Posted by cgd092 on January 14, 2007, at 0:13:45
In reply to anaesthetics and worsened depression, posted by laima on January 11, 2007, at 21:02:22
I don't know about anasthetics, but I do know about "kindling." If you had depression before the surgery, then life stressors can trigger a major depressive episode. Kindling just means that once you've been depressed, it takes less and less stress to trigger an episode. Major oral surgery and all that time recovering to me qualifies as a major life stressor. That in itself can and almost would trigger depression in a depressive.
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