Anybody here have experience with different types of anti-depressants??

I was on Citalopram for about six months, but didn't cope with it well. I am somewhat of an athlete and train in weightlifting and sports that require maximum muscle strength and explosiveness over short bursts of time...

Citalopram apparently inhibits testosterone production and also functions as a muscle relaxant, both obviously not very good for my sport....On top of that I was sweating bullets, constantly getting dizzy and feeling faint and had a terrible loss of appetite. My sport is my only outlet, I can't afford losing it to take medication because the effect of not being able to train/loss of body and muscle control is just as devastating for me as the depression itself.

But I'm not doing too hot right now. I really could use the support from meds to get through the winter, esp with the added pressure of COVID, job uncertainty, etc...

Does anybody have experience with other medications, maybe also with doing a sport to a competitive level on them? I read some research reports that also mentioned fluoxetine, bupropion and sertraline, but have no idea if they could be better than citalopram

Any advice would be hugely appreciated!!

[mvillarreal]

I cannot say what will work best for you, since everyone is different, but I can speak for myself. Sertraline has been very helpful for both my anxiety and my depression. The only issue I had with it was some nerve pain and diarrhea at first. Also, if I don't take it with food, it can make me feel a little queasy. Other than that, I haven't had any major problems with it, but everybody's different.

[Hibiscus59 in reply to mvillarreal]

HiI’m also on 200mg of sertraline and doing well. I also couldn’t tolerate citalopram x

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We all take our medications, what suits on will not suit another. I have been on Citalopram now for forty years, now seventy I will be on them for the rest of my life. All I can suggest is you explain your problems to your Doctor, there will possibly be more drugs to try

BOB