Venlafaxine
major depressive disorde
"I've been on this for over ten years. I don't recommend it to anyone who will ever want to get off it as withdrawal is HORRIFIC. No exaggeration. Has it  helped the depression well enough so I'm functional? Absolutely. Has it "cured" me? No. It just makes life bearable. I should add that I also have BPD, so not being uselessly depressed all the time didn't solve everything. 
All that said, I have most recently stopped it (again ) thanks to my angry, destructive nature. I'd been on 300mg and did a quick lowering of dosage to get off it. I just want to be myself as a mess instead of a drugged-up version of myself as a mess. Isn't there something wrong when a drug so greatly changes your brain? Doesn't its bad withdrawal mean it's dangerous?"