That's what I'm asking myself now. Last year I had one of the worst depressive episodes of my life, lasting from May to October. Then, when my doctor put me on Paxil CR, there was an upturn for a couple of months, but in January I started going down again, and by early February I was just about back the way I had been for six months last year: so fatigued I was taking naps almost every day, listless, unmotivated, unable to focus, depressed mood.
Then in February I began having some other...
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