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I haven’t taken it myself, but I’ve heard of methylene blue being helpful, especially post TBIs or head injuries.

Wrt ibuprofen, I find it can (at times) massively clear out my brain fog. I suspect it’s primarily due to its anti inflammatory effects. The worse my baseline is, the more noticeable its benefits (upto a point, and apparently dose dependent). I often feel inflammation due to less sleep and due to another chronic heath condition, ibuprofen is like wiping a dirty glass or window clean.

I should probably add that I likely have more inflammation than the average person by a significant amount unfortunately, so your mileage may vary, but when I mentioned it to my GP he wasn’t surprised at all at its effects.



Be very careful with these "experimental" (to say in the nicest way possible) things like methylene blue as combining with certain meds like SSRIs could be fatal according to https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2078225/#:~:text=Mo...


Yes, serotonin syndrome is definitely a serious risk. From what I understand, it's typically caused by interactions between SSRIs or MAOIs and substances like methylene blue, rather than methylene blue broadly interacting with many compounds. But I agree - caution is essential when dealing with anything that affects brain chemistry.


More fatal than just taking the SSRIs?

Do they also increase the homicidal ideations?


They can, in unusual instances. This is why doctors quiz you about suicidal ideations whenever you are prescribed a new SSRI.




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