Posted by barbaracat on August 13, 2005, at 21:57:14
In reply to Re: The link for DMT cures depression, posted by linkadge on August 13, 2005, at 21:19:32
Sleep deprivation sure wouldn't be a good idea for bipolars, however. You mention a serotonin connection. That has me wondering about serotonin's role in bipolar. Granted, we go through our depressions, but it seems we might be more sensitive to serotonin in a negative way. SSRI and other AD intolerance, for instance. Maybe serotonin isn't beneficial for us, but what's a bipolar depressive to do?
And then, there's 'dark therapy', increasing periods of absolute darkness, which has had some success in resetting bipolar chronology. There once was a time I'd rather stay up nights on end but anymore, I'll take 'dark therapy' and just sleep it off. - Barbara
> A little off topic but read an article that said that lithium or pindolol prolonged the AD effect of sleep deprivaton, but that a stimulant did not. There are serotogenic mechanisms of sleep deprivation too.
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> Linkadge
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