I heard a report that seemed contrary to this, and looked up one thing. I’m not sure I’m looking at the right section, but it appears that you can be cleared to fly if you are taking Zoloft, Lexapro, Prozax, or Celexa. The report I head suggested that you had to have been taking the anti-depressant for some time, not just beginning it. I’m not familiar directly with these, but maybe they are ok. One hopes.
In any case, I’m not so sure this makes me feel better about the US screening process. I’ve always taken some comfort in the idea that people are competently trained (not always so sure of this), and that they want to live as much as the next guy. I suppose I’m still most concerned about incompetence and less about suicidal thoughts.