Posted by Gabbix2 on February 18, 2006, at 13:27:58
In reply to My doc says..., posted by Emme on February 17, 2006, at 12:02:55
I'm a little late, but I wanted to reassure you that yes, they can knock you on your a** as far as depression and anxiety.
I didn't know that myself, but when I was on Cipro recently after a round of different antibiotics, all my symptoms of depression/anxiety came back and it was terrifying. It was so bad that even though I could see myself getting better daily, I had to psych myself up to actually take the medication.
There's also the Herxheimer reaction that can happen when the toxins from dying bacteria overload your system and make you feel awful.
But in my experience that's quite different than the acute mental changes that occured with Cipro.I looked it up, and there is actually an article in Pub Med on Antibiotic induced depression.
It's occurs mostly (or has been noted mostly) with fluoriquinone antibiotics, but it's happened to me less severely with tetracylines as well.
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