Does Fexofenadine (Allegra) cause depression?
My experience is that YES, Allegra absolutely causes depression. In late ’02 I became very ill & was eventually diagnosed w/food & environmental allergies &prescribed allegra 180mg. Initially this was a god-send but soon after starting, in 2-3/03 I began to experience severe pain, fatigue, confusion and thoughts of suicide. I did not make the connection because the drs I saw for these symptoms all told me that won’t be the cause, I must have something else wrong or was just imagining my symptoms. The drs (I saw a total of 9 in 5 yrs) attributed my depression & other symptoms to not being able to handle the stress of daily life as I’d I been so sick & my job was so stressful & I needed more time to recuperate from being so sick. To cut down on “the stress” I dropped out of UCD, got divorced, stopped socializing, stopped working out and quit my job. After starting allegra in 2003, I went from being a very active & organized person who loved to go out, learn new things, meet new people, s
