Posted by adamie on July 15, 2001, at 20:57:23
In reply to Re: Accutane depression, and Brain Swelling » adamie, posted by Andy123 on July 15, 2001, at 19:57:33
> > Accutane can create many problems. In my case I think it may have done some brain swelling. This may sound strange but my HEAD looks different. As if it is wider. I remember having a huge headache during the days when I stopped taking accutane. And I didn't notice my altered appearance until the depression was in it's most severe stages. Now I am not sure but maybe I look more back to normal. Maybe the swelling has decreased. Maybe the brain swelling is somehow related to my depression?
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> Hi Again Adamie,
> I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but you have become delusional. I think that you are very very depressed and its causing you some amount of psychotic thinking. I'm not saying accutane didn't cause this, as this seems to be the case. But if you really feel like your cranium has changed shape or size then you really need to talk to your doctor about this. I'm also not saying that you don't have some intra-cranial pressure that should be checked out (it should be checked out.) But it takes some amount of separation from reality to believe that your head has changed size. Anyhow I think you need more aggressive therapy than just Paxil.My depression is indeed very severe. Can you maybe elaborate on what you mean by more aggresive therapy? I have been on the paxil for 20 days so far. And I dont take the sam-e anymore. I ran out of that and I dont think it has been helping. I just hope my paxil will work.
2 weeks on paxil my mood was really rising. And I actually started to feel decent a bit. then it went down and still is very down. could this mean that I just need a higher dose? that maybe the paxil was working early on but a higher dose needed. I will ask about raising the dose, actually I will insist to raise the dosage on thursday when I go to my therapist.
> I say this out of empathy and nothing else. I have had delusional thinking of this type before, and it was at a time when I was really depressed. Please be assertive with your psychiatrist and insist that he/she help you with the thought disorder that seems to be cropping up with your depression. And if you are still taking that SAMe stuff, I think you should stop it as it seems to be somewhat of a stimulant.
> Andy
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