Has anyone had any long term side effects from Effexor?

Question

I have been taking Effexor for 3 years and sometimes I get really bad anxiety attacks while on it. Sometimes I have mood swings. Has anyone else had anything like this?

Answer 1

were you taking it every day? I find when I start on it my anxiety worsens for the first few weeks then will eventually become much much better. If by mood swings you mean agitation this is the same.  I have stopped taking it a few times and when I re start taking it again the anxiety becomes worse again for a while.