Posted by Marley on April 11, 2004, at 13:44:32
In reply to Re: allergy/sinus, depression correlation? All » Fallen4myT, posted by spoc on April 8, 2004, at 2:20:26
Hi- You may be interested in another message board I found on allergies that has a really long thread with similarities to this one. It's titled "Brain Fog", and is at:
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=13260&page=1&pp=5
I don't think a lot of these folks have the propensity towards depression that many of us do, although a number of them did end up on antidepressants as a result of the anxiety &, for some, depression brought on by this problem. But a lot of the other symptoms they mention are similar to what different people here have discussed, including the spaciness/inability to think, the fatigue, and the definite increase in anxiety. It almost makes me wonder if we aren't a subset of some larger group of people having some problem that is brought on by allergies (or whatever). Maybe because we have a propensity towards depression, the anxiety brought on by this problem, or impact this problem has on our immune system, takes the affect one step further for us, and triggers our depression. Just a shot in the dark. But it really is strange to look at that huge thread and see so many people with so many of the same symptoms as some of us!
poster:Marley
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040407/msgs/335230.html