Hello, Annette. I took Effexor for several years, although not while breastfeeding. However, I could definitely see a risk for affecting milk supply. Antidepressants can cause dry mouth. Anything that can dry out mucous membranes has the potential to affect milk supply. Also, I suffered terrible, bizarre nightmares while on the drug. Also, terrible snoring--so bad, my poor husband had to move to a different room. My doc said that many people complained about bizarre nightmares, and it was just a side effect I had to live with. But while on this drug, I slept 12 hours every day! I often wondered how much of a zombie I would have been if I'd had to use this drug while I had infants or small children in the house, because then I would simply not have been able to sleep so much. (I also think I needed so much sleep because the quality of the sleep itself was so lousy.) And we know that fatigue can impact a mother's supply. So while I don't have personal experience with this drug and milk supply, the experience I do have with it could definitely support possible lowered milk supply. Dee Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC, RLC Collinsville IL, in central USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html