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Side effects: don't just suffer in silence
If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E. If you need urgent mental-health help but it is not an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111 and select the mental-health option.
Possible effects vary by medicine and person and can include nausea, sleep changes, headaches, dizziness, sweating, appetite or weight changes and sexual difficulties.
What you need to know
Possible effects vary by medicine and person and can include nausea, sleep changes, headaches, dizziness, sweating, appetite or weight changes and sexual difficulties. Many ease after the first weeks, but some continue. Discuss troublesome effects with your prescriber rather than abruptly stopping treatment.
Make it a conversation, not a test
You are allowed to ask questions, explain what matters to you and say when something is not helping. Mental-health care should be based on your needs, circumstances and appropriate clinical assessment.
Keep going
Getting proper help · Talking to your GP · NHS Talking Therapies
Sources & further reading
- NHS — mental health treatments
- NHS — talking therapies
- NHS — antidepressants
- NICE — depression in adults
Educational information only. Treatment should be based on an individual assessment with an appropriate healthcare professional.