After talking with people here and in the Substance forum, and with my boyfriend last night who's also sober and works in mental health, I've decided to give them a try.

While I'm generally happy most of the time, I do experience sudden bouts of depression that hit hard and take work to dig myself out of. Its usually caused by money, and I know that situation isn't going to get better anytime soon.

My boyfriend pointed out that just last Sunday, I was pretty depressed.

Many have said it won't hurt to try it and I think they're right. My neurologist saw something in me that made him prescribe it, and I forgot that my meds for MS can cause a chemically induced depression. So while I have a way of living which keeps me sober, that way of living can't fix a chemical imbalance in my brain caused by MS and the meds I take for it.

So....I'm gonna try them. I just hope the co-pay isn't over $4......