[teabelly]

Interesting that you mention wanting to sleep all the time cavedin, I am like that but I have always put it down to my personality and wanting to hide away. However, I have been on Cipralex for 4 years now, and over the past 15 years I have been on and off medication for depression. My GP has concluded it is likely I will always need a dose of something, as whenever I attempt to come off completely, within 8 weeks, I have a crash, and the whole cycle of trying to get better starts again. Last time it resulted in 2 months off work and a phobia of going out so I have finally realised that meds once a day is worth it to retain my ability to function and go to work, even if I am never really one for socialising. I am currently on 20mg of Cipralex, but have been as low as 5mg in the past. At the moment, the thought of reducing the dose is terrifying, so whenever the GP mentions it, I decline!