What med's do you take to help your depression? How well did they work?

Answer 1

I've been on a lot of different stuff over the past 15 years dealing with depression. Sometimes I have found medication that will work well for while, but then will seem to wane in its effectiveness. Sometimes I have found medications that treated the depression well, but had terrible side effects. I am currently on Cymbalta, which is working well. I will just have to wait and see if it wears off.

Answer 2

I tried Paxil and Effexor but I highly recommend that you explore amino acids and supplements. Read depression-free for life by Cousens. I keep plugging the book because I never thought that I could naturally deal with depression. Before taking meds, try supplements

Answer 3

Smoke a little happy herb(Ganja), also you can drink some Ganja Tea. It change my life for the better when I was depressed.

Answer 4

I was taking Lexapro, its not as strong as Zoloft etc but i could get out of bed after taking.
Go see your doctor

Answer 5

effexor... less chance of weight gain than zoloft and gives you energy. There are different doses and you gradually start... you start low and i think that the doses are relative to your weight. I was only on it for 6months. I think it was very helpful

Answer 6

i usually have a cup of St. John's Wort tea with a tablespoon of maple syrup. works for me!

Answer 7

Adivan. It works well enough that you know what's going around you. You just don't give a darn.

Answer 8

efexor - it worked at first i dont think its working that well now.
and amitryptalin which kinda makes u a zombie

Answer 9

Zoloft is what i took, and it seemed to help.