So Express Scripts screws things up again [View all]

No Effexor since last Friday. The last couple of days have been a bit of an emotional roller coaster of feelings of love, anger, rage and sadness - pretty manageable for the most part though.

The last time I went without these meds I was also taking Chantix to quit smoking (successfully btw - yea me!). The effect was WAY less manageable at that time and I stopped the Chantix only about 1/2 way through the treatment and got back on the Effexor.

I started Effexor more then 10 years ago and I think that it played a significant role in my ability to maintain a healthy(ish?) relationship with my SO, get married and have a beautiful son.

But, now I am wondering if I should try to ride this out and not bother with Effexor. If anyone here can share their experiences with relying on Efeexor or other antidepressants and then venturing back out into the wild of the world and their own mind and emotions I would like to hear from you.

Thanks