I wonder if your med is too activating for you?

Some antidepressants are more activating to your brain, some more sedating and some people react better to one vs the other. Years ago, my old pdoc had me taking more sedating antidepressants since, because of a strong family history, he was convinced I was bipolar (I'm not) and he felt the more activating meds could put me into a mania. I tried a few different ones, and they were not effective. I was more depressed both mentally and physically--one that I took was so bad that I would sleep almost literally around the clock. I dropped out of school because I physically couldn't function. We finally figured out that the more activating meds worked much better. I was switched to one of them, and it was like switching a light on.

Do you think you'd be able to describe these symptoms to your pdoc (or your provider) and ask if you could try a med which is more sedating, just at a low dose, just for a trial run?