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Does the long term use of antidepressants have significant effects on my memory?

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Depends: A potential side effect of some antidepressants may be some delay in recall of words. So far there have been no studies that have shown long term permanent memory loss with use of antidepressants.

Dr Alves and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/18/2016

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