Rhonda Patrick· PhD
What is really exciting about whole-body hyperthermia's potential for depression converges on: • Rapid-acting and durable — other pharmacological options can take weeks
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
What is really exciting about whole-body hyperthermia's potential for depression converges on: • Rapid-acting and durable — other pharmacological options can take weeks
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In 2016 @DrCharlesRaison showed a single session of heat treatment induced a rapid antidepressant effect for up to 6 weeks.
Heat shocking the body holds promise as safe, rapid-acting, antidepressant modality w/sustained therapeutic benefit.
we did do a study, and we treat people to a core body temperature of 38.5 centigrade, which is 101 point something or other, which is unbelievably hot if you don’t wanna be that hot. I mean, I’d never been that hot in my life. I mean, sweat was just pouring off my body, and I was huffing and puffing. I felt like I’d been running for 10 miles out in the desert summer, you know. It’s really hot. It’s mild hyperthermia, but it’s hot.
We saw this powerful antidepressant response that we only looked to people five days later, but clearly, five days later their scores were generally cut in half, right?