# Anyone have experience with Effexor or Elavil?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-effexor-or-elavil/251113>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 18, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-effexor-or-elavil/251113 "2004-06-18T20:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-effexor-or-elavil/251113/21 "2004-06-22T00:19:47Z")

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Just my .02 - Effexor made my life a living hell.

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-effexor-or-elavil/251113/22 "2004-06-22T15:04:33Z")

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I take Elavil as a preventative for my migraines. So far, I haven’t had any side effects that I’ve noticed.

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