Posted by bobman on June 19, 2010, at 19:36:08
In reply to Re: im also rejecting meds..., posted by SLS on June 16, 2010, at 11:55:43
> > What Christ empowered says is true and people need to recognise that THERE IS NO CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.
> > If it was a biological illness then there would be biological evidence.
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> You may want to do some more reading.
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> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=depression+brain+changes&aq=8&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=depression+brain&gs_rfai=Csmb8IQAZTLO0MIK_tge8lqCwCgAAAKoEBU_Q1PH7&fp=610e7dd948e54cca
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> - Scott
What you posted is nonsense. It has been exhaustively shown that there is no causative relation between neurotransmitter levels and mental illness, depression included. The studies I'm referencing are mostly competing studies on AD's, antipsychotics, and anticonvulsants. The information on this subject isn't vague; neurotransmitter variations aren't the cause of mental illness. Drugs of completely opposite mechanisms can cause the same relief of depression. For instance, serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and serotonin antagonists both relieve depression. Glutamate release inhibitors (decrease frequency of NMDAR evoked voltage gated currents), like lamictal, and glycine agonists (increase frequency of NMDAR voltage gated signalling) both show benefits for conditions like OCD.
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