I would just like to say that antidepressants do not change anyone into a "blissed-out cultist" (unless they had those tendencies prior to the depression); the best that you can hope for is euthymia (if you are lucky). A person who is not depressed will not have any response to antidepressants, apart from side effects normally associated with said antidepressant.

The only scenario that I can think of that would result in a person's behavior improving more than euthymia after being treated with an antidepressant would be when a manic switch occurs person who has undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

As for losing creativity from remission of depressvie symptoms is very odd. In studies of famous people who suffer(ed) from bipolar disorder (eg. F. Schubert, A. Tennyson, T. Turner, etc.) the vast majority of their most impressive creations occurred while the person was in the manic phase. For instance, Schubert would not write music for over a year while depressed, but in a year when he was on a manic jag he wrote ten to twenty compositions.

For me anyway , hiding under covers and not wanting to face life isn't when I do my best thinking (sorta like of late).

BTW Foolish - who was your doc? (just initials, and area - NSEW - of the city) I probably know him/her. I'd be better able to tell you if you received adequate treatment. I may be able to suggest a therapist in your town, as well.

Just some thoughts. - Cam

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