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Re: Peter Breggin

Posted by linkadge on November 11, 2009, at 15:38:36

In reply to Re: Peter Breggin » 49er, posted by uncouth on November 11, 2009, at 14:57:40

I do feel that many psychiatric drugs can cause... well...brain damage.

Depression can too, but I agree that almost all side effects of psychiatric drugs get blamed on the underlying condition.

I think that depression has been (for me) the bigger offender in terms of cognative problems, that being said I know some drugs have left me feeling off.

Lithium appears to be neuroprotective in vitro and in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases. Lithium, through gsk-3b inhibition also appears to slow the development of the plaques characteristic of alzheimers disease.

One study seemed to suggest that those who had been taking long term lithium had a reduced risk of developeming alzheimers.

More than one study too suggests that lithium is trophic to human grey matter.

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