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Re: The biology of depression » linkadge

Posted by jade k on June 30, 2010, at 11:30:13

In reply to Re: The biology of depression: SLS, posted by linkadge on June 30, 2010, at 7:23:50


> In Parkinsons disease, for instance, it has been known for a long time, that sleep deprivation can actually improve (substantially) the tremors and other symptoms with the disease. Some patients can perform tasks after the SD day that they would not normally be able to perform. The other thing too, is that bipolars can actually go manic after sleep deprivation.


So you're saying that when a person who is bipolar becomes manic, the cause might not be the trigger of sleep deprivation, as in exhaustion, SD can actually cause changes in dopamine activity which in turn triggers the "episode" of mania?

I saw sleep deprivation pull someone I know out of a significant depression. How long that lasted, I don't recall. Its never worked for me.


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> This hints to more than the simply being 'too tired' hypothesis. The effect in Parkinons, mania and depression hints at a possible dopaminergic mechanisms to SD.
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~Jade


 

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