If medication that is suppose to help depression, why are one of the side effects depression?

Adverse events: Not a side effect. Most antidepressants have a warning about (not frequent) potential to worsen depression or associate with suicidal ideas. Meds are approved for an indication everytime they showed to be effective in the vast majority of the cases, with acceptably low rate of side effects and adverse events. People respond differently for many reasons (genetic, health status, etc).

Uncommon: No two brains are wired the same, not even identical twins. Neurotransmitter system connections remain a mystery. Things are like this in psychiatry. One drug is supposed to do one thing, but it does another. It keeps us on our toes and we are always learning and warning patients, especially between the ages of 17 and 24, that this may happen.Maybe one day we'll know how bpd works. That would help.

Course R bipolar: Other possibilities: if a patient is severely depressed, essentially "numb", the first response is more energy. In this case, the patient will feel more= like more depressive feelings. As treatment continues, the illness gets better and symptoms resolve. Another possibility is if an antidepressant is given to a bipolar patient...This can actually make the patient more depressed, more unstable.