Prescription Drugs and Depression

We often have blogs about depression or suicidal thoughts.

Several years ago, I was having suicidal thoughts. I’m a person who believes everyone is responsible for their attitudes. I couldn’t believe I was actually giving suicide consideration.

I’ve been through some very bleak days in my life. Yet – suicide hadn’t entered into my thoughts as a way to fix my situations. It didn’t seem right that I was suddenly going there.

I was watching TV and noted the warnings at the end of the ad for a certain medicine. It occurred to me that my new, strange depression and suicidal thoughts might be an adverse reaction to one of several drugs I take for my heart condition.

I read through all the material for the drugs I took.

Sure enough, nearly every drug I was ingesting -- on a daily basis -- listed depression or suicidal thoughts as a possible side effect.

I’m not suggesting that everyone’s depression is due to a drug they’re taking . . . but you might give it some thought . . . and talk to your doctor.

I’ve changed several drugs to avoid problems.

Jill