Posted by iforgotmypassword on June 30, 2005, at 15:00:27
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.borna.html
it seems that this could be a very important field of research. the depression they seem to document in relation to borna virus seems to be one that could be relevant to a lot of us. they explain apathy, movement problems, and an impaired dopamine system seeming to have a lot to do with the depression, and i've suspected for a long time that this is the type of depression that i struggle with so much. it's just so hard to do anything. writing messages is so extremely hard and straining, i hardly ever finish messages i start to write (sorry to all the people i dont reply to). but i suspect that a lot of people here also have this same paralysing depression. so does anyone have any more information on borna virus infection and depression?
-is there anywhere in the world (if so, preferably US and canada) that tests for borna virus infection?
-does the drug amantadine really help, and if so is it actually because of it's antiviral activity or because of it's neurochemical effects? so is it that it would just possibly help any depression without increased chance of success with a borna-induced depresssion?
thanx. :)
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