Considering Antidepressants: Seeking Advice

Thanks to everyone who commented - I really appreciate all of this insight and will continue my research.

Lexapro

Wellbutrin has been the ONLY thing that actually works for me. I’ve been using it since 2017 and it has always worked but I recently got the dosage heightened and it’s great.

I’ve been on Prozac and Paxil in the past. Both worked for a bit then didn’t work so well anymore. Now I’m currently on a combo of lexapro and abilify. And I do also take doxepin to sleep. This seems to work pretty well for me and has been for a good while.

I’m in my 30’s now and have been dealing with anxiety/depression since I was in my teens, but only have been on antidepressants since I was about 25. They’ve honestly helped my life out a ton but it might take you a while to get the right med type and dosages. I was on sertraline for a while but it gave me ED so now I’m on a combo of bupropion and duloxetine and things have been pretty stable mentally and physically for the most part

I tried citalopram and it works for me, just uped the don't to 40mg

Some types of medications can take a while to kick in. I'm on fluoxetine/Prozac and it took a few months before it really started to work. My mom had to try a bunch of different meds before finding ones that work for her (she's bipolar). Try to stay patient and tell your doctor about any side effects

Start with Prozac or Lexapro see if a serotonin reuptake inhibitor is all you need. And Google how a serotonin reuptake inhibitor works its pretty interesting. Prozac was my best antidepressant but I switched to Cymbalta recently because it also manages my chronic pain issues.