Posted by blueberry on December 11, 2006, at 18:03:48
In reply to More complex than we are giving credit....., posted by willyee on December 11, 2006, at 12:07:19
Yeah, I agree it is much more complex than serotonin. All serotonin meds do to me is numb me out so the depression is still there but is numbed, along with every other emotion, numb numb numb.
And it's even more complicated than just a balance of chemicals. For example one serotonin med might work well while a very similar one won't. Something else is going on at a molecular level. And then there are the receptors, which may be defective, overactive, underactive. And then there are tons of other things really complicated that meds like depakote and lamictal do. And then there are the hormones, all of which I believe are intricately intertwined in the whole thing. And the few things I've mentioned here are probably just the tip of the iceberg.
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