"i started it to treat depression from life circumstances and anxiety, specifically health-related anxiety (&quot;hypochondria&quot;) and it&#039;s turned my life around. yes there have been side effects, but ones i can live with for now. at first i felt tremendously tired, that lasted about a week. it happened again when i upped my dose due to being depressed over the winter months. sexual side effects happened in the beginning but went away. the tiredness went away. i&#039;m so much more normal now. i went from being a total wreck and thinking i was dying every day/crying about everything to functioning normally again. the only side effect that still bothers me is a feeling of dizzyness or lightheaded and almost &quot;not being there&quot; sometimes, forgetfulness."