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@notaround- I'm sorry your depression has returned that badly. Mine did too and for a month I felt awful, just awful. I had to go back on something. I was put on Zoloft and later Bupropion. I wont take the chance of finding out if I need an antidepressant again. I know that I will. So I'm settled with that fact. There are many many people who taper off of them for various reasons however they forget the reason that they were started in the first place. Make sure that you don't let this go on too long as your brain adapts to less serotonin. Would you consider ever going on an antidepressant again?

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Oh I definitely am still medicated. Did a Prozac 'bridge' then switched to Cymbalta. Just isn't doing enough. Gonna see about increasing the dose next appointment (which will be long enough to see if it will work). I had a nice break from depression for almost two weeks.

I've learned the hard way, through a psych ward stay, that I need to be medicated. My brain is not functional for long without it. Just need to find something that works.

Doc is willing to try a straight up Rx stimulant to see if it can get me to where I can do the necessary self care to get better.