Posted by garnet71 on April 9, 2009, at 9:19:00
In reply to Dopamine depletion: A myth?, posted by SLS on April 9, 2009, at 8:10:25
I'd be very intersted to know too. But just because there is no scientific evidence doesn't mean something does not exist. (just stating the obvious/what everyone already knows) Everything (ex-causations) proved by science over the past 50 years didn't really 'exist' before then? What about evidence from clinical practice? We all see how the methodology of many studies are flawed, funded by drug companies (and negative studies hidden in relation to # of positive ones), or maybe it is not possible yet to set up a study to determine certain things. I think sometimes in medicine, science doesn't necessarily translate to efficiacy in practice. And theory, even with scientific evidence, often doesn't translate to reality in many disciplines. I'd personally like to see someone totally reinvent the concept of "theory"--create new models using IT, math, though some of that is already being attempted, but to totally reinvent the process...
Within a mere 2 days after quitting an SSRI (and I've done it about 6-8 times), I have a significant, noticable improvement in my mood/motivation/libido/cognition/enjoyment of activities, music, etc. A temporary hypomania at first...SSRIs do somehow supress my dopamine function.
But dopamine, though better than when on SSRIs, has yet to come back to my previous levels. Whether it translates to long term or not--I'd really like to know. It's sort of scary to think in terms of depending on articifial means to have dopamine in my brain - for the rest of my life.
Curious as to other reasons (aside from SSRIs) that people who've previously had adequate dopamine levels all their life would suddenly have dopamine mysteriously disappear from their brains. So--are there studies of people with sudden onset of LOW dopamine/dysfunction who have never taken SSRIs? That's where I would look first personally (if I had the mental devotion to look into it). Not that it is as simple as 'producing' low/high dopamine
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