The meds are a double-edged sword.
I live with Bipolar depression, and I had been on the route for a long time with Paxil, a variety of anti-anxiety meds and Lexipro. My doctor was pushing me towards Lithium when I finally did what you did.
Now, after six years, I'm actually writing my phd dissertation. It's going to take me a couple more, but I was paralyzed by the thing that was supposed to help.
There were times when they helped, and we're all different. But the docs still don't understand how these drugs work yet still hand them out like they're m&m's!
For me, at this point, talk therapy and breaking the isolation I had built up around myself have been the keys!
Keep taking charge and you will figure out what combinations work best for you.
You have the right, and you can do it! 
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