Well, for years I've been misdiagnosed with depression / anxiety.  I'd been on Effexor XR for two and a half years.  It seemed to work ok, but I was still very irritated.  I wasn't very nice.  So, I thought, let me see if something else might help more.  I was then put on Cymbalta.  Which, I really did not like (I did give it like 5 or 6 months).  It's not that it was a bad medicine, but I didn't feel any differently than when I was on Effexor - actually I did.  There was a huge difference - I was hot all the time and super sweaty.  That's the only difference though.  I could not deal with it (and my husband was sick of my lack of interest in sex).  So, I decided to go off of all the medications.  Let me tell you, the withdrawl was pure hell.  I was dizzy (I've heard it described as very similar to vertigo), nauseous, my body hurt (kinda like the flu) and I was just terrible to be around.  After I got through all of that I didn't feel so bad.  I was exercising, so that was helping to release some endorphines.  Well, eventually it caught up with me.  I continued my therapy sessions, and it was then that we discovered - Hey - I don't have depression.  I'm not at all depressed.  I have anger issues (which I'm working on in therapy) and anxiety.  I am anxious about everything and it has been mimicking depression for all these years.  So knowing that anxiety was my key issue - I went to my doctor today (2-3 months after I quit Cymbalta) and she prescribed me Lexipro.  I don't know much about it, other than it treats depression and anxiety (I was hoping for a "just anxiety" medicine, but oh well).  It's an SSRI, as opposed to an SNRI - which I believe both Effexor and Cymbalta both are.  I don't know the real difference other than SNRI helps with noripinephrine production as well as serotonin.  In reading, all I know is that one works better for an individual than the other.  So, everyone, please cross your fingers or pray for me (whatever you find most helpful).  I really need to be happy, and quit being so crabby all the time because I can't get my anxious mind off of something.  I will say it's nice to have a website dedicated strictly to anxiety.  It does make me feel better and like there are other people out there like me - I'm not just some crazy freak.  Anyway, off to try my new Lexipro!!!