Anti depressants?

I’ve recently explained to my psychologist about how depressed I’ve been for the past few months and how often I have suicidal thoughts. It was honestly really hard, my first few sessions with her, I hadn’t talked much about anything important and it was mostly just “oh I’m fine” every time I saw her. It felt good to be honest though. But now she wants me to start anti depressants and I’m just wondering if it’s worth it? Does it help and what are some of the side effects? I’m not so sure I want to start them anymore and personally, I don’t even think it will help. Since im only 13, my mum is a big part of this too, she wants me to take the medication as she said it helped her when she was suicidal but I just need to know what you all think.

Thank you ❤️