For the past 2 years or so, my life has
been complete crap. I haven't been in
school, I haven't worked, I basically
haven't done anything too productive. My
depression and anxiety used to be really
bad, I didn't want to go to school because
I couldn't handle it. I used to work, but
ever since my depression started I never
looked for a job because I just felt very
uncomfortable about working. I was a sales
rep in a store so I had to have social
skills and talk to people and everything
used to be fine.
I'm finally starting to get my life on
track. I can't believe my depression has
caused me to waste so much time of my
life. The mental effects from the
depression cause me to gain some physical
effects too such as always being tired,
irritated, unconfident, etc. Maybe I
should have seeked treatment a long time
ago because since then its just been a
downward spiral and all the hospital
visits and doctor visits and prescriptions
have just made me feel even more depressed
and ashamed of myself.
Recently I have been taking 40mg Prozac
and it was working out pretty well. There
were no side effects which was great but
recently I had been feeling very restless
on it. I would wake up earlier than usual
and my heart would feel like its just
beating so fast to the point where I need
to get up and do something. If I were to
sit or lay down, i'd feel sick so I'd need
to be walking around or talking to someone
or anything like that. I would also have
to take it in the mornings and it would
make me feel really sick in my stomach.
My doctor switched me to Cipralex 20mg
because he said it would work better since
I can take it at night and it will help me
sleep better as well as combat my
depression.
Has anyone had any good experiences with
Cipralex?
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