Posted by linkadge on June 3, 2004, at 9:09:01
In reply to Re: Bio-psychiatry of SSRIs - Article (!!!) » Questionmark, posted by Sad Panda on June 3, 2004, at 2:46:25
Quite a few people have genes that code for very low MAO-A to begin with. Does this mean that they are born with a brain that poisons itself with serotonin ??? Of course not.
As well, there is a coding for a short allele and long allele (about 40 percent of the population has it) which codes for a 2 fold change in the reputake of serotonin. Do these changes imply natural neurotoxicity.
It is well known that SSRI's *prevent* the axonal dammage due to ecstacy use.
As well paxil prevents the HD neurodenegeration process. Check out www.hdlighthouse.org
The *only* studies I have seen linking SSRI's to neuonal dammage were the ones that use 50, and 100 times the maximum human dose of prozac.
And this could have easily been caused by the harsh dirtyness of prozac to begin with.My rule of thum is this. Take enough that you feel normal, no more. When this happens it is very likely that your brain is much heathier than with no meds at all.
Also note that the *majority* of studies on SSRI's show a HPA axis normalization after continued use.
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