Are there any side effects of long term antidepressant use?

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asked Jun 28, 2017 in Other- Health by buzzkill (170 points)
Are there any long term safety problems of taking antidepressants?

Anyone here who has taken or know someone that has taken antidepressants consistently for years, and if so, did you or they experience any effects such as memory loss, cognitive decline, etc?

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answered Jul 17, 2017 by Amaranth (740 points)
Antidepressants can help with your depression but sometimes taking antidepressants can make your depression worse.

It actually did make my depression worse than it was so my doctor took me off of them.
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answered Feb 20, 2019 by jane (4,950 points)
Antidepressants lead to poor memory and concentration.  To avoid negative effects from the reception, you can reduce the dose or apply psychotherapy.  You can also try https://nootropicboost.com, they, on the contrary, improve memory
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answered Feb 20, 2019 by DorothOwen (390 points)
I'm on depression medication and sometimes it does start to actually make me feel more depressed instead of not being depressed.

When I start to get depressed when taking the antidepressants I just quit taking them for awhile then I'm not as depressed but then when I take them again when I'm feeling depressed again it helps with my depression.

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