Thank you for the warm welcome. Feels really pleasant that you cared enough to reply. I will take your advice and see a GP. Being sober is something I'll definitely thank myself for. The two doctors I have had both seemed not to encourage SSRIs alone for longterm use. The figure two years was what was put to me alongside weaning off the drug and CBT.

There are some studies which question whether increased onset of Parkinson's in patients with depression could have a link with SSRIs. To be honest working on a recent film called Letters from Generation RX hasn't served to calm my concerns over my own welfare.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2701616/

Antidepressants are a very powerful medication which undoubtedly save a lot of lives. My own experience of acute personality changes whilst taking them were certainly not expected or prewarned. We all have different ailments and reactions and right now I am very keen to find the treatments which best suit me.

Thanks all