Posted by musky on March 6, 2006, at 22:26:17
In reply to Re: NASA's , SSRI, SNRI, etc. » musky, posted by Phillipa on March 4, 2006, at 16:50:52
> Right , which is exactly my point.. If they cant measure how much you have in your system , then they cant possibly know if you are lacking in this .. also it has never been proven that low levels of serotonin or even the serontonin reuptake inhibitors are directly responsible for mood, or if this is a downstream effect..
this is why I am very skeptical if these drugs do what they do or what people feel is the SECONDARY effect of excess epinephrine that the body will produce to counteract the antidepressant that is screwing up the serotonin in the brain./body.
Im trying to simplify things here... antidepressants block the natural uptake of serotonin supposedly., this then causes and over abundance(which cant possibly be healthy) of serotonin to be available in the system. The brains neuro receptors shut down because they are over loaded with serotonin . That is why we get side effects because once receptors are not functioning, everything else in the body starts to be affected... scary stuff.. sorry to ramble. thanks for the clarification.. but this is curious what you say that serotonin isnt in the blood??musky
Serotonin can't be messured by a blood test. At least the serotonin in your brain. You can test for some TCA's but no blocd test of SSRI ,SNRI. If there were they would know how much and which drug to give you. Correct me if I'm wrong. Fondly, Phillipa
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