Posted by linkadge on December 30, 2004, at 14:52:16
The reason that ECT is so much more potent than other treatments (in my opinion) is this.
ECT increases BDNF some 200%+ in the hippocampus, wheres AD medication may only increase it some 20%, (will try to site these studies)
I have a plan to try and provide my brain with a cumulative BDNF boost by combining the BDNF enhanciing properties of several sources.
All of the following boost BDNF expression, I will try them all together.
1) Exercise
http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/88/5/21872) rTMS
http://www.mesolimbic.com/rtms/bdnf.html3) Fasting
http://www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/rltdsci/hdnews/t8.html4) Listening to classical music
http://www.memoryzine.com/Articles/Mozart.htm
5) Antidepressant
http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/forum_2/MultipleSclerosisF/3.31.9910.51PMAnti-depres.html6) Lithium
http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-191.htm
Hopefully I will provide for myself ECT like results without having to do ECT. All of the above are relitivly benign in themselves.
Linkadge
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