I will admit

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I don't like taking antidepressants either. Most of them do cause high blood pressure. One of the oldest antidepressants around is Prozac and therefore has had more research on long term user side effects. I am taking it just during the winter months because it is easier to stop taking than most antidepressants.

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It's hard with anxiety to sort out "possible side effects from " "Oh no, that's gonna be me, I'm gonna get every last one of them and it's gonna be a nightmare".

However, what you need to know about reported side effects of any medication is this: during the course of testing a drug before it goes on the market, trials are done in real people. ANY symptom they experience during the trial, ANY symptom, whether it's actually related to the trial drug or not, has to be reported as a possible side effect.

So take the reported side effects with a grain of salt. I agree that the effects of depression and anxiety are far, far worse than the chance of side effects. Your doctor will surely take you off anything that isn't helping you.