Sarah Sharp
New member
Hello everyone. I have bounced back and forth now with the antidepressants for almost 20 years now. my first ever antidepressant has been Elavil and after that I have been put on Prozac, I have been put on it back in the time when it still was a new drug and it has been considered to be a “miracle cure for depression” before of this newest medication that I am currently taking now. I have taken a combination of that Prozac medication along with the Wellbutrin and this combo has been doing a pretty good job for me. my psych later wanted to check it out and see if I could improve at least a little bit and so she has taken me off from Prozac and has added this medication called Brintellix instead of it and she has also lowered the Wellbutrin dosage to 100 mg.
She has given me some Brintellix samples in order to try them out. I need to say here that this is damn such a different antidepressant from absolutely anything else that I have ever tried before it. it is surely very and very differently working compared to Prozac as well as it is more different than Wellbutrin than I had anticipated. I really can’t understand what’s the reason of why I was thinking like that, but I thought that they would be quite similar. I guess the main reason was because they are antidepressants so I thought all of them work quite the same. Doubtless I was wrong, very wrong as they are very different and it is quite hard for me to explain how. But I am sure about is that this drug gives me a clear headed feeling that I really like it! generally, if there’s anybody who is interested in trying out this medication and asks for my opinion on it then I can tell you that overall – I am pleased with Brintellix. If you are thinking about what kind of experience I have had while I was on it I can tell you this: if I could grade it from on a scale from 1 to 10 (while 1 is when taking this drug absolutely nothing has changed and 10 means that it is an absolutely life changing medication for better) then so far I would say that it is anywhere between 7 and 8. Let’s say that it is 7.5. I have tried to do a bit of research on this medication and from as much as I have seen, it does take a few weeks until it fully kicks in the system. But not sure, that’s only what I’ve read.
So well, I can tell you what it was feeling like when taking this medication day by day, hoping this would help. so well, the first few days while I have been on it I was feeling a little bit jittery and yet foggy. I do realize that it has been only the adjustment period and I thought about this those days and that’s why I decided to still take it even though I was having those effects. glad that I did because by the third day I was already feeling quite good and the jittery and the foggy feeling went away. In the third day energy has been leveling out and I was feeling pretty clear headed. But then the next day, which means the 4th day I remember that I woke up and I have already been feeling pretty damn well! the next 5th day I have been feeling even better, though only a bit. my energy level was decent (I was not jittery or foggy at all, generally well being feeling). In fact, I have started to have some hope toward the future, however not manic. It was just good, I was feeling well. my focus has been quite good either, and I could focus well. the sixth day has been pretty much the same as the previous one. after one week of being on it I have cleaned up my house while I have been listening to music. I listened to music the entire day. I can dare to say that I was feeling great! Day 8 has been about the same as the previous day, I was capable of focusing, I was clear headed and depression was not consuming me at all. I was quite well by this moment! The next day I have invited a friend to lunch with me (that’s a really big success for me). I have started to notice that I am caring more about music once again and that I have started to care enough about my appearance and started to search carefully what to wear. That day my friend (who, by the way, had not had any ideas at all that I have switched to another medication) has told me: oh wow, you are looking so much better. you really look great and what’s even more important you look so happy now! well, I guess she told me this because I really was happier. Next day which means the 10th day (this was yesterday) I have finally went out for a walk and I was happy doing so. I have again started to listen to my iPod once again which made me even more happier (and yeah, I guess you’ve noticed that I have mentioned music a lot of times, it is because I really love music, it is a really big love of mine), however, when the huge depression has hit me so hard I have suddenly stopped to play my guitar anymore and not only playing my guitar, but I stopped from listening to music altogether. Not listening to music is a huge sign for me that something’s wrong with me. and now, today it is the 11th day and I am great, I am feeling great and I am ready to face life once again. I have even decided, as you can see, to post this, trying to help others as well. I am feeling so much more lighter right now!
But yeah, one sure thing is that depression is the devil and it can completely ruin a person’s life. it is extremely hard to tell how much it is pushing us down until we are getting out from under it finally. We are not able to realize how much it ruins our lives until we get out from it. so I only wanted to help other people, because I do know how hard it is. I only wanted to give anybody an update here who may have heard of that new medication and have been curious about it and about giving it a try. In fact, it is not such a new medication anymore, but I still couldn’t find anything about this medication on the site so I thought I should be the one who says at least some words about it. and yeah, I do know and it is obvious that everybody is different. That’s true. but you should try it firstly. I one did tried it as you can see and I am really happy that I did. I really hope a lot that this may have helped somebody a little bit.
Each one of you should feel free to ask me anything regarding this medication, I would try my best to give you best answers, that’s in case I have failed to cover something about it. again, I am not an expert, but I do have experience with the drug and I hope that this would be helpful. if any of you doesn’t want to talk about it publicly you can feel free to write me privately either. I wish you all my best regards to all of you and hoping for the best