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Re: Are anxiety and panic always linked to serotonin?

Posted by Christ_empowered on September 24, 2013, at 0:21:09

In reply to Re: Are anxiety and panic always linked to serotonin?, posted by Phillipa on September 23, 2013, at 22:43:31

Psych drugs don't fix your brain. They create artificial brain states that help ameliorate (hopefully) mental distress.

SSRIs=unusually high serotonin levels. I think there's also a dampening of dopamine levels.

Benzos=unusually high GABA levels. Can cause depression.

Those are 2 examples.


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