My derm brought that up and said there's no link to accutane and depression so I shouldn't worry about that. He said people who go on accutane are already depressed because of their acne and all that stuff. I believed him but oh man the following months I was extremely depressed, nearly cried every day because of the few shitty side effects I had

It might not be the accutane that made me depressed, it's more the side effects that were emotionally draining. Sadly I couldn't finish my course (probably will relapse but idc (at the moment at least lel)) because the past few months were really painful for me. I've dealt with constipation and lots of analfissures that wouldn't improve during my course no matter what I did. That made really really depressed, just the pain while taking a shit was horrible and you can't even avoid doing that. Every day was really painful, I can't describe the disappointment I felt when I saw blood on the toilet paper again after I thought it started to heal. Even though my face improved a lot, I wasn't happy and my derm noticed that. He thought I'd feel a lot happier seeing my face clear up after dealing with acne congolbata, it did make me feel happier but at the same time I was depressed af because of the side effects I was dealing with. I know it sounds dumb being depressed because of taking a shit but man, pain can be really traumatizing and I can imagine that many feel the same. Not exactly with the same problem but just the pain, even if it it's just a light, that makes you more irritable and sensitive idk