Most people take antidepressants for a short time.....something to help them cope or deal with negativity going on in their life. There are also people that have been on them for years. I can almost guarantee, there are several people you know right at this moment, whom you thing are fantastic medics/doctors/nurses/etc. that have been taking them. You can't tell who is and who is not on antidepressants. You can tell however, when someone is depressed, antisocial, easily aggrivated, and so on. I would much rather have them take antidepressants for a while then for them to hurt.