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Posted by rovers95 on July 3, 2011, at 14:50:35
Ok so i have hay fever and on the rare occassion it causes me to have asthma like breathing problems...last night i used my dads salbutamol inhaler-since then i am no longer depressed! What does this mean and what could it imply for further treatment? Does one become tolerant to its beta agonistic effects or not? I always suspected i had some cholinergic-adrenrgic imbalance. If i take it again could it make me worse long term?
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Many thanks
Rover
Posted by bleauberry on July 3, 2011, at 16:58:25
In reply to salbutamol is effective for my depression?!, posted by rovers95 on July 3, 2011, at 14:50:35
I think what that means is that the general circuitry giving you depressive symptoms is in the norepinephrine spectrum. I believe that's how those meds work? They're sort of like an epinephrine substitute I think. I would look into that. Do some searches to find out more about the ingredients in the med and what the mechanism is. I honestly don't know anything about that med but I was under the assumption that those types of meds work by epinephrine mechanisms.
If that were true, then you would know how to narrow down the herbs, supplements, or psych meds to target the suspected neurochemistry. If the norepinephrine thing is true then to me that would be choices could be narrowed down to various TCAs, stimulants, maois, and I think of a handful of herbs.
Posted by mtdewcmu on July 4, 2011, at 3:58:26
In reply to salbutamol is effective for my depression?!, posted by rovers95 on July 3, 2011, at 14:50:35
I would be highly suspicious of either placebo effect or an effect that is not very durable. Perhaps there is a slight central stimulant effect that is like a cup of coffee. Coffee can give you a nice buzz, especially if you are relatively naive to caffeine, but the effect is not durable enough to cure depression.
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