I was taught in my graduate level class that some of these meds for depression need to continually be increased in order to keep up the desired benefit to the brain. Then there is the side affect issue. My previous doctors didn't differentiate between anxiety and depression because they didn't live in my dysfunctional home. I once told a doctor to have my husband take the pills, not me, because he was the one with the problems. He said he never thought of that. I should have left my marriage but knew there would be no one to care for my declining husband, so I stayed, with the help of Xanax at bedtime. At least I was able to sleep .I went off the pills a few weeks before Husband's death without problem and was quite stable after that. Life was much better and I live without guilt in the matter. The term "till death do us part" has a special meaning to me because I did my job and am living pretty well in my old age.
Dorisena