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

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