Posted by mattye on October 5, 2006, at 13:50:11
Before starting on Lexapro, I would have obsessive anxious thoughts. They would take over my mind and make me very fearful and depressed. The crazy thing is that I KNEW rationally that I was blowing things out of proportion and I was just obsessing about ridiculous things. Even though I knew this, I could not stop my brain from going over the same thought again and again like a broken record. Now medicated, I am able to just let these thoughts go and divert my attention to something else. The thoughts have less power to create fear.
What I am trying to understand is how tricking your brain into thinking it has more seretonin can create such a dramatic change in thought patterns. I mean, there are hundreds of neurotransmitters floating around up there. I tried remeron and wellbutrin, which effect norepinepherine and dopamine, but neither of these meds did much good. Why seretonin?
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