Posted by Tomatheus on December 9, 2012, at 16:50:56
Hello all,
I just got out of the hospital a few days ago, and one of the things they found when they drew my blood was that my white blood cell count was high. I haven't had any infections that I know of in a long time, and some tests that the hospital did didn't find any evidence for any infections, yet every time I get my blood drawn it seems that one of the findings is that my white blood cells are high.
As some of you know, I have a long-standing disorder of fatigue and/or depression that's been going on for more than 12 years and has remained resistant to every form of treatment. My main symptoms are reduced energy, slow thinking, difficulty concentrating, and hypersomnia. I've also been experiencing some agitation and a tremor since taking and stopping lithium, as well as some cognitive impairment and psychotic symptoms that came on after I took aminoguanidine in combination with tranylcypromine and SAM-e.
I'm starting to wonder if the reason why my depressive symptoms have been so resistant to treatment might have to do with the fact that none of the treatments that I've tried directly affect (at least to my knowledge) white blood cells. I obviously can't say for sure that having elevated white blood cells necessarily causes my depressive symptoms, but I do wonder how I'd feel if my white blood cells were to be brought into the normal range. Does anyone here know of any treatments (supplements or otherwise) that can keep white blood cells low when used regularly? I can't seem to find anything on supplements that lower white blood cells, but if any of you have any thoughts on this that you think might help, I would like to hear them.
Thanks,
TomatheusDx: schizoaffective disorder
Treatments: Abilify & Korean ginseng
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