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0 pointsmicromacrofoot3y ago0 comments

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.

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doubled1123y 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.

seizethegdgap3y 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/_/

micromacrofootOP3y ago

yeah the big deal at the time was the 15 year old that tried to pull a mini 9/11, his mom sued the manufacturer of Acutane (later dropped) and it spooked a bunch of parents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Tampa_Cessna_172_crash?wp...

swayvil3y 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.

smt883y 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.

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