I was really afraid of taking meds before I started taking them too. But they've helped me so much. I can't believe how much my life has changed from the deep depressions I used to suffer from thanks to meds and therapy. I take Celexa among other things and am not aware of any side effects to it, other than it's made my skin a bit more oily.

Generally side effects go away pretty quickly once you get used to the drugs, dry mouth seems to be one that lingers though. If you want to research the drug, I really like the mayoclinic.com site. They have a really good drugs database.

When I first went on Effexor, my first anti-D. I started to feel a little bit better after only about 2 weeks on it. I can't really remember how long before the celexa kicked in, once we added it to the Effexor.

I'd encourage you to give it a try, and I hope that it helps you.

--splitimage