ssris can cause flushing and the sweats, not the same as hormonally induced hot flashes. You're a bit young for hot flashes, and anti-depressants don't treat hot flashes. Some docs prescribe them for some of the mental stuff that accompanies hormonal imbalances, though personally I think that's a bad way to go about it -- better to attack the problem than cover it up with a med that alters the brain, but that's me.
I heard that they can create a number of paradoxical effects. Can cause one to be anxious and depressed, etc when that is what they have been prescribed for.
That's a layperson's response anyway. The expert will be better able to answer your question.