I've been taking Effexor for few years now. Previous to that I was on Paxil and it wasn't working, plus I gained weight and that just adds more to the depression and anxiety issues.

Since it helps with nerve pain this could be why I don't take pain meds or muscle relaxers. My journey started in 1999 so I was on Paxil a couple years and then effexor. I just found about this TOS thing with in the last year so the bonus is I never knew it helped nerve pain because that wasn't why I was taking it but I sure do appreciate the benefits now. It took a while to take affect but what a differrence. On paxil I still felt like I was PMS'N the entire time and I was still spinning like a top.