Please, this is not meant in a negative sense to anyone here.

It's good to know that citalopram and paroxetine have been found to be effective for adult depresssion.

I was prescribed paroxetine on the NHS with VERY little follow up "support".

At that point I was not suicidal. And I was not lacking in "insight"

The "support" I received was from a pdoc who told me that "talking doesn't help some people" and that there was "no point" in seeing him more than once every 3 months for 15 minutes

On reflection, I guess I "should" have been grateful he even offered me that 15 minutes as apart from a few very unhelpful comments he was quite good at listening and had a kind manner.... within the 15 minutes I was allowed :head spin:

However I felt disrespected by his saying there was "no point"

I had been told I "didn't matter" by too many abusers -!:

And I do believe that feeling that "I don't matter" is a symptom of Depression

Please do forgive my "selfishness" in this long rant. And please do forgive me if I bore anyone

Cut.

I have been suicidally depressed now for around 4 years and I am now allergic to ALL the antidepressants and antipsychotics I've been prescribed

So yeah... if I had been more "intelligent" I would have refused the paroxetine when I was not suicidally depressed.

Thank you for reading my "boring" rant