Thanks Big, I did a search & pulled up past posts on Effexor that seemed relevant with some of the more indepth discussions at the top of this list.

Forum for Effexor?
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7859

Concerta and Effexor
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2336

Effexor
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2893

Anyone taking Effexor?
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4738

AD/HD and Bipolar in Adults > Can Someone PLEASE Answer My Question.....
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7658

Trying to understand the neurotransmitters
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7701

ADULTS WITH ADD / ADHD > Men with ADD/ADHD > Volcanic Anger
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=893

With Adderall
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=512
and for OCD
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7528

antidepressants w/ stimulants
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4870

Effexor Withdrawl
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5377

Effexor! Whats Your Take on This Med????
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4822

ADDults > therapist says i'm too impulsive to be adhd?
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4502

ADHD > ADDults > Anxiety or ADD? or both?
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3688

compared to Lexapro trial data
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2341

Neurotransmitters - Balance or Ammount, which is more important?
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1672

Strattera+Effexor
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1575

Speaking of sleep issues...
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159

What an excellent post you pulled together...Thanks!

Ha, I guess I CAN still hyperfocus!
(and avoid that stack of bills beside the desk lol)

Here's a discussion I found on another forum for anyone who wants to get scared about Effexor withdrawl:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/19990301/msgs/3670.html
Interesting discussion of Antidepressants in general also.

I found another discussion board with a tremendous amount of info about effexor:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040429/msgs/341824.html
Not much about ADD but....

I'm getting off the effexor for now though it's been good I'd like to try something else and don't want to get serious withdrawal if I'm on it for too long. My thought is Prozac with a stimulant.

One thing I read about effexor is that it's primarily an SSRI and the noradrenaline doesn't kick in unless on high doses but I don't think that's true for me as it disturbs my sleep.

Reading the group linked above it is amazing the variety of experiences folks have with this med!! It is powerful stuff no doubt.

BTW here's a comforting message about getting off effexor:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040521/msgs/349164.html

i've been on 300 mg efexor for a little over a year now, and it's working *great* for me - no side effects whatsoever...
:)
i *did* try to go without them for a while (four days, i think...):
i did the "cold turkey" thing, which was *not* good - *not* good at all!
in fact, it may have been the most *stupid* thing i've *ever* done...
:(
on the second day off efexor i had *severe* tremors (à la parkinson's), which scared me (almost) to death...
i also started getting a *wee* (i e *totally*) bit paranoid, so on the fourth day my friends called my doctor, and since then i've n *sworn* i'll *never* try something like that again...

(maybe i should have stated at the beginning of this post that my doctor knew *nothing* about my trying to get off efexor - boy, was she *mad*/*infuriated* when she found out!;-)
:D