i tried dozens of this kind of medication when i was younger and the side effects allways seemed to greatly outweight the positive helpful effects of the drugs for me anyway. every1 is different with these things. recently when i went to a shrink he told me that there is nothing left that i can try that i wont get addicted to allmost instantly. i dont think that you can get a medicinal permit for anxiety n depression but im also not very familiar with american drug policy. my advice would be not to take any of those pills they are totally a crap shoot. keep in mind im not a doctor or anythin so please dont act souly on my advice but i have been on many of these medications n found that none of them made it better i think its easyer just to try to deal with your problems on your own learn to live with them if u can i had a couple rough years after stopping to take medications(addictions, legal trouble, financial, social, everything)so it did kinda get worse for me when i refused to take my meds until but im doing better now my life is slowly getting back on track and i feel better about myself then i ussed to im not the best at putting my thaughts into words but ive had similar problems to what u describe my whole life weed does help but dont abuse it or use it in combination with any other psycoatives because this could have many unpredictable effects on your mind/body give therapy a try? i was in a wilderness therapy program my psyciatrist totally lied to get me there but it helped me allot n in the end i belive i am a much stronger person because of it mind body n soul i still have issues but they definatly seem allot less significant to me then they used to