Tom
Not everyone get the side effects, when i say worse I was actually on holiday too, and it was OK although it did affect my sleep quite a lot (although i wasn’t sleeping much any way so I may have been bad without it)
I had night sweats, mind chatter,anxiety,dry mouth,some shakes, But it was still worth it
Thats the problem with it you dont know what you would have been like without it so its hard to judge.
Only thing I can say is that I wish I had started taking it months ago. the sooner you start the sooner you will feel better!
To reiterate though SSRis are not a cure, they just give you a chance to sort your problems out which is where the CBT comes in.
I highly recommend Yoga too its helping a great deal, as I have a teacher that has suffered from depression too.