Welcome, jlmohler61!

I don't have any experience with antidepressants but I hope someone will come along who can reply to your questions.

I'm Joan and have had MS since 1980. I try not to take any medicine that might have an effect on the central nervous system because MS is already affecting my central nervous system, but I understand that antidepressants these days can be very useful. On the other hand, you don't want to get dependent on them.

It looks as if you've used an e-mail address as your user name. You might want to change that if possible. People often don't want their e-mail addresses going out to the general public.