It was my first go round on anti depressants. It changed my life in that it probably kept me from killing myself. I stayed on it for about a year until I could get used to "normal". Quit cold turkey. I don't recommend it. I'm doing amitryptilyne (all sorts of jondra) and lorazapam currently. I'm super depressed right now, but it's more about life sucking more than usual and my gig giving me cancer.