Posted by fuchsia on June 17, 2006, at 7:38:18
In reply to re: finding good pdoc; Groupthink., posted by linkadge on June 17, 2006, at 1:58:54
> I don't understand it. Cocaine was once prescribed for nervous depression. The negitive effects were probably eventually less deniable due to its short half life and such.
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> Anyhow, back then, did we start to think that all of these people were latently psychotic, and that cocaine was just lifting it to the surface?
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> What is the principle action of cocaine? It's a serotonin reuptake inhibtor.
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> Some studies that are arising now are showing that SSRI's can activate some of the genes that are switched on in mania and by stimulants. PKC, CLOCK, GRK, etc. Theres enough people wondering about these substances that millions of dollers are put into studies to determine whether they can induce mania / rapid cycling etc.Sigh. My first second and third mixed episodes correlated exactly with antidepressant treatment. Now I'm bipolar II, rapid cycling. I haven't exactly been out of the house much these last 5 years.
Who is spending these millions of dollars? I wouldn't think that pharmaceutical companies would be keen to show that SSRIs caused a bipolar epidemic.
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