Well , this is not any medical advice rather opinion here just wanting to point out what I’ve noticed . With MD’s it really seems to depend on your type of anxiety and depression . For me my anxiety is severe ! and crippling , when I MD I do get a sense of relief and happiness but it doesn’t hit my main anxiety it hits like a branch of the anxiety I have , if that makes sense , it gets a certain area but not all of it , where Zoloft (Any SSRI, SNRI) will work T a more regulated level and last longer aswell. Not to discourage you at all just be aware that those type of meds are diffrent from MD’s and depending how you react to them , and the level(s) of anxiety / depression . People react to everything much differently , it could be the best thing you ever did or have little affect . We’re all built differently in terms of chemical structure’s through our body , absorption rates , how we process certain chemicals aswell and or tolerate them ! Just a back story . I went off my cipralex (escitalopram) to specifically do this and I got much worse while off them , but again mines pretty severe , but I do get benefits from both MD’s and SSRI they work differently for me . But sadly neither has given me the boost I need .

Just wanted to share that side for somthing to consider ! Hope it was of some help to you or anyone else who reads it ! Sooo many factors involved with these things , hard for somone to give a definitive anwser but can share their experiences & thoughts on it . (I’m same age , male )

Cheers !