Posted by linkadge on December 1, 2004, at 10:34:13
In reply to Re: why not dopamine for depression?, posted by Sleepless in the ATL on December 1, 2004, at 7:44:44
I'm not sure that dopaminergics are the best things for depression.
Think of the number of people in this counry who are using the caffiene/cigarettes combo.
Believe it or not, this is one hell of a dopamine boost. First you have two stimulants caffiene, and nicotine, and you also have the MAO-B inhibiting properties of cigarettes which keep the dopamine alive. Many of our current day depressives are the ones that are junked out on cigarettes and caffiene.
I think the real problem with the SSRI's is that they raise serotonin at every receptor instead of just the ones that are required for an AD effect.
Don't get me wrong, dopamine has its place, but if we were to swich everyone in the country from serotogenics to dopaminergics, we might be in for problems ?
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