I am taking Cipramil (Celexa). I'm on 40mg a day and have been taking it since June 2003. I have clinical depression with rears its ugly head every 2 - 3 years or so. I had put my symptoms down to just being tired and the changes we'd gone through at work, but it wasn't. By the time I went to the doctor's it was pretty bad. I was having panic attacks, wasn't sleeping, was bursting into tears for no reason - sound familiar? I was off work for nearly 5 months, but I'm back now, working my full hours again.

I think that more people are willing to own up to being depressed now. I did work with one girl who wouldn't accept she had depression because she said she didn't feel like slashing her wrists! Not everyone is enlightened.