Posted by SLS on March 30, 2018, at 7:31:23
In reply to Re: HHV 6 Infection treatment for mental Illness?! » Prefect, posted by beckett2 on March 28, 2018, at 6:38:59
> I was diagnosed with elevated HHV-C titer and given an anti viral (Valganciclovir I think), but I became markedly suicidal, not a normal for me, and discontinued treatment.
Valganciclovir is actually a prodrug of ganciclovir. From what I saw during a cursory Google search, depression, anxiety, and aggitation are potential side effects of ganciclovir. Depression + (anxiety or aggitation) = suicidality. Suicidality might be particularly likely if a component of depression is anhedonia.
Severe depression is a common phenomenon seen when taking interferon, another antiviral.
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