It is necessary to address a doctor to get a prescription because only a specialist has enough knowledge and can take into consideration following important points:

1. The choice of antidepressant for you will be made after your state of health analysis. If any antidepressant can potentially aggravate health problem of yours, it can not be prescribed.

2. All antidepressant may have side effects, and the best choice for you – that only doctor can make – is the drug that provides you with the fewest side effects;

3. The degree of your depression will be the basis of the dosage prescribed, thus it is necessary to know how often and how much antidepressant you should take;

4. In case any member of your family (blood relatives such as parents, sisters or brothers) suffered from depression and treated it successfully by means of some antidepressant, you are likely to be advised to take the same;

5. Different antidepressants have different costs. Your doctor will select the one you need for a reasonable price so not to make you pay less for the same quality;

6. Your doctor will prescribe you the medicine that is focused on fighting your personal health problems, such as sleeplessness or anxiety;

7. Your doctor will prescribe you the medicine he is well acquainted with, i.e. is aware of all its possible side effects, peculiarities of action and effectiveness;

8. Antidepressants may interact with some medicaments that you regularly take and this may lead to negative health consequences. Thus your antidepressant must be safe in this respect.

9. Certain antidepressants have smaller positive effect if they are taken with some food. Your doctor will tell you what food you should avoid not to reduce your drug medical action.