The most common form of antidepressant medication, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), works for about 50-60% of people. This means that around 50-60% of depressed patients notice at least a 50% reduction in their symptoms after two months with antidepressants. These numbers are similar to the success rates of psychotherapy, such as CBT.
Read more about antidepressants here: Do antidepressants work?
And here: What are the side effects of antidepressants? – Learn about side effects, tolerance and withdrawal
What are the alternatives to antidepressants?
Antidepressant medication is the most common form of depression treatment, but you don’t need pills to recover from depression. The following list includes
