Ah, that is interesting. However, that doesn't explain the side effect of suicide. I took them for five months a quarter of a century ago. It was an absolute disaster.

I lost all motivation. I was unable to function. I became a zombie. I eventually asked the doctor when I was going to be happy. He looked at me blankly. That was a signal to me that he didn't know what he was doing.

I stopped talking them. I immediately improved and returned to normal. I have never and will never again take an antidepressant.

Reading through that abstract, the last thing I would want if I had PTSD (which I did) was to have amygdala function increased. And I most certainly would not want increased cortisol function. That is the worst thing that could happen. It would, however, explain the weight gain.

I effectively removed PTSD in two different ways. The first was by listening to hypnotic suggestion for 3 hours every day for six months. It eradicated deep-seated trauma through my early years. The second was by working with my dreams every morning for six months - analyising, looking at their meaing, and reprogramming my understanding.