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Posted by Lao Tzu on July 3, 2010, at 10:08:12
http://www.healthrecovery.com/HRC_2006/Depression_06/D_OpeningPage.htm
A good website on abnormal histamine and how it affects depression. A guideline for understanding the symptoms of low and high histamine, but it is probably better to get histamine levels checked by a doctor rather than self-diagnose. Interesting.
Posted by Lao Tzu on July 6, 2010, at 11:01:16
In reply to Abnormal Histamine and Depression, posted by Lao Tzu on July 3, 2010, at 10:08:12
I feel as if raising the histamine levels slightly does improve depression in myself. The trick is not to raise it too high, in my case. I find a little B12 and folic acid every other day helps in the Summer months. In the Winter, I tend to need B12 everyday for depression. So there is a seasonal trend in my depression, which may have to do with levels of histamine. I don't know for sure what the seasons have to do with histamine. I would tend to think that histamine levels are higher in the Summer than in the Winter, but I am just speculating. I don't know if there is any science behind that statement.
Posted by janejane on July 11, 2010, at 8:57:00
In reply to Abnormal Histamine and Depression, posted by Lao Tzu on July 3, 2010, at 10:08:12
When you get your histamine levels checked by your doc, what exactly does he/she order? Is it a blood test? This is something I've wondered about, but not looked into. Thanks!
Posted by Lao Tzu on July 11, 2010, at 22:40:52
In reply to Re: Abnormal Histamine and Depression, posted by Lao Tzu on July 6, 2010, at 11:01:16
To be honest, I don't know where I am with histamine levels. I take a drug called Risperdal which seems to lower histamine levels and thus improve symptoms. I really need to get them checked by a doctor, but I've been putting it off. I know if I raise histamine levels with folic acid and B12, I tend to feel worse, at least in the Summer. In the Winter, I actually do better supplementing with B12. Actually, when I find out how they evaluate the histamine levels, I'll let everybody know here. I don't think doctors pay histamine any mind, unless the levels are abnormally high or low, just like with blood glucose levels.
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