I started with sertraline (horrible side effects I can’t even list them all), then escitalopram (felt empty/emotionless), then tried prozac (helped with depression but made anxiety worse).

I ended up having another medical issue come up later in life (seizures) which can be helped with lamictal. Coincidentally that is a mood stabilizer and I discovered it is my perfect medication! Normally it’s given to people with bi-polar disorder. It really helped both depression and anxiety symptoms for me, even though I’m not bipolar myself.

Everyone is different and has to go on their own medication journey, I’m lucky that after having that horrible experience with sertraline that I didn’t give up. It only took me 4 tries, but that’s 3 tries too many IMO.

Wish I had a way to know that sertraline was going to cause severe side effects for me before I tried it…very first experience with an anti-depressant and it almost made me not want to try something different!