To take it or not to take it?

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So I was prescribed Effexor, took the first dose yesterday and was fine most of the day and then around the evening I had to cancel going to see my dad because I was totally exhausted.....maybe other factors where involved though. Anyways though even though I took the first pill yesterday I am reluctant to take anymore I know it was prescribed to help me but I just feel very uncomfortable about taking it.

I've read up a bit on it because I wont ingest something unless I know what the hell it is. I did more looking around than I did with the klonopin since I was wrong on that one being any help to me unless feeling decent while making an ass of myself in front of everyone else without even realizing it was supposed to be an improvement. Anyways I've found out the 'withdrawls' for the effexor are pretty horrible for most people and it has a lot of side effects I am not exactly willing to risk. It seems like there are safer street drugs honestly aside from cannabis which is generally safer than most pharmacuticals as far as physical side effects goes, some people however do have a bad psychological reaction and get anxious/paranoid rather than mellow/relaxed.

So yeah I really don't want it, but then of course I feel kind of bad because then I feel like the psychiatrist went to all the trouble to give me a free trial and now I wont even give it a proper try...but its my body and I don't like what I've found out about that drug so I don't want it in my body. Also if I take it I'll just be anxious about getting the side effects so even if it doesn't cause them I could get placebo side effects or something......I don't know i just really don't even want to take anymore.

Do a cost benefit analysis . . . that is, are your symptoms bad enough that it is worth taking something that makes you feel worse in other ways? The first few weeks of taking Effexor left me feeling quite spaced out; not so much any more as my body has adjusted to it. Taken with Abilify, it has done wonders for my depression. This may or may not be the case with you.
You have to do what you feel comfortable with, but if you decide to give it a try, you should dive in and take it long enough to learn if it has any benefit to you. After a month or so, if it's not helping your depression than ween yourself off it. Don't stop taking it cold turkey - this can really mess you up.

It kind of depends on worse in which ways. but no its not worth the side effects that drug can have or the withdrawls if I was to just stop taking it. I just don't think I am comfortable about it general, and yeah I am worried I could forget to take it or would get so fed up with the side effects I'd just throw the bottle out....and that would cause me more problems than I already have.

I can talk to the psychiatrist about it, just tell her I don't feel safe about taking it and am pretty much afraid to take anymore, i only took one so I don't think that's long enough for it to do any harm if I don't take anymore. I don't mind the trazodone I have for anxiety and sleep it helps some and is for as needed so I don't have to take it unless nessisary.