As a first line antidepressant I'd strongly recommend Wellbutrin, it's considerably less liable to nasty withdrawal symptoms as well as sexual and other infelicitous side effects than SSRIs. Unless you are prone to mania or taking dopaminergics. It does decrease the seizure threshold though so if you're taking Keppra for that it might not be the best of choices. Viibryd as I said from my own experience isn't bad.
stupid question here, and I know its different for everyone, but what were some of the changes you felt when taking the anti-depressant and how long have you been on it for now? what made you actually head that way? anything to do w/ past addiction? or maybe past addiction led you down that path? I've tried anti-depressants before but NEVER truly gave it my all; Id take it for about a month or two (just enough time to actually let it set in) before jumping off the pill. to be honest, I hate taking pills daily; sounds dumb coming from the person who would stick himself daily but at this stage in my life w/ the cancer a pill daily is a must considering the seizure meds and also meds having to do w/ chemo (2nd round chemo here - last one was 3-4 years ago). so if I am going to be taking pills, why not add an extra 2-3 pills to make me "feel better" and potentially clear my mind a bit.
I know everyone is different but just asking questions and seeing how it effects you. wondering if my Suboxone Dr. would even go down that road; he knows I am having a tough time w/ the chemo and I am sure he MIGHT be willing to do so since he already scripts me both 16MG/bupe and 1MG/xanny (you dont usually find that form your Suboxone Dr. - bupe/benzo cross but he understands the anxiety part). and since he's a private Dr. and I pay the $140/visit he SHOULD have no problem putting in another 2 scripts. my one concern is he might just want to try the wellburtrin first before adding on another anti-depressant on top which goes well w/ the wellburtrin from what I read the last few days since catching your original post.
only taking:
4MG bupe - trying to get down to 2MG - which I can do but feel a little UGH in the AM
4000MG keppra - strictly taken for seizures
1600MG gaba - asked original as a pleasure type drug but after a while its just become another thing to take in the AM for seizures; kinda a pain in the ass and wish I never asked for this to be added on w/ my keppra; this is coming from my neurologist, not my Suboxone Dr. I tried dropping the GABA but too harsh of a withdrawal to put up w/ now; however, I can easily take half, or even a quarter of the dosage per day and get by.
the:
1MG xanax - hardly take
100MG seroquel - once or twice a week to help sleep but w/o taking nightly its a bit harsh when getting up in the AM; you feel stuck to the bed. I remember at one point I was taking this nightly and didnt feel as bad in the AM; there is no WD's so nothing to worry about there but somehow just stopped because I was sick of all the pills, man.