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New Information: I would like to include that I was first prescribed the antidepressant Pristiq in the fall of 2014. However, at the time I was experiencing issues with high blood pressure so Dr. Borins with Queen's Health Services instead prescribed Bupropion. This drug ended up only aggravating my depression and sent me into a lower state until I chose to come off it (as well as Adderall at the same time) in mid December. Interestingly, I started to feel better around this time. Around roughly the end of the first month of my studies in the Winter session, my depression began to return. By around late March when it became too much to bare, I remembered that I still had the old vile of Pristiq. I began taking it and ended up finding glimpse of efficacy. However, with how these drugs works, it took roughly three weeks to see any benefit at all and by then my studies were over. Even still, it took further adjustment in dosage (up to my current 100mg) to receive the truly noticeable and effective results, which was a couple of months later during the summer.

I do hope this sheds light on the timing of things. While I have been depressed for a very long time, I spent most of the 2014/2015 school year as non-functioning and essentially incapable of basic responsibilities. The only help so far has come from the Pristiq, and my purpose of the amendment was to mention that I did not start receiving benefit from the Pristiq until well after the school year's and 21 day deadline's end.