I have definitely been having relief of anxiety, perhaps 50% of the time. A great step forward for me. I feel tired and weary a lot, a sign of depression, but I have found myself with a few more smiles on some days. I have hope for prozac but I think I will need a higher dose. I no longer wake up early and struggle to fall back asleep from the prozac....but to be honest, some days I wish I had that side effect so I wasn't waking up late on my days off.

I am also on Lamotrigine, it is a bit of an artifact from when I was diagnosed Bipolar 2. New Pdoc diagnosed me with depression and anxiety, and I agree with that change. However, I don't believe I will ever quit lamotrigine anytime soon; it has been too helpful. I am on 150 right now. I just went down from 250 because 200mg and 250mg never seemed to have any additional benefit from 150mg. Lamotrigine was never my life saver, but for a time after I started it I could say I was 80% well! Unfortunately, that effect seemed to go away -- something my Pdoc warned me about. She cautioned me that I needed an AD with it but I refused, wanting to stay get the most out of lamictal instead.

I have taken prozac before -- was extremely restless, could not sleep, had a low appetite, etc. SSRI's always gave me nausea at initiation. It did not seem to help save reduce my irritability. I never went above 20mg and was on only 10mg for a good deal of time, thus never gave it a full chance. I have been told with lamotrigine that every med will work differently. Lamotrigine seems to 'enhance' ADs. I have noticed this time the side effects are greatly reduced, at least the start up ones for now. That's why I am trying prozac again with more hope.

I'm definitely experiencing some positivity for now. I hope it stays and that it reaches out to you too.