When I started back on antidepressants they put me on sertraline and I had awful side effects. Mainly with my stomach. Then they switched to citalopram and I've had different ones. Every time they upped my dose I had more. Apparently I'm really sensitive to side effects! It took a good 4-5 months to get me on the right medication and dose and feeling ok. It really is worth persevering. Keep in touch with your doctor regularly and get some kind of counselling too.

Thanks for the vid. Going to the doctors this afternoon to see if I can start taking anti-depressants for the first time. I've been struggling with anxiety and depression for almost 8 years now and even though I do everything I can to manage it without medication (daily yoga, meditation, exercise, spirituality, counselling, self-help CBT and books), I'm still really struggling and need a different type of intervention. This video made me feel a little less terrified about taking anti-depressants. I found you covered all my concerns and I particularly liked how you videoed yourself throughout the journey, that really helped me a lot. Keep up the good work :)

I have been on 50 mg of sertraline for over a year, and I recently abruptly had a week without my medication due to a mishap at the doctors, and I have never felt so desperate and horrific. I'm so happy I got more today. I hope things continue to get better for you

this is just a reminder to u of how much i absolutely love your videos you are definitely someone who's video i need to click on as soon as i see it rather than leaving it in my watch later for a few days

Your hair is so beautiful 🖤

Thank you for making this video! I just started antidepressants for my anxiety and depression. Ive been also sleeping lightly and waking up with really high anxiety and that only happened to me once before, before I was on the medication. Now it seems to happen every night. Im relieved to see Im not the only one. Im hoping it will be back to normal soon..

First off , you're really pretty ..okay , so i was diagnosed with OCD, major depressive disorder , and generalized anxiety last Thursday and put on a cheaper version of Lexapro. I felt the effects immediately, dizziness, feeling really happy and excited , feeling calm , not being able to concentrate on more than one topic , vivid dreams . I heard horror stories about extreme nausea and weight gain . I oddly lost 5 pounds between last Thursday and this Thursday . The only terrible side effect I've experienced was heavy bleeding and cramping while on my cycle . I stopped my medication myself ( bad idea , I know ) but I couldn't risk going on the hospital again for that kind of excruciating pain . I haven't experienced any withdrawals yet ..just feeling a bit zombie like , calm, and tired...

My depression has got really bad. Previously, I didn't want antidepressants for the same reason you described (fear of being misdiagnosed and fear of the medicine changing me). However, I've been hallucinating too. I didn't think I'd ever class myself with severe and psychotic depression. but I guess that's along the lines of what it is? I definitely need medication I think, but my Mum doesn't want me to be on any pills ever.

Am on 50mg on Zoloft, day 3 for my depression and anxiety, panic attacks. I can say that am not really feeling depressed or anxious . More dealing with side effects you mention on this video,how long did it took you for those side effects to go? God bless!😊

Thank you very much for this video ! It's helped so much ! All the best on your journey x

Doctor, I suffered from severe depression for 3 years, and because there remained with me fear of people, anxiety, constant mild sadness, nervousness, impotence, and forgetting what is the treatment. Please and thank you

Great video and your experience managed to push me to take my first SSRI and i've been denying myself from it for so long due to it's scary side effects from the story i've heard. I have adhd pi, anxiety and depression but mostly anxiety so my doctor prescribed me with Luvox to treat my core issues which is anxiety. I have no idea what to expect but i hope the side effects will be manageable and i won't be put off from the side effects despite how hard it might be in the first week.

I know this girl gets it all the time that she looks like that girl from Pretty Little Liars

Thank you so much. Im on 10 mg citalopram for 2 weeks now. I start with 20 mg from tomorrow.

Hey I remember you are doing ok the same here up and down on medication trying to find the right medication don’t give up

I was suffering from mood swings. I went to a doctor who said it was anxiety and depression. Meanwhile my mood swings involve euphoria (big indication of bipolar). The idiot dismissed that and put me on fluoxetine. At first I was getting the shakes and I was tired but then it worked well until about 4 months in. I was manic, I didn’t sleep more than two hours a night. I felt like I was on cocaine and waking up in hot and cold sweats. I was told to stop immediately due to risk of psychosis I’m well now but if only the doctor wasn’t so foolish

I was on an SSRI for anxiety and panic attacks. At first it really did help but in the long run it wasn't working as well and caused terrible digestive, and hormonal problems, plus I gained about 50lbs! I was also not very happy. I've been off of it for about 6 months and I'm so happy! The withdrawals were TERRIBLE but I'm glad I held through. I still have some residual issues, mostly with food but everything is slowly going back to "normal" and I've lost a ton of weight! I think people should follow their gut and do what's best for yourself. Do a lot of research too, good luck!

Thank you I appreciate you.

Please research Robert Whitaker before taking any antidepressant medication. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in his work on the subject. Antidepressants can work up to three or four years and then you’re worse off than you were and dependent on medication and now with side effects. His evidence based medicine research is world renowned and published. He has two books. ‘Anatomy of an epidemic’, and ‘mad in America’. Please read and be informed before doing this to your brain and body.

Thank you so much for this video. Im currently coming off Sertraline, and im experiencing the worst withdrawals. I feel absolutely awful, and just in a terrible amount of pain constantly. Do you go to therapy regularly? I haven't watched all of your videos so I apologize if you've mentioned it previously, I've just been rethinking antidepressants because of how terrible the withdrawal has been. Would you say that its worth it to go back on it? Im coming off my meds more as an experiment because I havent been able to find the correct medication for over a year and kept having to increase until the maximum dosage and then when that wasnt working the doctor would change me to a completely new medication. So Its just been an awful up and down experience. So I decided to rather just come off everything and see if Im not perhaps able to manage without it. Im hoping I can because I'd prefer not to be on the medication.

My doctor told me to take my pills in the night before bed

Hi from sweden.how muth zoloft Do you take now? How muth Do you have The first 4 veck and when Do you start feling beter?

This is so useful thank you so much

Me too

Just take my heart already💘

Hi, have you every taken prozac, and what's the reason you took antidepressant; anxiety or depression? And are the side effects bearable at the beginning?

What was the name of the first antidepressants you tried?

L tryptophan is the amino acid L tryptophan.

Nice video, and you are beautiful

Did you gain weight from the medication ?

Love your accent how are you doing on your medication

you are literally one of the most beautiful girls ive ever seen, have you considered modelling?

L tryptophan is the cure for depression for all

Slow down. The speed at which you talk and in fact the whole presentation of this video is immensely stressed and agitated. Meditation and exercise and getting out into nature will help you. ADs are not the longterm answer for someone who is locked into their head as most of us are. Try to divert your focus to other things too, when you get good days. Good luck.

Try talk to a Catholic priest to get baptism, there is God who loves you immensely