Posted by linkadge on July 6, 2004, at 9:39:22
In reply to Glenmullen - How reliable are his methods?, posted by TheOutsider on July 6, 2004, at 9:11:31
What scares me is the fact that this guy did not publish the serotonin receptor corkscrew article, he was just referencing it. What he is saying is somewhat sound. We know that people who use methamphetamine over time show extensive nerotoxicity why couldn't this extend to other stimulants.
I agree that using SSRI's increases neurogenesis, this is because activating the 5ht1a receptor spurs downstream cell devision. But what this new reserch suggests is that the receptors themselves are getting destroyed. I don't think this is impossible to believe. Perhaps it is just the depression but since being on SSRI's my concentration and grades have slowly plummeted. I don't read books anymore cause I cannot understand what I am reading, my brain buzzes etc. These are symptoms that I never had, even when I was depressed.
I am scared because everybody I know who has discontinued an SSRI after using it 5+ years has had to return to it. Everybody I know who has discontinued and SSRI says that they're just not the same. Perhaps corkscrewed receptors is why some degree of poop out happens to almost all SSRI users.
I don't mean to cause panic but I just don't know how to get better.
Linkadge
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