Why not try Swedish snus instead? Many ex-smokers end up spending the rest of their lives using antidepressants when their bodies can't regulate proper dopamine release and re-absorption. Swedish snus is the real thing, and I'd challenge anyone to show proof of any antidepressant on the market that can claim to be even half as safe to use. Unfortunately, it carries the tobacco stigma, so even doctors usually don't bother to consider it. In one days time snus will let you know if your doctors right. It usually takes several days to determine if a prescription antidepressant is doing anything, then regular doctor visits to fiddle with the dosage adjustments. And if it doesn't help, you can't just stop taking it, the dosage will need to decrease over time to ween the body from it. Just my thoughts.
Thanks, TV. Snus has been suggested to me by someone else on here before and I'm hesitant about it, but considering it. I'll take my questions about that to a snus thread, though, so I don't derail this one.
