W officially in R w/ OM-

[Cautious]

maynard, I guess I should tell you that I'm studying to be in the pharmaceutical field and leave it as easy to figure out as that. Hate revealing too much about myself online. Anyway, after reading through the side effects and how these medications work, I would say that you'd be better off with chocolate cake three times a day.

Without going too much in detail (I just typed a bunch and decided to delete it), I feel like what you're going through is normal and these types of medications aren't a quick fix. It takes about 2-3 weeks to BEGIN working, and then when you feel "better" you can't just drop them; you have to gradually step down off of them or risk dangerous side effects (some even physical symptoms like muscle spasms). Then there's all those crazy side effects when you ARE on them: disorientation, memory lapses, dizziness, drowsiness, suicidal thoughts, etc.

Just promise me you'll think about what I'm saying here and discuss it with your doctor. Even when my doctor offered to put me on "low dose" anti-D's, I had an episode where I was driving my S5 down the road and suddenly had to pull over and ask S5 where we were going. My son became the parent and I became the child... that's never right.

Again, it's possible that you do suffer from some sort of depression or even bi-polar (I'm not a doctor, can't diagnose) that isn't caused by these external factors, so please do tell your doctor what's going on and discuss it with him.