Former lawyer, dogwalker, runner, healthy person... I miss my life. Hoping for a cure. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #SmallFiberNeuropathy #Bipolar
Oct 8, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Interesting. I wish my brain worked, brainfog is thick atm. #bipolar#EBV#autoimmune
Hypothesis: bipolar disorder is an Epstein–Barr virus‐driven chronic autoimmune disease – implications for immunotherapy ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
The high anti‐EBV antibody titres in BD might reflect a high number of EBV‐infected cells. It is interesting to note that clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat BD, inhibits EBV reactivation.