<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi All-- Thanks to everyone who responded to my question re: the gluten status of Remeron. Everyone indicated that it is safe and offered several web sites for me to bookmark for future reference. I called my local health food store to ask them about Sam-e, which resulted in a wealth of information re: not only Sam-e, but depression in general and the role thyroid function plays in mood. My hfs referred me to a compounding pharmacist who suggested the following: Sam-e is effective for depression, but only in fairly high doses. It is an amino acid that we all should have in our bodies, so only the delivery method would be in question for gluten. Unfortunately, Sam-e is terribly expensive. The pharmacist recommended trying 5HTP as an alternative to a prescription drug or Sam-e if one is so inclined to avoid prescription drugs - 5HTP is the precursor to Sam-e and quite affordable. Another recommendation he made for those who have been diagnosed as depressive, is to take one's temperature three times a day for a week - 10:00 am, 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm; if one's temperature is below 98 a majority of the time, thyroid function is not optimal and low thyroid is a leading cause of depression. I told him that I was on Armour thyroid medication and he said that if the adrenals aren't functioning properly, though the thyroid levels might appear normal, that might only be an indication of how much thyroid is in the system and not how well the thyroid is utilizing the medication. (I'm sure there are others on the list who know more than I do and can explain this more eloquently....) As always, one should consult one's physician before undertaking a new treatment regimen. The pharmacist also recommended at least a passing consideration of the ER4RT diet - he didn't hard sell it, but thought it did have some merit. I found all of this extremely interesting because, quite frankly, I'm really growing weary of being prescribed medications that only treat symptoms without first trying to find out what the underlying problem might be. I think most of us on this list would agree that celiac disease is not our only problem - many of us suffer from a host of other difficulties and disease processes. I know for a fact that I have other food sensitivities and 99% of the time can't tolerate chemical assaults from prescriptions. My apologies for getting on a soap box here, and ranting about things most of you have probably already discovered. I trust that if I've related erroneous information, someone will correct my inaccuracies. Thanks, again, to all who replied to my questions. I hope some of what I've written has been helpful. Cheers, Ayn/Alabama __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com * Please include your location in all posts about products *