Posted by jujube on December 1, 2004, at 16:53:55
In reply to Re: why not dopamine for depression?, posted by lostforwards on December 1, 2004, at 16:40:10
I think part of the problem when someone is being treated for mental illness, particularly depression and anxiety, is that the patient is not treated in a wholistic manner. You will see a pdoc who will give you an AD, a benzo and maybe a mood stabilizer, but nothing is done to address other aspects of the illness. I mean, it is not unusual for someone in a depressive or anxious state to not be eating, to not exercising, to not be practicing good sleep hygiene, and to be completely neglecting their nutritional and emotional needs. If the medical community really wanted to see people getting healthy, perhaps what should be done is to provide patients with access to a comprehensive package of services - pdoc, nutritionalist, talk therapist. I don't know, maybe such an approach would yield better and longer-term results in some cases.
Tamara
> No, nothing you said was stupid.
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> I ask and say "stupid" things all the time. I come here for information, especially if the questions something really strange that I won't get an answer to by just typing it into google. And you've just helped me. ( though I guess I could probably go and sift through the net if I was really intent on learning more about depression )
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> A while back somebody posted ( linkadge? ) something about a tryptophan depletion study. It didn't matter if people were on or off their SSRIs, they were still depressed. That would be an example of how nutrional depletion can mess with the effectiveness of an AD.
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