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Has anyone experienced insomnia, anxiety, and/or depression after starting a biologic?  Did you attribute the symptoms to the biologic? 

all of the above were symptoms I had w/ onset of my flare..   my insomnia, anxiety and depression is greatly improved since mtx and biologic meds....I've had no emotional or sleep problems since I've been on biologics (about 4 years) but I had all that you described and then some when I was on Prednisone.  I've been relatively side effect free.  LindyI've been told that when I start Remicade I may be able to stop my prozac. Turns out the biologics can have a positive effect on mood disorders.  Sure would be nice actually stop taking a drug for a change!

Having said all that, everyone reacts differently and perhaps it is having the reverse impact on your system.  There must be some side effect info on that somewhere online.

All the best.
- Joy
I saw on drugs.com that mental/mood changes was listed as a side effect of Enbrel, but I've never heard of anyone who experienced these as a result of taking Enbrel.  I was just wondering if anyone on here had.  I want to find the cause of these new symptoms, but I really didn't want it to be from my Enbrel.  I love my Enbrel.Hi KweenB, I felt as if I  had a depression hanging over me a couple of times since taking Rituxan, I guess its easy to do though, with all the changes going on in our body with these drugs, surely our mood gets affected also.  I can't get to sleep very easily but once I am alseep, I am fine.  Janie.  (pred, I think) I just found this:  http://arthritis.emedtv.com/enbrel/enbrel-and-depression.html

The prevalence of depression and Enbrel looks like just over 1%. 

I can very much understand your hope to find a cause for your feelings.  I hope you are feeling better soon.

- Joy
maybe we are thinking negative.. about the mental/mood changes .. when they can be positive!!! [QUOTE=babs10]maybe we are thinking negative.. about the mental/mood changes .. when they can be positive!!![/QUOTE]

Absolutely, that's what I'm hoping for!!  Doc told me to let him know if I get too "up"!  I asked why I'd possibly complain about that, and he said that it might actually be the people around me who do the complaining!
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