Posted by linkadge on November 1, 2005, at 17:21:52
In reply to Re: flu as antidepressant–?!, posted by Declan on November 1, 2005, at 15:21:41
No, I know what you are taking about. My mother noticed too that the only time I was nice and cheerfull as a child was when I was sick, as soon as I got well again I was back to my bitter, miserable self.
I think it has something to do with the effects of the sickness on sleep. If I recall reading somewhere, a fever actually supresses REM sleep much in the same way that sleep deprivation, or an antidepressant might.
Some people may say thats nonsense, cause you would expect a sickness to depress, but I know what you are talking about, at least with me.
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