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I took it for a while but after 3 months my doctor took me off them.  I was feeling suicidal, and my levels of stress and anxiety were increasing by the day.  As if I needed medication to make things worse for me! So I stopped taking them.  Suffer from anxiety and depression but not feeling suicidal anymore.  It took about a month to start to have any effect.  Having said that though a close relative of mine takes them and has never felt more alive, happy and settled in her life.

Maybe this will help him through too hun.  I've been following your story and if it helps him, then that will be good.  Keep up being positive and remember we are here for you.

For me it was obviously working after only a week, but I was told by the dr to expect it to take 3 weeks.  It still took time but I felt better after a week - partly that may have been admitting it and getting support.  The only side effects i had were very vivid dreams for a few months and then even that settled - if I woke up at night I would see spiders everywhere (my fear!) - then I would blink and they were gone.  A bit freaky but not too bad.  Other friends have told me they were hallucinating, so changed medication.  just wait and see, as everyone is different, but if you are concerned that the side effects are too serious , go back and ask for a change!