Posted by stjames on December 5, 2003, at 22:38:57
In reply to Antibiotics to cure depression?, posted by Wildflower on December 2, 2003, at 7:59:06
Geneticists believe that diseases may trigger the onset of inherited mental illnesses by activating key genes. Avoiding and treating infection may be just as important as the genes you inherit, and a whole lot easier to do something about.
As we have handed out Antibiotics like candy for
decades,
the "cure" would be clear. I am not questioning
that some infections cause mental illness. That is well known. However, if one is genetically set up
to have depression (say you have 2 copies of the "short" 5ht gene) many things can tip the scales.
An infection and high stress are 2 known factors.
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