Your absolutely right she put me on it to help gain weight. I don't want to take anything, effexor has some side effects but, d is not one, but on the other hand anorexia is and thats probably why, I don't have these tendencies and never have. I have the prescription, but haven't filled it yet. Maybe I should she my GI doc first. Tell him about my upsets with certain foods and my bowel behavior since my getting over that terrible diahhrea strain, which they don't know what kind it was. He might not think a ssri is suitable. So many decisions to make.