Posted by WeeWilly on April 21, 2005, at 15:24:59
In reply to New evidence, posted by WeeWilly on April 20, 2005, at 14:49:42
This new understanding has confirmed the suspicion I have had all these years that problems with Inhibin in some people is the cause of their mood disorder. How many of us this pertains to is hard to know at this point. It is possible it is a large percentage of us.
Can you imagine my frustration all these years and even now, to have what I feel is significant evidence pointing at Inhibin as being the cause of my own mood disorder and many of yours, but being continually ignored by reseach scientists working in this area. On top of that those of you who I consider brothers and sisters of mutual suffering ignore me for the most part also.
The amount of time I have put into this quest is unbelievable. I will never benefit monetarily from this. The only thing I will recieve is a chance to live a more or less normal life when treatments become available. It appears that if I do not recieve help in this endeavor, it will be later rather sooner before these appropriate treatments are available to us.
An odd problem exists in medical research in that information in journal articles is often slow to disseminate. What has happened with Inhibin is that as time has gone on and studies have determined it has a more signficant role in the Central Nervous System beyond its original understood role of suppressing FSH, later studies have been conducted without being aware of previous ones. One example is this study published 2 years ago that attempted to develope a mathematical model for the Hypothalimus Pituitary Gonadal Axis. They state that they included all known information of the human HPGA but specificaly say they decided to ommit Inhibin . If researchers of previous studies that have identified Inhibin as being a significant factor in the HPGA were to read of this ommission I am confident they would find this as absurd as I do. Inhibin being thought of as a simple little hormone with a small role seems to perpetuate. Whatever can be done to get all who are in this field of study up to speed with the up to date knowledge of Inhibin is of invaluable importance.
The most recent studies trying to discover the underlying cause of the antidepressant effect of sleep deprivation conclude after failing in their effort, state that some unknown change in the the endocrine sytem is likely responsible. In their studies they monitored the level of countless hormones, but can you guess which one they ommitted? Answer: Inhibin. If a study could be done with Inhibin included I think they would discover that it is the key to understanding this antidepressant event.
Attempting to have an influence on the progress in understanding mood disorders would be a monsterous task if I was not impared with a mood disorder. With my debilitating condition its beyond overwhelming. It appears I will struggle on alone and do the best I can. Best Wishes
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