Hey ya'll -

I was a psych nurse for years. To answer your question about effexor. . . actually its one of the cleaner anti-depressants. It's a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Do a wikipedia on it and you'll get all the info you need. But ya . . . it's a good one. I've never been on that one but just about every other one there is. I get my impression from seeing the patients who were put on it doing okay. No nasty side effects initially anyway.