sleep apnea and depression

I just read an interesting article about sleep apnea causing depression (http://world.std.com/~halberst/articles/ipn3.html)
Anyone have any experience on this matter? I was diagnosed with clinical depression about a year ago, and put on Lexapro. I noticed a tad change in my mood with the meds, but was still "running on empty" as far as being awake. Finally, after having a sleep study done, I am diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, and have been put on CPAP.
I hate putting unnecessary chemicals into my body. Anyone know if the prognosis will be favorable that I will be able to throw away the anti-depressant meds soon?

Yes, there a quite a few previous threads on this topic. Use the search function for depression. Many interesting and informative posts.

That's a tough question that only your body chemistry will determine.

There are different types of depression. It seems sleep deprivation will/can contribute to mood irregularities but it would be difficult to directly link one to the other.

In the case of Bi-Polar disorder - mood swings from depressed to Manic - lack of sleep and/or sleep disruption does have an impact on mood instability but there is no guarantee that the problem wouldn't exist anyway.

Any thing you can do to improve your overall health will have a positive impact on you.

Whether OSA treatment will relieve the other issue would be an optimistic outcome but there is the possibility that it may help.

It certainly won't hurt and can potentially lessen your other symptoms but brain chemistry is a whole different topic.

I wish you luck. Even if you take chemicals - if your depression is caused by a chemical imbalance - then be glad to take something. The difference with or without treatment can be like day and night. The day is much nicer.

Good Luck - take it one step at a time,

Tom