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1 in 3 Adults In The U.S. Take Medications That Can Cause Depression. These drugs already list depression as a possible symptom:
If you take Prilosec or Zantac for acid reflux, a beta blocker for high blood pressure, or Xanax for anxiety, you may be increasing your risk of depression.
More than 200 common medications sold in the U.S. include depression as a potential side effect. Sometimes, the risk stems from taking several drugs at the same time. Now, a new study finds people who take these medicines are, in fact, more likely to be depressed.
The list includes a wide range of commonly taken medications. Among them are certain types of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) (used to treat acid reflux), beta blockers, anxiety drugs, painkillers including ibuprofen, ACE inhibitors (used to treat high blood pressure), and anti-convulsant drugs.
I often take Zantac or Rantab for acid reflux. I used to take the beta blocker propanolol for the hand tremor caused by the anti-convulsant Depakote.
About 15 percent of participants who simultaneously used three or more of these drugs were depressed. By comparison, among participants who didn't use any of the medications, just 5 percent were depressed. Even those who used just one of these medications were at slightly higher risk of depression: About 7 percent were depressed.
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(Score: 2) by Entropy on Saturday June 16 2018, @01:16AM (13 children)
The more likely you are to feel "depressed"? Sometimes feeling down is pretty reasonable.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @01:22AM (8 children)
"feeling down" for 3 months straight is not normal, I know this.
I avoid the drugs that 'fix' that because they have a LONG list of interactions that no one really understands. I can cope with it. But it takes a lot of work.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday June 16 2018, @02:09AM (6 children)
Try crack cocaine. You feel like king of all Mexico and you come up with all kinds of great ideas. Like how to hawk a broken keyboard for 5 bucks, or trade a dented tailgate you stole off of a truck for a half-can of Folgers coffee and a Fun-Center-token they claimed is a Spanish Doubloon worth thousands. It makes pushing your stolen shopping cart feel like driving a NAS-car.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @03:49AM (4 children)
Or try to just stop eating carbohydrates in insane amounts:
http://theconversation.com/feeling-euphoric-on-a-low-carb-diet-the-effect-on-your-brain-is-similar-to-an-illicit-drug-76303 [theconversation.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @06:29AM (3 children)
That too made me depressed and low energy. I have the notes. One size does not fit all. Glad it worked for you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @07:16AM (2 children)
How long did you give it? Depressed and low energy is just the initial phase (~3 days for me).
(Score: 1) by anubi on Saturday June 16 2018, @07:31AM (1 child)
Is this the mechanism by which Anorexia Nervosa works?
Instead of a drug-induced dependency, its a feedback from low blood sugar or similar?
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @01:42PM
No idea how exactly it works, but Im beginning to suspect the "addictive" nature of many drugs is actually via messing with blood sugar.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @04:17AM
I think you missed the spot where I do not like side effects.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @01:17PM
MDMA, psilocybin, and cannabis work for me!
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @01:30AM (2 children)
These's a big difference between "feeling down"and "depression". Depression is a heavy, wet blanket that restricts your ability to do things or to get things done. It's persistent and enduring. It's a terrible feeling and getting control of it is always just beyond your reach. It is simply exhausting and overwhelming.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @04:37AM
I use a rather simple method that I learned from reading Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(novel) [wikipedia.org] while still 14 years old.
Basically, one sets a date when he is going to kill himself and the life suddenly becomes way more bearable because there is a known end of suffering. Worked wonders for me as I keep changing the date.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16 2018, @06:45AM
So kinda like cancer?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday June 16 2018, @02:35AM
Reasonable depression is denoted as "reactive" because it is a response to something that actually happens to you. Antidepressants are less effective for reactive depressions.
But "endogenous" depression Just Happens for no apparent reason. Despite nothing bad occurring, I came within nanometers of falling backwards off the roof of a six-storey building in the Spring of 1985.
During both types, people find lots of other things to be depressed about.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]