simply not function without it. after the terrible withdrawal of weaning off, i finally feel relaxed."