Posted by policebox on August 18, 2011, at 12:14:53
In reply to Re: MAO-A vs MAO-B? » policebox, posted by B2chica on August 18, 2011, at 10:29:22
It's a good question to have asked. And when it comes to your body and putting things like drugs into your body which changes it, it's especially important for you to get all of your concerns addressed.
While I've never heard of a case where an individual has previously produced a sufficient amount of MAO and then stopped doing so (such as after taking an MAOi), I am just a lay person, so I can't say with 100% certainty that it's never happened.
Your question got me curious though and apparently there is a rare genetic disorder called Brunner syndrome which causes an MAO-A deficiency. From what I can tell from reading, the mutation in the MAO-A gene is present at birth, so I don't think it would apply to you.
The more I think about your question, the more interested in it I get. Perhaps it's already been research, but I'm curious about the possibility of gene mutation as a cause for depression and whether the genes which have mutated are like that from birth or if something can happen during your adult life to cause them.
> thnx policebox.
> that was a very understandable explanation.
> i was just wondering if the body contantly produces something, and then is blocked (irreversibly) for many years, would your body then begin to evolve and slow or stop the production?
> i know overly paranoid. but i had to ask.
> the more i understand the less i worry.
>
> thnk u.
>
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