That's surely a possibility, some medications can cause side effects such as depression. With all these chemicals it's not really a surprise though. You should talk to a doctor and they might be able to help better though with that.

sometimes depression increases just because the sun is behind the clouds more and the darkened days of winter/fall are upon us....that is determined by many doctors as SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder...I suffered from it until on antidepressants....I happen to be pretty well controlled....but I know sometimes it gets tough....so I would say to get to Pdoc (shrink) and talk to them about possibility that they could change the med and be effective to put you back in better head space....I assume you have a Pdoc?

other thing sometimes is cognitive psychotherapy too...I used that for a lot of years with shrink and he saved my life by finding just the right medication to help relieve my schizophrenia back in early 1982

Depression and complication from taking various Anti-Depressants and Narcotics/Muscle Relaxers needs to be taken care of by the proper kind of Dr., meaning a Psychiatrist. Regular M.D.'s do not have the kind of training and specialty education to understand the way medical chemicals react with the brains normal mood chemicals like Serotonin and Dopamine as well as the Neurotransmitters that do the work. Most M.D.'s get their psychiatric knowledge from the Drug Reps that drop off the current Psych Drug of choice.

Do right by yourself, see a Psychiatrist, if you don't already have one, so that they can properly evaluate the situation and get you the best help as well as teach you coping skills to deal with all that your going through.

take care,

Thank you all for your response. I was just maily trying to see if anyone else as experienced depression due to muscle relaxers

Depression sucks and I am so tired of it trying to be my friend..

Muscle Relaxers generally are not known to cause Depression. A little known fact to share.

Flexeril which is a widely used Muscle Relaxer, when it was first put on the market, back in the day, was put out as an Anti-Depressant. It was re-marketed as a Muscle Relaxer. It works very well as an Anti-Depressant, I actually work with my Pdoc, who is a Board Certified Psychiatrist, Board Certified Neurologist and has a Sub-Specialty Certification in Medication Management, and use Flexeril off-label as the Anti-Depressant in my 5med Bipolar Cocktail, and its the only Anti-Depressant I take. For a designation of "Bipolar w/Severe Suicidal Depression/Ideology", that's a pretty big deal.

The fact that I get the double benefit as a Muscle Relaxer is a bonus.

So, to answer your question, No, Muscle Relaxers do not normally cause Depression. Narcotics, yes they can contribute to depression and often make it worse if dosages are increased or medications added.

take care,

I,am on Prozac and Xanax potent drugs for depression and anxiety , I had to have an operation which I n ever get sick . and they gave m e pain pills Percocet I think those 2 drugs mixed and I felt so depressed, sleeping it was awful . I stopped taking the pain pills, and my brain fog started lifting I only took the 3 weeks. horrible. I my self don,t think those kind of drugs should b e mixed..