But wait! Didn't
@Hip get there first?
I saw some early studies published around a decade ago that began investigating the link between inflammatory cytokines and depression (refs:
1 2 3). So this idea that brain inflammation might cause depression has been around a while.
My theories and successful experimental treatments (detailed
here and
here) were more focused the role of inflammatory cytokines and brain inflammation in
generalized anxiety disorder, and how to treat anxiety by a cocktail of supplements that reduce neuroinflammation.
As the above news item indicates, research on the neuroinflammation–depression link now seem to be gathering more momentum.
But as yet, I have not seen any research or published papers investigating the neuroinflammation–anxiety link, apart from
this one (which calls for more research into inflammation and anxiety).
By the way,
@Skippa, in response to
your thread asking for antidepressant mood enhancers supps and strategies, I am in the process of compiling a list of all the supplements and drugs that I have found useful in combatting depression, and will post these soon in a new thread. I have been struggling with comorbid depression for many years now, a depression that appears to be caused by the same virus that trigger my ME/CFS.
I have not had much success with standard depression treatments such as SSRIs or TCAs, so have been experimenting with unusual and off-label treatments.
