Posted by KaraS on July 6, 2004, at 2:40:44
In reply to Re: this article scares me, posted by Tepiaca on July 6, 2004, at 1:41:03
Excellent points about the brain cell growth in the hippocampus from antidepressants and Dr. Amen's brain scans that prove it! I hadn't even thought of that when I read the article. Of course I was too scared to think straight - but that was the point, wasn't it?
I have read on this site about some people taking NAC which produces glutathion in the brain in order to counteract glutamate/neurotoxicity from stimulants. I've also read about people using selegiline for the purpose of preventing neurotoxicity regardless of whether they were taking any SSRI antidepressants. Perhaps what the author is describing is something that occurs naturally anyway in our brains. But even if it does, the antidepressants must be producing new cell growth at a faster rate than those that are dying, otherwise how else to account for those brain scans?
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