Posted by linkadge on April 27, 2010, at 19:56:13
In reply to Re: SSRI-induced-Sleep-Disorder induced dissociation, posted by Pheepho on April 24, 2010, at 9:57:42
I've often thought this is actually the mechanism by which SSRI's work. They kind of f your brain up enough that it forgets about the problems it was having and get it thinking more about suvival and restoration of basic neuronal functioning. I.e. a shock therapy of sorts.
Sometimes when the dust settles, things happen to be a little better, but more often than not, the chronic sleep disturbance actually inhibits recovery. In addition, the initial adaptive surviaval response peters out as resources become limited.
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