Posted by rod on June 30, 2005, at 16:55:58
In reply to borna virus, tests available? amantadine treatment, posted by iforgotmypassword on June 30, 2005, at 15:00:27
> http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.borna.html
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> 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?Actually the relationship of Borna and depression is very unclear. I dont know much about.. as do scientists. I do have one of the two borna virus antibodies. The one alone is more often found in negative shizophreia patients than in other diseases.
> -is there anywhere in the world (if so, preferably US and canada) that tests for borna virus infection?
Yes, sure. I made a test at a vet med university clinic. They often do this with horses and other animals. It was very cheap. ~50 euros
And this was in the heart of europe :-)> -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?
hmmm I tried Amantadine because I was "positive", but actually it didnt really help at all in the long run. there were some initial improvements, but in the end it made me just fatigued, apathic and lethargic. I guess this was due some other things amantadine is doing. nicotinic receptor antagonism is also a property of it, right? guess thats the culprit
> thanx. :)
no problem :-)
bye
Roland
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