Research from Italy finds that though antidepressants have been shown to be effective in treating fibromyalgia in the short term, “in a small sample of women with fibromyalgia, after a year of observation, those who had followed a therapy with antidepressants experienced a worst impact of the disease on their daily lives. At the end of the trial the quality of life and the disability linked to bipolar symptoms were worse in the group treated with antidepressants.”
Carta, M., Ruggiero, V., Sancassiani, F., Cutrano, F., et al; The Use of Antidepressants in the Long-Term Treatment Should not Improve the Impact of Fibromyalgia on Quality of Life. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health. Online July 12, 2013. doi: 10.2174/1745017901309010120