I have been on the one anti-depressant, when we finally found the right one for 35 years. There are periodic checks for spells a few months at a time that I go off to see if perhaps I do not need them. But each time it has been a disaster; my brain scans confirm this. I will be on them as long as they are needed.

I have serious concerns as there are no long term studies going this long as to what the affects may be. However it is worth the risk in that I would not be alive today were not for them.