"i have suffered depression since the age of 14, and it was never treated. last year, at age 20, i reached a new extreme. i was volatile, angry, irritated and i withdrew completely from life. it physically hurt me to be around the people i loved. i hated myself, and constantly felt disconnected from the life i was meant to be living. the week my psychologist prescribed me prisitiq, i had a breakdown at uni. i went home, sat on the front step and cried silently for hours. the next day, i started pristiq. i have never felt better. i have bad days, as we all do; however, pristiq and i are good buddies now, and she never makes me feel sick."