A 3-month Update on my Experiences with Antidepressants (Cipralex)

I started taking Cipralex about the start of April with much wariness. The first few weeks involved a lot of fiddling with the timing-apparently you shouldn't take it with coffee, or even within two hours of caffeine. It also causes insomnia in me, which does happen to some people, but generally it makes them fall asleep quickly. I also can't drive for more than 5 minutes if I have taken the meds that day already.
If I have to drive, I'll usually take it with a small meal at bedtime, and then I sleep for a LONG time. I often find it hard to get out of bed at 9am, which is problematic, except class doesn't start until 1pm anyway. I do enjoy taking it most at suppertime, even though that means I can't have caffeine for the rest of the day, and I often like to go get coffee or tea in the evenings.
The meds are working really well for me. They're supposed to address depression, anxiety, and obsession. I do not experience obsessing, so that has been fine. I have only felt anxious once since taking it (other than at Dad's stroke which obviously makes sense that I would be extremely upset). I haven't had any suicidal thoughts, only a couple "escapist" thoughts--no plans or any real ideas to follow-through. Even my PMSing has gotten way better because I'm so constantly happy.
It's weird how happy I am. Obviously I still go up and down, but I kinda wish I had been on these meds for years, because I would have had way more fun growing up! I'm still only at 10mg, which is the lowest therapeutic dose. That's a good thing, so hopefully that will stay the dosage I need. Every time you go up in dosage, you have to go through the week of nausea and haziness all over again. And I would love to avoid that at all costs. I also hate having to remember to take a pill every day. It's not like my multi-vitamin which tastes great and I take it at breakfast. It still isn't routine, so hopefully it'll get better.
Generally, I have appreciated my time on Cipralex, and if you're in need of it, I would encourage you to talk to your doctor. I was so scared to depend on medications to get my brain to work properly, but I'm starting to see that they're teaching my brain to make the proper connections which I couldn't before.
It's weird being so happy.