Well, here's what I suggest. You and I work in very similar fields, and my experience has been that folks are patient up to a point. We get nervous when we senese that point approaching. I would advise letting your IMMEDIATE supervisor know IF you find yourself needing to switch meds and having issues. I wouldn't say anything at all, until you sense some sort of a problem. When I switched meds, what I did was start them on a Thursday night. That gave me all night to have any sort of reaction, and IF I needed to call out the next day, I not only had Friday, but Sat and Sun as well to get myself straightened out.

I will tell you this sweetheart. What I've learned in the last ten years, compiling my education and experience alongside my life experience is that there is no magic formula to cure depression. YES, it is a chemical issue. . .to a point. You can adjust chemicals all day long, but without appropriate stimulation (therapy) they are just chemicals. Counseling is such an important part of treating depression. When we gain insight about our illness and what caused it, and that works together with balancing chemicals, and we begin moving forward in life, THEN and only then are we able to lift that fog that seems to perpetually surround us. Life is not about managing depressing or controlling it. Life is about living, loving, and always, always walking it out.

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