Posted by adamie on December 27, 2001, at 12:49:42
me and a girl are planning on having a child in the future. my depression has not been genetic. my depression was caused by vitamin A overdose due to a medication called accutane. The accutane is like taking 40 times the daily recommended dosage of vitamin A literally. horribly dangerous medication. What made it all a very severe depression was taking a suppliment a few days after stopping the accutane. this increased the effect of the accutane and my depression turned from somewhat mild to constant mind torture. every minute painful to be alive. i couldn't do anything. i couldn't even read simple sentences. i couldn't sleep. no appetite. heart pounding, sides of head burning. then it got a bit better. but then worse again to the point of suicidal depression. but now 6 months with this accutane effect i am on a new combo of meds and often feel livable. huge depression left but at least i dont feel like dying constantly.this accutane depression may or may not go away. it is supossed to go away over time. over many years. but it may not. taking that suppliment made my accutane depression so much more severe than other people who suffered from accutane depression. the extreme severity makes me wonder if it will ever go away.
if i were to have a child in the future would this depression pass on to it? or would it not since this depression is caused by a med... vitamin a overdose. or would it pass on anyway since it's like my brain is changed due to what happened. i dont feel like the same person i was before. and i feel like i am somewhat brain damaged. maybe it's just the depression which prevents me from being able to think.
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thread:87959
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