Posted by Jaynee on December 21, 2003, at 17:07:14
In reply to Re: Zinc and Depression, Larry ??, posted by linkadge on December 21, 2003, at 13:40:46
If you have time look up Microelements and inherited metabolic diseases along with the below links.
http://www.wilsonsdisease.org/
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/wilson/index.htm
I have hemochromatosis, which can also screw up your copper levels.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hemochromatosis/
http://hemochromatose.tripod.com/asubj.html
excessive iron has also been tied to treatment resistant bipolar depression.
Can J Psychiatry. 1994 Feb;39(1):8-11. Related Articles, Links
Iron overload and psychiatric illness.Cutler P.
Seven patients with varying psychiatric disorders were found to have iron overload as manifested by abnormal serum ferritin, transferrin saturation index (TSI), or excessive urinary iron. All possible sources of secondary iron overload were ruled out. The patients were treated with the specific iron chelator, deferoxamine, given IM for seven to 22 weeks which resulted in significant clinical improvements. These cases indicate a need to be aware that disordered iron metabolism is a somatic cause of psychiatric illness and that there is clinical improvement upon lowering elevated iron levels in patients with iron overload.
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