Comment by simonbw

In a similar vein to "try medication", I'd like to add "don't write all medication off after one doesn't work". The first seven medications I tried had basically negligible effects, and then the eighth one I tried (also an SNRI) had absolutely life changing effects within hours. I had the same moment where it seemed like a switch flipped and I couldn't believe the difference one medication could make.

A big realization I had was that doctors don't necessarily start by prescribing the medication that's most likely to help, they prescribe the one that's got the highest expected benefit to negative side effect ratio.