Posted by greenwillow on August 5, 2004, at 22:21:38
In reply to New development that is bumming me out (longish), posted by h on August 3, 2004, at 17:15:56
> I started Lexapro in early June and I was the happiest camper going. 10 mg a day. No more Sunday blues or Monday morning misery, no more dysthymia, much, much less anxiety.
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> However I'm beginning to think that the reason I was doing so well was because I am (was) also on 800 mg of cimetidine a day as a cancer preventative. (I've had breast cancer 3x)I ran across a website about Folic Acid that states certain cancer treatments can cause a deficiency in folic acid, and that folic acid deficiency may be linked to depression. It may also help with the breast cancer issue. I have just been pxd an anti-cancer medication myself, and my doctor prescribed high potency folic acid to take along with it. Maybe this is something you or your doctor could look into to cover both issues. Scroll down on this link till you get to the section "Folic acid linked to depression." Kind regards.
http://vvv.com/healthnews/folate.html
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