“Tony suffered from a little-known side-effect of SSRIs: they can turn some people with no history of alcoholic dependence into full-on alcoholics.

‘Taking an antidepressant caused me to develop an alcohol use disorder, which stripped me of my ability to control or stop my consumption of alcohol,’ he recalls. It caused me to black-out after just a few pints and my behaviour changed to a scary degree.’

Tony’s experience is far from unique. Read the full article at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13996393/antidepressants-alcoholic-effect.html.