I have severe side effects from AD's and they didn't help. My medical records list me as allergic to AD's. have tried twice. I am sorry but I consider AD's poison for me. Every single person I know irl on AD's has tried to come off them many times and can't because of severe withdrawals. To me that is the same as being addicted. Doctors are quick to put one on these drugs and they tell the patient not to worry about coming off them. That's what the doctor at my health care provider told me. To trust her. And she is not even there anymore! I was put on a drug without being told anything about side effects or given a pamphlet with the drug. I did not sleep for three days straight, had severe pain and migraines, and became suicidal. In fact, that is where the suicidal ideation started - with an AD. I got off the drug in a week and I will remain unmedicated. Whether or not AD's help with depression is not clinically known. I am not going to spend a life on and off and switching AD's. That is not good treatment at all.