After many years of expiencing depression on and off because of mercury I went on Effexor, an antidepressant, a month ago.

It actually worked well, but my MD wants me to change to Zoloft.

For sleep, I use 3-4 grams of tryptophan, along with something like torazepam each nite. The tryptophan gets me to sleep, and the other keeps me asleep. I experience extreme insomnia when symptomatic.