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What medications cause anxiety and depression?

by hda111 4y ago

reportingsjr 4y ago
Birth control among many other medications.
vorpalhex 4y ago
Not exactly a medication but alcohol for one. But many other drugs can cause these sorts of symptoms too including anti-depressants paradoxically.
- havblue 4y ago
  Do you mean a treatment for anxiety and depression or a cause? “Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.” -Homer Simpson
  - vorpalhex 4y ago
    Alcohol can definitely cause anxiety, and make anxiety worse. I will also suggest alcohol can trigger depression - but that is a claim that is ripe for debate and not well accepted. Alcohol can also "treat" (in the sense of suppressing symptoms) anxiety and depression, thus leading to a downward spiral since it tends to make these things worse, thus you get into the cycle of "Oh I'm feeling anxious, better have a beer - oh, now my anxiety is worse now that I have sobered up, better have more..."
    - robonerd 4y ago
      Alcohol objectively causes physiological CNS depression. Whether or not it necessarily causes the mood of depression or 'major depressive disorder' as diagnosed by clinical psychologists or psychiatrists is another matter.
iamed2 4y ago
Medications for anxiety and depression can cause brain fog and fatigue.
micromacrofoot 4y ago
In the past it's been anything from acne medications to birth control and even anti-depressants. Depression isn't an unusual side-effect at all.
- swayvil 4y ago
  Christ, you'd think that people might get the message that there's something deeply wrong when you get a feeling like that. It's a testament to the power of post-structuralism or something.
  - smt88 4y ago
    > there's something deeply wrong when you get a feeling like that Everyone knows that feeling depressed is deeply wrong. Medications that can cause depression are often prescribed for serious illnesses, like debilitating mental illness. They don't always cause depression, and the small risk of temporary, treatable depression is determined by the doctor and patient to exceed the risk of the condition that's being treated.
- doubled112 4y ago
  Acutane? I remember having a conversation with my doctor as a teenager about it, and even he wasn't sure about cause and effect. Does the medication cause depression? Or was the person already depressed due to having acne so bad it needed medical treatment? Either direction seems reasonable to me. That said, he was careful to who he handed it out to, and we decided against it.
  - seizethegdgap 4y ago
    Accutane can cause severe depression and suicidal thoughts, but not for everyone. It should definitely be a near-last resort when dealing with severe or cystic acne. That being said, the before/after pictures that get posted in the accutane subreddit are mind blowing. https://www.reddit.com/r/Accutane/comments/hslnet/_/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Accutane/comments/hslnet/_/
  - micromacrofoot 4y ago

What medications cause anxiety and depression?

by hda111 4y ago

What medications cause anxiety and depression?

reportingsjr 4y ago

Birth control among many other medications.

vorpalhex 4y ago

Not exactly a medication but alcohol for one. But many other drugs can cause these sorts of symptoms too including anti-depressants paradoxically.

havblue 4y ago
Do you mean a treatment for anxiety and depression or a cause? “Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.” -Homer Simpson
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  Alcohol can definitely cause anxiety, and make anxiety worse. I will also suggest alcohol can trigger depression - but that is a claim that is ripe for debate and not well accepted. Alcohol can also "treat" (in the sense of suppressing symptoms) anxiety and depression, thus leading to a downward spiral since it tends to make these things worse, thus you get into the cycle of "Oh I'm feeling anxious, better have a beer - oh, now my anxiety is worse now that I have sobered up, better have more..."
  - robonerd 4y ago
    Alcohol objectively causes physiological CNS depression. Whether or not it necessarily causes the mood of depression or 'major depressive disorder' as diagnosed by clinical psychologists or psychiatrists is another matter.

iamed2 4y ago

Medications for anxiety and depression can cause brain fog and fatigue.

micromacrofoot 4y ago

In the past it's been anything from acne medications to birth control and even anti-depressants. Depression isn't an unusual side-effect at all.

swayvil 4y ago
Christ, you'd think that people might get the message that there's something deeply wrong when you get a feeling like that. It's a testament to the power of post-structuralism or something.
- smt88 4y ago
  > there's something deeply wrong when you get a feeling like that Everyone knows that feeling depressed is deeply wrong. Medications that can cause depression are often prescribed for serious illnesses, like debilitating mental illness. They don't always cause depression, and the small risk of temporary, treatable depression is determined by the doctor and patient to exceed the risk of the condition that's being treated.
doubled112 4y ago
Acutane? I remember having a conversation with my doctor as a teenager about it, and even he wasn't sure about cause and effect. Does the medication cause depression? Or was the person already depressed due to having acne so bad it needed medical treatment? Either direction seems reasonable to me. That said, he was careful to who he handed it out to, and we decided against it.
- seizethegdgap 4y ago
  Accutane can cause severe depression and suicidal thoughts, but not for everyone. It should definitely be a near-last resort when dealing with severe or cystic acne. That being said, the before/after pictures that get posted in the accutane subreddit are mind blowing. https://www.reddit.com/r/Accutane/comments/hslnet/_/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Accutane/comments/hslnet/_/
- micromacrofoot 4y ago