Posted by yxibow on February 23, 2007, at 1:06:07
In reply to Buspar Increasing Religiosity, posted by hgi698 on February 22, 2007, at 23:52:15
> I had an interesting effect from buspar (buspirone), it seemed to instill a religious feeling in me. Looking around at the world when i went outside seemed different somehow. It gave me a very serene feeling. Normally I am not religious at all so this was quite a difference for me. If I felt that way all the time, i definitely might be more spiritual. The effect while nice, only lasted for a few weeks and I seemed to develop a tolerance. Has anybody else had a response like this to this drug or any others?
> Apparently 5-ht1a binding correlates with religiosity.
> see http://www.beliefnet.com/story/140/story_14076_1.html
> Buspirone is an agonist at the 5-ht1a receptor so maybe this is the reason? I think LSD and mdma have 5-ht1a agonist activities too.
I can't get a link off that magazine, so maybe its down. Its gets into that god and science thing, its just really hard to prove anything and the argument goes in circles.Scientifically I would say you experienced a period of true tranquility due to the 5HT component of Buspar, and I see nothing wrong with that. As for religion, its an unprovable thing, but if the article wants to associate it, its their perogative.
I'm not religious -- I'm agnostic -- but there was a break at 80mg on Cymbalta and I felt some sort of epiphany or something temporarily. Probably the Cymbalta kicking in since it is a very subtle agent.
-- Jay
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