Posted by TomV on December 13, 2003, at 22:45:08
In reply to I caught a cold and my depression lifted, posted by Jakeman on December 6, 2003, at 14:52:14
> Last week I came down with a nasty cold. I started taking Nyquil at night, and occasionally, Alka-seltzer plus in the day-time.
> Then, I had about a 3-4 day period where my mental state dramatically improved, althought I felt like crap physically. I actually felt happy and my ongoing anxiety disappeared. Has anyone had an experience like this? I know there's been some discussion on here about histamine levels and depression, maybe I should investigate that.
> Unfortunately, my doctor seems to know nothing about alternative treatments. I've been taking Celexa... it quit working months ago, but I'm still on it.I've experienced the same phenomenon, but my slight lifting of depression was due to my taking handfuls of ibruprofen for my cold. I also noticed the same thing when I was taking tons of IB for a toothache. My depression has a always had a real strong, heavy head type of feeling, sort of like perpetual headache. But one can't take IB forever?? Right?
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