I am in fact a retired Psychotherapist, in professional practice for over 25 years.

I have seen my fair share of damage to my patients and clients caused by SSRI's.

One of the most dangerous prescribed drugs on the planet.

Its a big con.

chemical imbalance is a myth.

There is no such thing as chemical imbalance, this myth was manufactured by drug companies in the late 1980's to sell SSRI's to the unsuspecting public.

SSRI's create a paradoxical reaction.

meaning that the drug creates the depressive sympsoms experienced by the patient.

Some studies have been published that show that these antidepressants may deteriorate the state of the depression (make it worse) and even cause suicidal ideation or action.

2018 paper https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/21028/1/Thesis-Neurobiol...

paradoxical reaction, a guide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoxical_reaction

It has taken over 30 years for drug companies to accept that SSRI's cause sexual disfunction and has finally been included in the DSM5 as PSSD, post ssri sexual disfunction.

In some unpublished phase 1 trials of the drug, more than 50% of healthy volunteers developed severe sexual problems. but they kept it quiet.

Highlighted in the Guardian just last year.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/02/ssri-antidep...