not depression, but a few definitely made me feel fatigued, brain foggy, so can imagine that depression could happen, even if its not a symptom reported. i had edema (fluid retention) on a statin and the doctor, pharmacist, etc had never heard of that, couldn't find it written anywhere, but i had it, so anything is possible.
the best way i've found to determine if a drug is causing a symptom is to stop the drug. often times the onset is insidious, but the clearing up of the symptom is remarkable. can you stop the drug and see if the depression lifts? switch to something else instead.
there are a lot of nsaids out there. i'm on number 11 nsaid/cox2 inhibitor, and have been surprised how different they all are. my only issue is that it seems that the ones that work cause intolerable side effects and the ones that don't cause side effects don't seem very effective. but am surprised how much they vary. i always thought their mechanism was pretty similar, but guess not, need to do more reading.
hope you get this depression thing turned around.
if during the fall / winter months, maybe try a light box, depending on where you are and how much sunlight you are getting.
my first year up here, the sun did not appear the entire month of january. and not exactly depressed, but when the sun appeared one day in february, found myself nearly giddy in comparison.
so the next year, i bought that light box, and it does help if i'm feeling rather blah.
for me though it was a subtle thing.
don't know if its cause we've been getting more sun these last two winters (we have been) or its the vitamin D i'm now on. but i'm not having the seasonal blahs i was having before.
hope its something simple you can change, be it the meds or the seasonal changes or something simple.
also, how much pain are you in. its really hard for me to avoid depression when i'm in a great deal of pain. i feel blessed that i've never been suicidal. but there have been stretches where i understood it a bit better, during those times i just didn't care if i lived or died. but when i'm better, the will to live is very strong, losing that will to live is not fun. losing that zest for life and living is not fun.
hope the psychiatrist helps you get to the bottom of it. and hopefully not just by adding another drug, unless that's what it takes.
