into thinking it has more NT's. Nor do AD's stop..." /> into thinking it has more NT's. Nor do AD's stop..." />
Posted by gilbert on June 24, 2001, at 23:21:32
In reply to Re: Do the SSRI's PERMANANTLY alter your brain?, posted by stjames on June 24, 2001, at 23:06:23
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> James here....
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> There is no suce thing as "tricking " the brain
> into thinking it has more NT's. Nor do AD's stop or start more production. If you stopped makeing serotonin or others you would die. Also none of these ideas has anything to do with how AD really work, they are based on a false and symplistic understanding of how AD's work.
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> JamesThey keep more of the already made serotonin around thus reuptake inhibitning. I don't think they know for sure if somehow the body detects more serotonin in the system if at some point it down regulates by making less....seems like you would of heard more about this sooner.....prozac has been here 20 years already. Shouldn't there be a bunch of serotonin lacking idiots stumbling around out there....I don't see it.
Gil
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