Hello everyone,

For the past 2 years or so, my life has been complete crap. I haven't been in school, I haven't worked, I basically haven't done anything too productive. My depression and anxiety used to be really bad, I didn't want to go to school because I couldn't handle it. I used to work, but ever since my depression started I never looked for a job because I just felt very uncomfortable about working. I was a sales rep in a store so I had to have social skills and talk to people and everything used to be fine.

I'm finally starting to get my life on track. I can't believe my depression has caused me to waste so much time of my life. The mental effects from the depression cause me to gain some physical effects too such as always being tired, irritated, unconfident, etc. Maybe I should have seeked treatment a long time ago because since then its just been a downward spiral and all the hospital visits and doctor visits and prescriptions have just made me feel even more depressed and ashamed of myself.

Recently I have been taking 40mg Prozac and it was working out pretty well. There were no side effects which was great but recently I had been feeling very restless on it. I would wake up earlier than usual and my heart would feel like its just beating so fast to the point where I need to get up and do something. If I were to sit or lay down, i'd feel sick so I'd need to be walking around or talking to someone or anything like that. I would also have to take it in the mornings and it would make me feel really sick in my stomach.

My doctor switched me to Cipralex 20mg because he said it would work better since I can take it at night and it will help me sleep better as well as combat my depression.

Has anyone had any good experiences with Cipralex?