"i have treatment resistant depression and have been on 20+ psychotropic meds (including maois) in the past 20 years to try to get out of the pit that is depression in addition to lots of cbt/other therapies and ect treatments.  i started taking this medicine in the fall of 2015.  it was still very new at this point but i was willing to try anything.  it took several weeks to become effective and a couple months to help markedly.  i went from having an average mood of 3.4 on a 1-10 scale with 10 being the best to having an average mood of 7 in a six month period.  my mood has stayed stable for the last year, save for the infrequent dip down.  i am thankful for this medicine and the fact it gave me my life back after a decade in an episode."