Posted by SLS on December 7, 2012, at 4:47:08
In reply to Re: Home. » SLS, posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2012, at 20:26:20
> Scott seriously do you feel the minocycline could have killed some bacteria that was making you sick.
No. I don't think so.
You might want to review my post regarding the properties of minocycline that could account for its observed antidepressant effect. Apparently, being an antibiotic is not necessary for its efficacy in treating depression.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120803/msgs/1023257.html
I am gravitating towards the notion that minocyclne squelches glutamatergic hyperactivity, and that this is an important mechanism by which this drug exerts its antidepressant effect. That it is also neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory can only help, but I should think that these effects would take longer to produce improvements in depression. I'm not sure, though. I have seen two people report feeling much better in less than a week of beginning minocycline.
Are you thinking about taking minocycline? It seems like a logical choice for you. It would help keep Lyme in check and exert an antidepressant effect at the same time. I experienced no persistent side effects with minocycline. I think I had some dry mouth early on.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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