Both of my sons took accutance. Neither were depressed, in fact, both were quite happy not only to be taking it but with the end results. I think they were both more depressed before the drug.
Accutane is the god send of dermatology, I only needed one course for horrible cystic acne, that plagued me for 10 years, and only after all other treatments had failed
it should not be used for mild acne, it should be used for cystic acne
the way it works is that it permanently changes the production of oil from your sebaceous glands which is what causes the cystic acne
my poor dermatologist, I was the only patient she ever had that not only didn't get dry scabby skin, I needed to have the dosage upped in the 3rd month of the 5 month course,
my skin felt normal for the first time since puberty!!! this at age 26....I suffered no noticable mood change except the natural elation at having my skin clear up!
I had been treated by antibiotics before, not good in retrospect, and I developed an allergy to the one, tolerance to the other so I researched Accutane before asking the doctor, I saw the photos of deformed fetuses but I also saw that Accutane cures all these horrible skin diseases that most of us have never seen or heard of...
when I went to the doctor it was hammered into your head that you could not be pregnant and must not get pregnant whilst on Accutane, it was on the bottle, on the package, in the literature, the doctor would repeat it, I had to sign about two or three waivers, so there is no excuse....this was back in 1986....