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CW: Mental health update (meh); meds
Further to our previous update, the switch from sertraline to paroxetine seems alas to be increasingly making us far too sleepy and unfocussed for it to be of any long-term use. We've just sent an email to the practice manager at our NHS GP surgery to advise.
We've tried the following classes and drugs on prescription:
- SSRI - citalopram, sertraline, paroxetine
- SNRI - venlafaxine
Discounting the older types with typically-worse side effects (tricyclics; tetracyclics; MAOI; SARI; sNRI), our last-ditch options appear to be either vortioxetine (SMS) or St John's wort (herbal remedy) 🤦♀️
Please note that NHS England only has limited prescription options for treating depression and/or anxiety relative to the larger number of total antidepressants.
Le sigh :FaceExhaling:
#depression #MentalHealth #NHS #NHSEngland #SSRI #SNRI #SARI #MAOI #TCA #TeCA #SMS