"six years ago i almost lost my life from an abusive relationship. i am 24 years old now. luckily i am a survivor of domestic violence. from that traumatic time in my life i have been severely depressed, anxious &amp; have had thoughts of suicide. for the past six years i have been on &amp; off depression medications. some have worked but the effects were too extreme. i tried effexor but didn&#039;t like it too much and the withdrawal was terrible. then i tried to work things out without medication and was doing good for a while but became very depressed/gained weight and so decided to give medications a try again. recently started on prozac (10 mg) about a week ago so far the low dose is good for me. i am more positive, exercise daily &amp; new diet."