 [ Symptoms ] i have gone from a 10 to a 16 in the last year and have to get this weight off but i am starving all the time i take care of my mother and have to feed her my activity level has dropped drastically because i have to provide her 24 hr care i used to count fat grams and that was the only successful weight loss i have ever had i went from an 18 to a 10 the 10 being my normal size and kept the weight off for almost 20 years i was going to start back on the fat grams but i am starving all the time and can not quite seem to get back into the discipline [ Disease ] effexor is used to treat hot flashes in women who do not want to undergo hormone replacement therapy although it does not work for everyone