oh thank you - you are all so luffley to take the time to reply!

I never, ever wanted to take pills for this, and because i have a psyc background i know heaps about CBT etc anyway - guess it doesn't work so much on yourself ... but a friend made me go and do something when i was at the stage where i probably wouldn't have finished my thesis as i couldn't concentrate and i was crying all the time and over reacting at anything anyone said to me about ANYTHING (i wasn't a particularly nice person to be around).

i was happy on 20mg prozac, i didn't get many side effects (wasn't complaining about the weight loss hehe) and when i kinda crashed overseas and the increased dose made me feel terrible although it worked for my mood - as someone said the side effects were def not worth it.

the only reason i am trying the citilopram is cos i dont want to get to that stage again. i suppose i thought that he might be able to tell me the likelihood of getting worse or staying the same if i stayed off medication, but i guess it is different for everyone.

the dr i saw also seemed to think you can go on and off the medications relatively quickly, even aropax (paxil). that's different to a lot of the reading i've done and friends i've known who have hell problems gettin off it ...

it's wicked interesting to read what you have to say