“It's no where near those numbers”

“get inflated in anecdotes”

Just because one study has the number 34% in it, does not prove the numbers I gave were wrong and does not mean they are anecdotal.

This is something that’s been studied from many angles and there’s more than one number that’s defensible based on the context and dataset.

For example, even the study you cited says: “In a study of 344 patients by Montejo-Gonzalez et al, 58% of patients reported sexual dysfunction when physicians directly inquired”, and “14% with spontaneous reporting”.

In another example, a 1,000 patient study found 57.7–72.7% for common SSRIs. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11229449/

The “scientific numbers” you allude to are not one value. It’s a body of research not one definitive number.

Taken a whole I don’t think anyone is being that mislead when it’s suggested more than half of people may experience these side effects.