has anyone tried an SNRI antidepressant

[2teray]

Hi I am new to this and in need of some help please. I have been prescribed an SNRI antidepressant and I am very nervous about taking medication, I had tried a few different medications several years ago when I suffered with depression, anxiety and agoraphobia, so badly that I didnt leave my home for 2 years. I eventually got through this difficult time on my own but I had tried medications and psychologists during this period but nothing helped me, I just had to really kick my own arse, which I did once I realised it had been 2 years. I have unfortunately found myself right back in the same situation as I was 7 years ago, I am not as bad but I know I am getting worse so my doctor has prescribed this medication. I have tried to kick my backside for 2 weeks now because I really dont want to take the medication as the other meds made me not care about my condition or anything else anymore but i am not doing too well so I am starting to think that maybe I should take the meds, however I really need to know if anyone else has tried these and what effect they had if any. Please help if you can. Thank you for reading my post.   

[L-J]

I take an SNRI. It works well, but its side effects while going onto them were fairly yuck. I had to come off of them before having second child and that was even worse for about two weeks. I dont get any side effects once I've been on them for about 2 weeks.

Sorry, hope that helps.

[geoff]

dear 2teray, welcome to the site.

It would be interesting to know what type of other medication you were taking, but to answer your question yes I have tried SNRI, but everyone is different, so it's not an easy topic to discuss, well not really, but the SNRI I took didn't work for me, plus their were too many side-effects, mainly a sexual one where I couldn't get excited, but none of these could happen with you, so don't be turned away from what I have said.

You would know within a couple of days, but now I take a SSRI because I have OCD which means anxiety, plus depression although I have overcome it, but I'm still taking them.

I'm no expert but as you have anxiety and agoraphobia as well as depression, I'd be interested to know if you tried SSRI antidepressant medication. Geoff.