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Re: Depression medication - August 27th 2013, 11:43 PM
As I understand it, there are three main classes of antidepressants: SSRI's, SNRI's, and tricyclic antidepressants. If you want more of the technical information, you can read the wikipedia article here. Antidepressants generally take 3-6 weeks to start working.

For me, at first I was prescribed Zoloft, but I had a bad reaction to it. I was switched to Wellbutrin, and that works great for me. Something you should know is that a pill will not automatically make everything better. Medication helps lift your mood enough so you can fight the depression. It's very valuable, but it's not going to fix everything.

For a lot of your questions, it depends on what medication you get prescribed, and I would recommend asking them to your doctor.