Many ME / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) sufferers are prescribed antidepressants because they have been known to promote sleep and to ease fatigue.
But do we really know how antidepressants are actually affecting our immune systems? Here’s an interesting article all about recent research on this very topic:
“Drugs that treat depression by manipulating the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain may also affect the user’s immune system in ways that are not yet understood, say scientists from Georgetown University Medical Center and a Canadian research institute.”
– Science Daily, January 20, 2006 –
To read the complete article, click here!
Thanks to Jo for recommending this article for the Sleepydust Newspaper. 
Claire
Editor of Sleepydust
