Open your Eyes to SSRIs!!! ~ SSRIs: More Harm Than Good.~ Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor ( SSRI ) Researchers found that, Antidepressants hinder Serotonin Regulation and can cause: digestive problems, atypical sperm development, abnormal bleeding, stroke and premature death. Antidepressant manufacturers warn of side effects on drug labels though patients do not always consider how the side effects will affect their lives, according to the study authors. Twenty-five years before Prozac, 1 in 10,000 of us per year was admitted for severe depressive disorder -- melancholia. Today at any one point in time 1 in 10 of us are supposedly depressed and between 1 in 2 and 1 in 5 of us will be depressed over a lifetime. Around 1 in 10 pregnant women are on an antidepressant. The number of prescriptions for antidepressants is increasing by 5-10% each year, while the figure for people starting each year remains the same. This means that there is an increase of 5% to 10% in the number of people hooked to antidepressants each year.