Posted by francesco on December 18, 2004, at 20:33:33
In reply to Re: antidepressant afterglow, posted by Le Grande Fromage on December 17, 2004, at 16:06:00
Your posts were very interesting for me and I have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind. You said that the "more serotonin - less dopamine" theory is a fact and this seems to fit with my personal experience. I can 'feel' my dopamine drop when I take antidepressants, and, curious to say, I started smoking immediately after my first trial of an antidepressant.
But how does this theory fit with the people who DON'T experience apathy on SSRI ? I find that antidepressants usually make me depressed so I have no problems in accepting your theory but what about people who find them useful ?
Second question. Do you think that TCA elevate dopamine ? I have not read many reports about TCA and apathy and I have read somewhere that TCA elevate also dopamine even if, more often, I read that they affect only NE and SE.
Moreover I drink more often and more heavily when I'm on antidepressants, could it be maybe a way to boost dopamine ? If your statements are true it seem to me that the only genuine antidepressants are MAOIs. And this sucks considered how many people take other stuff.
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