Posted by regisx on July 22, 2016, at 20:59:38
In reply to Re: Brain atrophy caused by depression?, posted by regisx on July 22, 2016, at 20:52:51
Hello, I have tried memantine 2 years ago for depression. I went up to 20mg but didn't really "feel" any less depressed.
Then I decided to stop it cause I was worried that it might make my memory worse. Maybe I only imagined it, I dont know but it worried me too much.
Does anybody know how "protective" lamotrigine is in terms of glutamate?
My pdoc wants to examine my MRI pics. But I am not sure if he really knows very much about glutamate toxicity. He was talking more about dementia. He told me that in demenetia certain areas of the brain shrink and that you need to look very specifically at the MRI pics.
I will give him my pics and then he will look at them.
I don't know if going back on memantine would be good or not or if memantine + lamotrigine might be too much.
I take vitamins and other supplements.
But my depression is for a huge part caused by my circumstances and they are very hopeless and depressing. I cannot solve my problems or run away from them. This is very unhealthy and I have been this way for years.
Sometimes I think I'd rather be paranoid and none of the things which depress me are real but it's not so. I mean how can you not be depressed in this world? The world is becoming more hostile every day.
I mean I have so many personal problems but lately the whole terrorism stuff has been dragging me down so much that I don't even have "time" or energy to think much about my personal issues.
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