i dunno, it was during my time on effexor that my habits changed from restrained to barely responsible. effexor gave me this weird pleasant, but irritating high. it was like there was something neat going on in my brain that i couldn't acces. it also upset my stomach and i was in college/uni at the time so i need stimulation but the collegiate drug of choice coffee was too hard on my stomach.. so i started taking a lot of ephedrine, and then i started smoking a lot, and then i found i needed a lot more pills when i went out, and then i found i felt too high-strung from those pills so i needed to drink a lot more, and then the next day i needed a lot more weed to settle down.
i mean, that's just anecdotal, and reflects more on my personality than on effexor, but considering why i was prescribed effexor, it does have a bearing on why i consider it the worst antidepressant. at the same time as it gives you a window into what it's like to be away from all those things you want to change, it magnifies those same undesirables at the same time. it's a weird drug.