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Do antidepressants change your brain permanently?

I am a 37 year old male and I am taking antidepressants. Do antidepressants change your brain permanently?

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While it is presumed that antidepressants prevent the uptake of serotonin in the brain there has been no evidence, to date, that brain structure is actually changed.
No. Dr. Underwood