dear Beetle, you may have already googled this but there are some good pages on this 'snri antidepressants'.
As your doctor is going to monitor the levels of this medication, you should still get the benefits from it, that is, to make you feel better.
There are so many different types of antidepressants, and one won't suit person A but then it would help person Z, and it's only trial and error unfortunately, as I tried several different types some SNRI and now I take a SSRI type.
Even though we are feeling fine, and I don't like that word, because when I ask someone how they are and they answer with 'fine' I know that they are suffering from anything, but mostly depression, however nothing can stop a relapse, as we are prone in having them, again and maybe again.
We never know when or if this is going to happen, but what I can say is that by having them time after time actually means that it is good for us, because the length of each relapse becomes shorter, so this then builds up our strength to overcome them.
Am I back to 'normal', maybe or maybe not, and if I am this still won't stop me from having a relapse, but what I do know is that I will recover from it, in contrast to someone who is in depression, and then stays in this state.
I hope that you can understand my jargon. Geoff.
