So not too long ago I was finally diagnosed with moderate to severe depression, and I started going back to therapy because of it. For a while I was doing somewhat OK and beginning to cope, but recently I've been getting bad again and my depression has started to affect me all day every day and it's really getting in the way. I no longer enjoy life. My doctor recommended antidepressants a while back and I'm honestly starting to consider it, but I'm concerned about both the physical and mental side affects. I can look up the physical side effects online but I feel like it's difficult to find out how it affects you emotionally. I had a friend who used to be on antidepressants and he said that the meds turned him into a shell of his former self and that he had to get off of them for his own good. I was wondering if there was anyone here with experience with antidepressants that could share with me some side effects I should be concerned about?