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4. My husband and I just returned from

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 10:56 AM

Jan 2015

our Dermatologist for skin breakouts. His is due to the cold and dry air, and mine is due to inflammation from within the body. We take Curcumin and also Botsweilla, which are supposed to fight inflammation. Apparently these aren't helping me much!

I was wondering if some antidepressants increase inflammation, so I googled Remeron. I was not surprised to find tons of side effects, one being skin breakouts but they don't come out and say "inflammation". Thank you for the post, bananas.

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Study finds link between depression, brain inflammation [View all] bananas Jan 2015 OP

Which is why ibuprofen is an interesting antidepressant. truthisfreedom Jan 2015 #1

Study: Inflammation Causes Depression in Many Cases bananas Jan 2015 #2

Stupid question: Does this apply to bi-polar as well? jwirr Jan 2015 #3

An excellent question, actually. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #5

I hope they add this to the study if they are not looking at that. Depression is definitely a part jwirr Jan 2015 #6

a large percentage of ulcers are caused by helicobacter pylori magical thyme Jan 2015 #16

It said 30% of depression upaloopa Jan 2015 #26

I wonder if there's a link between the manic phase BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #8

The mania and depressive cycle in persons with bi-polar is different for everyone. My brother is jwirr Jan 2015 #9

I get kind of giddy when my depression lifts BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #10

I don't know a lot about PTSD but doesn't that have an element of depression to it also? And as jwirr Jan 2015 #11

wish we could be in the question-asking room with them. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #18

Yes, it seems that balancing the anxiety and the depression would be the goal. We really have a jwirr Jan 2015 #19

A little more, on some drugs they're looking into (antibiotics and anti-inflammants) bananas Jan 2015 #29

My husband and I just returned from Duval Jan 2015 #4

Keep in mind jeff47 Jan 2015 #7

I find curcurmin works very well for gut inflammation; doesn't touch my sinuses magical thyme Jan 2015 #17

Ashwaganda works well. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #21

As of last year, Mr. Dixie had skin rashes, which started in Oct. and left in April. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #24

Maybe it's the detergent, try using a hypo-allergenic one free of perfumes and dyes. bananas Jan 2015 #31

Yeah, we did that. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #34

Yep, inflammation is a huge problem all over the body. tridim Jan 2015 #12

And the anti-vaxxers will claim this is caused by vaccines in 3...2...1... Nt shawn703 Jan 2015 #13

well, yes lebkr Jan 2015 #20

"It's how they work?" Not. Nitram Jan 2015 #23

Bookmarking to share link later. This looks promising. nt Hekate Jan 2015 #14

k&R stage left Jan 2015 #15

kick Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #22

Not so surprising then that cannabis works so well for depression . . . Utopian Leftist Jan 2015 #25

And imagine how well it would work for anxiety and depression... tridim Jan 2015 #27

That is why they make dugouts with pipes that look like cigs snooper2 Jan 2015 #28

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. Liberalynn Jan 2015 #30

Inflammation may increase insulin resistance in the brain , if this is the case coconut oil may help Bearware Jan 2015 #32

Also gut inflammation and lots of new work on gluten sensitivity and all manner of brain libdem4life Jan 2015 #33