Posted by SLS on January 11, 2009, at 7:35:29
In reply to Re: Antibiotic (doxycycline) treatment for depression, posted by Garnet71 on January 11, 2009, at 0:13:29
> There's a few people here who say this antibiotic causes depression. hmm.
As I mentioned in my first post, some people feel worse while taking doxycyline early in treatment. My doctor has seen people who demonstrate this reaction go on to respond well. He thinks this worsening is a sign that the drug is doing something positive that eventually yields an improvement of depression. Some people need to be on doxycyline for 6 months to see resuls.
Two caveats:
1. This treatment might not really work.
2. This treatment might cause a small minority of people feel worse.I do think that chronic treatment with doxycycline deserves a good look at for treating depression.
Psychobot5000: You bring up an interesting point about the role systemic allergic reactions might have in the pathogenesis of at least some cases of depression.
- Scott
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