Posted by Larry Hoover on March 5, 2006, at 9:42:50
In reply to Re: NASA's , SSRI, SNRI, etc. » Larry Hoover, posted by yxibow on March 5, 2006, at 4:14:33
> > You can test for anything in blood or urine. But there is no meaning you can attribute between blood/serum neurotransmitter levels, and any psychiatric condition (excluding rare bizarre stuff).
> Oh -- I thought I made it clear that the test was not for corellation with neurotransmitter levels -- at least not those in the brain.
Actually, I'm the one who should apologize. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to centre you out. I just really wanted to emphasize that the only benefit from blood serotonin testing accrues to the laboratory doing the test (and maybe the doctor who ordered it). The patient simply wastes money.
Lar
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