Pros & Cons of Antidepressant Drugs
- Like the name suggests, anti-depressants do treat depression effectively when therapy might have failed or when they are used concurrently with psychotherapy.
- Anti-depressants also help battle eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia.
- Anti-depressants might heighten suicidal and violent thoughts toward one's self, though no one understands exactly why this is so.
- Some anti-depressants cause delayed ejaculation in men, inability to achieve orgasm and decreased sexual appetite in general.
- Anti-depressants cause a variety of side effects, differing from person to person, thus making it hard to guess how the medication will negatively affect someone.