Hi guys, just updating for anyone who may use this as a reference in the future,

side effects:
I took my first dose in the morning and got quite bad side effects despite not being very prone to them- it made me incredibly sleepy, I was also crying all day, dunno whether that was the pill though. Felt like vomiting and I even experienced some belching (wow. embarrasing. I think my boyfriend thinks I'm finally over the "girls shouldn't act like that" belief and he seems to think I'm competing with him to establish dominance ). The very weird thing was EVERYTHING tasted like metal! Everything! I was thirsty all the time and got up at night to refill my water flask and the water even tasted metallic. Had no appetite and struggled with a piece of bread, didn't even feel like smoking (well that's good). Had trouble falling asleep the first night but I guess that's not the pill, my thoughts were racing.
Day two I figured even though you should take them at the same time every day it's still only day2 so I switched to taking them before bedtime to avoid sleepiness during the day and that seems to have eliminated most other side effects as well! Appetite still low but I manage to eat something, especially enjoy juicy fruits and veggies.

feeling:
apart from the horrible day one I started feeling good although I know it can't be due to the pills yet. Perhaps knowing that I'm being monitored and treated and just "in the system" feels like an encouragement so I'm actually starting to believe I will get through this.

other:
people are so annoying. I get understanding and sympathy for feeling bad but they don't acknowledge that is a problem that requires treatment. They don't even know the difference between a bad mood and depression and they say but you're not ill, you look fine. Dang it, it doesn't have to show to be an illness and I've simply learned to not wreak havoc about my feelings precisely because people don't understand what they are but that doesn't mean I'm fine. I just say I'm okay or so-so because I don't want to be preached that I should get a hold of myself already and snap out of it and stuff. It doesn't work like that. i was even told that being this intelligent I shouldn't be resorting to shrinks and crazy pills- as if intelligent people don't get depressed! I especially have trouble getting my feelings to mimic my thoughts so I usually do better with types of therapy different than cognitive-behavioral. Folks nag me that these pills are drugs, no less- folks who know nothing about psychology and farmaceuticals and folks who treat their depression with pot- wow, clever. Idiots. I don't even mention the pills or therapy or depression any more, I just keep popping my meds and can't wait for my first appointment with my psychiatrist. Douches can shove their myopic views up their favorite body opening, I don't care.

I seem to be recovering from burn out. I read an article about Prozac that says the drug forces the adrenals to release more hormone and thus they "pick you up" but the bad part being that it further depletes exhausted, stressed glands. Anyone with info on that?

Anyways, doing well so far, hope others are as well