I am 73 and am on Effexor time released. My dose is 75 twice a day. That curtails all of what you are suffering with no side effects, as I’ve been on it for 25 yrs!!! It is important to control it and not have panic attacks to boot. And if you have any Parkinsons in your family you really want to get on it as they have noted now that GAD is perhaps the precursor to PD as the brain deals constantly with fight or flight, that it electrically shorts eventually. My mother died of it and had high anxiety all of her life. In her Parkinsons care unit the last years of her life I had her put on Effexor too and she had a happier and more pleasant life than she ever would have had. And every other adult child of residents were all asking me why she was so much different than their parent. It was without doubt the management of her overwhelming anxiety! I wish you well and I hope this helps. Oh and my adult children were both on Effexor by 45, as I went on it around 48. They don’t want PD either and were very anxious people!……good luck!