Long story short, I was put on Effexor (17.5mg) for my anxiety when I was 19 or 20. When it didn't work (made my anxiety worse), they just kept upping my dosage. ~2 years later, I was at 300mg and still having daily panic attacks. I missed a dose by accident one day, and when I woke up I had such bad withdrawal symptoms from just that one missed dose that I decided to wean myself off. I still had all of my past prescriptions as "backups" in case something happened to my regular prescription, so I was able to wean myself off gradually. After I weaned myself off, my daily panic attacks fortunately dropped to monthly.
Unfortunately, however, I feel that I cry a lot more now than I did before I started taking Effexor. I cry very easily, and not just triggered by negative emotions. If I get excited or I'm feeling extreme euphoria, I cry. If I'm embarrassed or mad, I cry
I can't help it, either. I've tried to just /not/ cry, because I know I don't actually have a reason to.
I'm wondering if, because I was taking Effexor while my brain was still developing, my brain didn't develop properly somewhere and that's why I cry easily.

Forgot to mention that I'm 26 now, 4 years off Effexor