Posted by laima on August 1, 2006, at 21:26:49
In reply to virus/infection/inflammation cause of mental ill?, posted by spriggy on July 22, 2006, at 23:26:24
I haven't seen the article, but certaintly can report that my mildish depression got out control several years ago during and after a severe and hellacious flu-like sickness. Feverish, shivery, hallucinations, headaches, vomit- everything. My family had gone away for Thanksgiving, while I opted to stay home because I needed to finish a major project. Big mistake- I suddenly out of the blue found myself so ill that I couldn't even crawl to a phone for help. By the time my family (and friends and neighbors) came back I was physically improved and able to get to the doctor, but she deduced it was too late for effective testing to find out what the mysterious sickness was. But my mood crashed during the experience, and hasn't been the same since. Weird.
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