I think it definitely plays a part in developing this condition and that it becomes a side effect due to stressing out about it. Depression before and after can and does significantly lower ones immune system and makes you more susceptible to disease and illness.

Are you on any sort of treatment? I see you tried Protopic and an antifungal, which I've tried both also. I didn't really see much from the Protopic besides a decrease in inflammation, but the build up still remained. After trying Nystatin, a broad spectrum antifungal, I saw alot of improvement for some reason. But when I tried even stronger antifungals, mostly systemic ones like Fluconazole and Itraconazole, I saw no improvement. This really confused me, so I stopped all antifungals and started the constant moisture method with Bepanthen about 6 months ago and saw good results about 2 months in to the treatment. Then just about 5 weeks ago I incorporated Calcipotriene AKA Dovonex into my treatment and have seen even greater results!! Just something to think about if your current treatment isn't showing improvement. You gotta stick it out when it comes to this God forsaken condition.

Both Depression and peeling lips have the same common cause.

When your digestive tract is not functioning the way it should due to altered microbiota, it can manifest itself in both physical symptoms like peeling lips, eczema, dermatitis, acne, Body Odor or psoriasis, and/or it can be manifested in mental symptoms like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, paranoia and all kind of other psychoses.


But, both physical symptoms and mental symptoms have common denominator, internal imbalance, poor functioning liver, poor functioning digestive tract, altered microbiota, overloaded kidneys and pancreas.

Physical activity , clean diet , Liver Flush , FMT , meditation ... are extremely important curing factors, when your symptoms manifest as both physical and mental imbalance.

Just because they have common cause, it doesn't mean they also don't cause each other.

Looking at the face in a mirror, or looking at people of the opposite sex avoiding you because of the way your face look like can definitively make you unhappy, sad, angry and depressed.

On the other hand side, being depressed can have negative effect on your diet, your desire to excercise, go out of the house, and also on your digestion.

All in all, it becomes a vicious circle, where your physical symptoms contribute to your depression, and your Depression makes your physical symptoms worse, becoming a dangerous downward spiral that can push people into consuming illegal or even legal drugs, visiting psychiatrists, and ending up even more sick then what they start with.


And, the vicious circle can be broken, by putting your jogging shoes on and running for hours in the forest.
If you can't run, walk.
If you can't walk, sit down and watch ants.

Just, don't stay inside, get some fresh air, oxygen is the cure for mind and body.


White Shark.

I was everything but depressed when my EC started, so it was definitely not the cause for it. It's reasonable to think that the Depression and stress caused by EC is now hindering the condition to get better. But hard/impossible to say for sure.