I have been on AD for about 18-24 months now, with different results. I have used three different ones to try to find the one that works best for me, but I feel that it gets worse and worse.
Timeline:
XH cheated and left me 9 months pregnant and a toddler. No family around, no support physical or emotional really. The first year was fine though. Lots of drive and determination, but I ended up with lots of stress (running to nursery, full time job, nursery again, groceries, cleaning, cooking, sleep training, and toddler with ADD). This is when I started on AD: prozac. It really made a difference the first 3-4 months. I flourished and I guess it really showed. Received lots of attention and compliments from men all the time (first time in my life) and my female friendships strengthened.
At that point, been summer and very social, I was drinking 2 or 3 cups of alcohol a week, that I knew was a bad idea with medication. But I felt great, so I came off AD. About 4-6 weeks without I had a sort of breakdown. I resumed with prozac but didn't feel any improvement as before. At that point I was feeling more depressed than stressed as well.
I switched to fluoxetine and nothing. Until I started to be extra tired all the time, as in, I slept 5 to 7 hours a night and would need a nap 3 or 3 hours after waking up. The naps would be anywhere from 2 to 3 hours.
Bloodwork results were normal. I was changed to venlafaxine and been on it for 3-4 months now. I have had 2 sick leaves from work due to nor been able to function. Today, I dropped the kids off at school and came back to nap, for 7h. Woke up, ate, slept for another 3h. I am at a loss. I am going to lose my job, I feel awful, I don't have a life. House chores are way behind.
Dont know what else to do. I even thought of quitting AD and replacing with stimulants like rodhiola. I drink 6 to 8 coffees a day btw. And I am still sleeping