Posted by jlbl2l on March 31, 2004, at 10:34:07
In reply to Re: Biochemistry of OCD and anxiety. What's broken?, posted by jerimycoplo on March 31, 2004, at 1:42:45
jerimycoplo ->
its interesting you ask this. only because i just remember learning that OCD is the opposite of ADD or something like that. meaning, it usually responds very well to SSRI's especilly zoloft but thats just off the top of ym head. id ned ot think more on that one... anyways.....
first, i am very well versed on anxiety. i already explained my most up to date thoery on the neurochemistry of it in my previous post, for more detail, i'd rather talk voice. it can get quite complicated. ive talked voice to a few members here actually already so... but really the LATEST research points to a defect (short chained) 5HTP (serotonin) gene or something to that effect so it doesnt attach quite correctly to certain receptor points. This is why SSRI's so help sometimes, but mostly not. However, Gaba is also involved majorly as is is inhibitory. It gets very complicated from here. Dopamine is involved as well. Dopamine is the final pleasure pathway. dopamine and gaba balance each other. its very hard to type this out because some of it is even over my head. its all still just theroies and research, but it really makes sense. pubmed.com is an excllent resource, but the best resource is xxx read it over and over and read every link and every medicine. eventually youll learn pharmacology and how the brain works. that one pain explains things fairly simply actually if your a newbie... you can clink links for specific studies on drugs and studies on them etc etc. if you want to get in persnal contact with me let me know my screename is the same as the one here jlbl2l (anyone can message me) ! (AIM)
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