Is this side effect normal, or should I stop?
While you’re on treatment, guidelines recommend regular symptom check-ins (every 2–4 weeks early on) so you and your clinician can see patterns — not just a single “good” or “bad” day.

Track your side effects, mood, and progress. Understand what's normal at each stage. Come to your next appointment with real data, not just ‘I think it's working.’

Week 6
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Hi! You said you feel unpleasant. Let's clarify what's going on. What did you do?
What did you do?



Hi! You said you feel unpleasant. Let's clarify what's going on. What did you do?
Week 6
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Meds

Side Effect

Mood

What did you do?
Not a therapist. Not a diagnosis tool. A calm companion for the antidepressant journey. Built with clinical experts.
Is this side effect normal, or should I stop?
While you’re on treatment, guidelines recommend regular symptom check-ins (every 2–4 weeks early on) so you and your clinician can see patterns — not just a single “good” or “bad” day.
My doctor asked how I’ve been. I couldn’t remember.
Starting an antidepressant usually takes weeks, not a single visit, to know if it’s helping. Benefits often appear within about 4 weeks, with early check-ins around the first 2 weeks — so feeling “not sure yet” in the first month is common.
Week 4 felt great. Week 5 was terrible. I thought it stopped working.
Physical discontinuation symptoms (dizziness, sleep changes, “brain zaps”) can last days to weeks and don’t always mean your depression is returning. Guidelines recommend monitoring mood and function and contacting your clinician if symptoms worsen or persist — restarting or adjusting care isn’t a failure.
Nobody warned me that tapering would feel like this.
Stopping antidepressants can cause withdrawal (discontinuation) symptoms — often more common than people expect, especially after abrupt stops or shorter-acting drugs. Major guidelines now treat slow tapering, monitoring, and patient education as standard care.




Pleasant
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Full charged
Tired



Pleasant
Sad
Full charged
TiredClaro helps you track what's changing, understand where you are, and prepare for better conversations with your doctor.

Now you feel
Neutral

Now you feel
Pleasant
Every day, you log how you're feeling — mood, energy, sleep, and those symptoms. Over time, patterns emerge: what's improving, what's lingering, what spikes before your period or after a rough night.

Clearer patterns

Ups and downs

Low energy
Every stage of antidepressant treatment has a shape — what's common, what's temporary, what to watch for. Claro maps exactly where you are and shows you what's normal for this specific week.
Meds

Side Effect

Mood

Everything you're tracking becomes a report your doctor can actually use. Before every appointment, Claro compiles your mood trends, symptoms, side effects, and screener scores into a summary.

Understanding your patterns
See how your mood is changing over time.

What influences your mood
Sleep, stress and routines can affect how you feel.
Content filtered for your phase, your medication, and your symptoms — written to be honest about what we know and what we don't. Medication profiles, symptom explanations, what's normal at each stage.
Claro
Hi! You told that you feel pleased, lets clarify whats going on there
Ask anything. At any time. Without having to explain your situation first. Your Claro companion knows your medication, your phase, your symptoms, and your health data.

Sleep Window Reset

Strength Starter

First Step Exposure
Recommendations driven by your phase, your medication, and what you logged yesterday. A breathing exercise when you've been logging anxiety spikes. A doctor prep card before your appointment.

Now you feel
Pleasant

Now you feel
Neutral
Every day, you log how you're feeling — mood, energy, sleep, and those symptoms. Over time, patterns emerge: what's improving, what's lingering, what spikes before your period or after a rough night.

Clearer patterns

Low energy

Ups and downs
Every stage of antidepressant treatment has a shape — what's common, what's temporary, what to watch for. Claro maps exactly where you are and shows you what's normal for this specific week.
Meds

Side Effect

Mood

Everything you're tracking becomes a report your doctor can actually use. Before every appointment, Claro compiles your mood trends, symptoms, side effects, and screener scores into a summary.

Understanding your patterns
See how your mood is changing over time.

What influences your mood
Sleep, stress and routines can affect how you feel.
Content filtered for your phase, your medication, and your symptoms — written to be honest about what we know and what we don't. Medication profiles, symptom explanations, what's normal at each stage.
Claro
Hi! You told that you feel pleased, lets clarify whats going on there
Ask anything. At any time. Without having to explain your situation first. Your Claro companion knows your medication, your phase, your symptoms, and your health data.

Sleep Window Reset

Strength Starter

First Step Exposure
Recommendations driven by your phase, your medication, and what you logged yesterday. A breathing exercise when you've been logging anxiety spikes. A doctor prep card before your appointment.
Claro is built with expert review at every layer — from content and tools to community guidelines and safety boundaries.

Consultant Psychiatrist
Specialises in adult psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and the treatment of anxiety, depression, and phobias. «I am passionate about improving the integration of physical and mental health services».

Consultant Psychiatrist
Specialises in adult psychiatry with a subspecialty in addictions; 3 years of psychotherapy training + lifestyle advice (sleep, exercise, nutrition etc.), medication, psychological techniques and psycho-education, with actionable advice that can be utilised in-between appointments.

Neuroscientist, Author & Lecturer
Author, lecturer, and science communicator with a rare ability to translate neuroscience for broad audiences without losing accuracy. Advises on how Claro explains the biology of antidepressants — mechanism, timeline, side effects — in a way that informs rather than overwhelms.

Counsellor
Works at the intersection of mental health, education, and neurodiversity. Advises Claro on how people with ADHD, autism, and co-occurring conditions experience antidepressant treatment and what meaningful support between appointments looks like when standard approaches don't fit.
Currently on sertraline, 3 months
«I was convinced it stopped working at week 5. Looking back at my Claro data, I can see exactly what happened — and why it was actually the medication doing its job.»
Tapering from Effexor, month 2
«My psychiatrist said it was the best appointment summary she’d seen from a patient. She actually changed her recommendation based on what I’d tracked.»
First week on escitalopram
"I was scared to start. Having something to track made the first two weeks feel less like chaos."
Claro is built for the questions that come up between appointments.
“I’ve just started and I don’t know what’s normal.”
«Something changed, but I can’t tell why.»
“I’m thinking about tapering, but I want to be careful.”
“I want to explain things better to my doctor.”
“I feel like I’m figuring this out alone.”
Free to try. Takes 3 minutes to set up.
No medical knowledge required.
Claro is not a medical device, therapist, or diagnostic tool.
It is a self-monitoring and communication support tool. Always speak to your prescribing clinician about your medication.
