dear Sammyd, everybody has different sensations and different reactions when they start taking antidepressants (AD), some are the positive feeling of hope and relief at last, while others are hesitant but believe it is something which will help them overcome their depression, and then those who don't want to take them but do so on the advice of their doctor or psych, but what Saltwater and Paul have said are true, but then there are those who don't feel as though they can not cope with their AD, because the temporary side-effects aren't what they want.
We know what you are saying and often enough we too have had the same bad side-effects ourselves, but you have to look at how bad you were feeling in terms of being depressed before taking them, and now it may seem that if you stop them you could be better off, well there are positives and negatives before you decide what you are going to do.
If your doctor wants to start you on a new AD then you will probably have to dry out and if this is the case then they can give you something to help you before you start another one, or they may want to wait a few more weeks just to see how your body is trying to adjust to this AD.
This may seem to be a long time for you, but the relief you eventually will have from them would outweigh all the negatives.
I can't tell you what to do, and it's not my position to do so, however by upping the dose could be a solution, so can I explain what I mean, if you take 1 headache tablet to get rid of a thumping headache then that's not going to help you that much, but if you take 2 headache tablets then that will get rid of your pain, the same could apply with your AD. Geoff.
