Antidepressants to treat grief? Psychiatry panelists with ties to drug industry say yes

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160. what works for one doesn't necessarily work well for others

That's why there are such a huge variety of different anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds. I despised Zoloft but my sister did great on it. She despised Paxil but my mother did great on it. Everyone's body responds differently to any kind of meds, and it can be some work finding the one for each individual that both works well enough for them and with no side effects or at least mild ones that they can cope with. I was very lucky in that the first one I was prescribed worked for me with only some bloating and constipation as a side effect.

But when a HUGE crisis comes along - like my father's death - it wasn't working enough. At first we increased the dosage but not only did it not seem to make any real difference I got so horribly constipated I seriously thought I'd NEVER crap again. So, I tried several different meds all of which were utter duds either because they made me feel like a zombie, the just didn't seem to work at all, or the side effects were just too horrible to cope with (I never felt so shitty than when I took that damn Zoloft and it didn't do anything but make me feel completely devoid of any emotions at all). So, I went back to the original med I had always taken and by that time the worst of my grief that through me into a crisis was over with enough that my regular dosage was ok for awhile and after about a year just fine again.