PLEASE go to your doctor...why keep putting it off?  depression is a nasty thing...it can grab a hold of you and not let go.  if not for my zoloft, i think i might have slit my wrists by now.  i'm sure you know that depression can also cause physical symptoms.  most antidepressants take a few weeks before they are in full effect, so get started now...take care of yourself.

huggs,
kim

I agree 100% with Lizzie, you just went through a horrible time.  Please go to the doctor, your wife needs you now more than ever and the depression is going to get worst.. Please get to the doctor.  My girlfriend is on zoloft and she just loves it and it helps her anxiety almost totally go away.  She just lost her father a few months back,  so she needs all the help she can get as well as you do.  Please take care of yourself, I worry about you, Huggs Georgia

i am glad you are headed in the right direction...hope you find quick success and not have to try many...i was lucky that my zoloft worked and we didn't have to "shop around".

one of my sons suffers from depression really bad with anxiety being at the forefront.  his doctor has tried him on different meds...prozac, effexor, wellbutrin...and finally cymbalta.  cymbalta has been a life saver...it works great "for him" and works better for the anxiety than anything he has taken.

don't be scared by what you have read on the other forum...a qualified doctor knows how to taper you off...this is one thing you can't c/t from.  i think though that you are going to feel so much better...soon...that you will not ever want to come off of it (hehe)...i didn't know just how bad i was until i started feeling better.

OMG...talk about depressing...my trip with my son to UAB!  no bad news...just so, so sad...a big dose of reality...it was so hard not to just loose it on the way home but i put on that "happy mommie face" for his benefit...but as soon as i dropped him off, the flood gates opened.

something you can do in the meantime...if you have time...is walking.  every doctor we have ever seen has told us that it is wonderful for depression...fresh air...getting those juices flowing...and time to think and reflect...

please keep me up on how things are going...you have made it this far and i am going to do it too.

kim