You experience severe headaches and yet don't consider that Effexor is an "evil drug"? I've read so many posts here on this site and in other places, written by men and women from various countries who have been through hell while on the medication, and torment while fighting to get out of its clutches. I have no hesitation in calling it an Evil Drug. I concur with those who agree that the drug made life hell. Considering that it was prescribed to me to address depression, my depressive episodes were in no way ameliorated by having it in my system. The nightly assaults of nigh terrors, realistic and horrifying nightmares, sensation of being controlled by an invisible yet ever present being --- yes that was evil. If the makers of the drug were to take it and have to live through what so many people have endured, I have no doubt that it would indeed be removed from the market.
I am glad for you that you are on the road to recovery.🌺
Hold faith and stay strong.