Hey Reddit, I'm currently going through a major depression for four years and medical treatment since August 2020.

My first antidepressant I took was Sertraline, 150 mg. This worked very well for me, because I have no thrive at all and the medication gave me just this. But on the other hand the first four weeks were total hell, and the following weeks and months I wasn't able to feel properly. No sadness, no joy, no love, no passion. And this frightened me a lot. So I decided that it was time to change my antidepressant.

Four weeks ago I changed to Duloxetine, 60 mg. From this medication I got very bad stomach ache, so I dropped this medication a week ago.

Now I'm on a mild antidepressant, Tianeptine. But I get very bad dizziness from it. I will stand trough this, it's just very hard for me to overcome the side effects because it seems that I'm very sensible to antidepressants.

Maybe one of you had/have the same problem as me, not necessarily with the same medication, and can talk a bit about it. Did you test something out and maybe it worked for you? At the moment I'm willed to test out all. I want to stay at that antidepressant this time. All of that bad side effects are gone, except this damn dizziness. I feel like drunk, all the time. And I feel like at any moment I can be knocked out and fall on the ground.

Please be kind with your answers. I'm using all of my energy to overcome this monster called depression. Thank you for any advice. Feel free to ask some questions if you want to.