acetylcholine and depression

Posted by Emme on July 11, 2004, at 7:35:30

My pdoc prescribed aricept, a chonlinergic drug, to help with cognitive function and, hopefully, depression. One of the listed potential side effects of aricept is depression. I have read that increasing acetylchoine reduces mania and can induce depression. But aricept doesn't seem to be making me more depressed and may even be helping. And from what I understand, SAM-e leads to an increase in acetylcholine So I'm confused about the role of acetylcholine in depression and also in mediating stress response.
Can anyone help me out here? I'm not getting too far trying to work it out.
Thanks
Emme

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