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Has Anyone Ever Heard There May Be A Connection That People Who Have Depression, Also May Have A Histamine Intolerance?
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I first heard about the histamine/depression connection about a year ago from a doctor on YouTube. I’m not sure but I think his name is Andrew Huberman. He’s actually a neuroscientist. It may have been another doctor, but I found it very interesting because sometimes I will take the antihistamine Benadryl, and I swear on my kids’ lives, it literally makes me feel “normal” and not depressed! It’s very short acting though; maybe 3 hours of feeling good. Other antihistamines like Zyrtec, Allegra… read more

posted March 26, 2023
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A MyDepressionTeam Member

Kim, I thought so too. There’s no denying how I feel when I take Benadryl, but it’s not good for your system to take it everyday. I want to research it more too.

posted March 26, 2023
A MyDepressionTeam Member

So I just read through this article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC95... ...there is a lot here that is over my head but it looks like there have been several studies about the relationship of histamines and depression and some show some interesting findings. It's super interesting to me.

posted March 29, 2023
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Yes that is interesting. Let us know if you find anything out about it. I'd love to know what this doctor say's.

posted March 26, 2023
A MyDepressionTeam Member

The pills I take are basically benedryL.doc wasn't worried. He saw them and gave them back

posted March 26, 2023
A MyDepressionTeam Member

That's interesting. I'm all for anything that can relieve the severity of my depression.

posted March 26, 2023

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