Posted by bleauberry on April 10, 2011, at 6:53:49
In reply to Zinc complicates my depression, posted by Lao Tzu on April 7, 2011, at 9:53:47
That's interesting. The body is complex there is no way to know what is going on with your zinc. An interesting note....zinc is involved in the prevention of virus reproduction. Now, any time we do anything to hinder the impact of pathological organisms, guess what, it initially makes us feel worse.
So it is hard to tell....is zinc really making you feel worse, or is it positive impact on the immune system causing something like a Herxheimer reaction? Just an interesting angle to consider.
Another angle....zinc and copper are closely tied with each other, and both can result in mood symptoms. If the two are out of balance, there can be problems. Maybe by taking additional zinc it is throwing the copper/zinc ratio out of balance?
No matter, I like the way you "probe" different substances to see what happens. You do it in methodical way that makes sense.
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