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Re: Brain atrophy caused by depression?

Posted by SLS on July 25, 2016, at 11:03:49

In reply to Re: Brain atrophy caused by depression?, posted by regisx on July 23, 2016, at 21:08:04

> I guess I could add a small dose of memantine 5-10mg without side effects. But I dont know if my doc would agree with this and how much it would actually help.
>
> I dont really feel the lamotrigine either. But it's always hard to say cause I dont know how crappy I'd feel if I wasn't on lamotrigine right now.

You might want to research the notion that lithium can help recover much of the brain tissue lost to atrophy caused by major depressive disorder(MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). There is some evidence that lithium can also reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's Dementia.


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