I have been on Anti depressants before, but very briefly. perhaps 8 months. i hated them. at first they felt like they did not help, then it felt like i was not reacting to certain situations the way is hould. i still felt depressed and i still had my anxiety. the pushing point for me was when i had a miscarriage to a pregnancy i did not know about. i felt perhaps being on meds for two months of the pregnancy could have contributed to the loss. getting off the anti depressants was very painful. i had a buzzing sound it my head, i could not stop crying, my jaw had a funny painful feeling, my head hurt and this was for two weeks. seeing how painful it is to stop taking the meds makes me never want to try any other different anti depressant