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I’ve been on antidepressants for 3 years with no signs of reacurring depression however I’ve recently taken a course of antibiotics for a throat infection, Ciprofloxacin I think it was called 500mg twice daily as I’m allergic to penacillin, and this seems to have surfaced all my depression along with some horrible anxiety. Could these be the cause?
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michelle66057 jan69708
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emma70935 jan69708
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I can only add, that I took antibiocts for a UTI infection in May 2018. I have never had anxiety, depression. The antibiotics was 500mg. I got very sick. Loss of appetite, depression, anxiety, and fatigue. Went to doctor, and told him about the side effects and he didn't believe me.
I had to do alot of researched in the internet . To Find out why I was feeling with those symptoms.
It was the antibiotics. I had to eat alot of yogurt, fermented food, bone broth. All that help, but It destroyed my good and bad bacteria in my gut.
Every morning had nausea, lost 15 lbs.
It was horrible. I am just getting my stomach back to normal. It was an awful experience. I was sick for three months. Kept going to the ER. No consolation from The doctors why I had those sysmptoms.
The doctors do not tell us about the side effects. they just give us the medication . I hope this helps, because there are people that went or are going through the same experiences that I went through.