Posted by mistermindmasta on July 14, 2004, at 21:45:50
In reply to Re: Lar...Taurine and mixed anxiety/depression » mistermindmasta, posted by Larry Hoover on July 14, 2004, at 10:06:14
> Chronic stress, even with a high protein diet, can be all it takes. That's the simplest explanation, and the simplest explanation is usually correct.
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> Lar
>Ahhhhhh... chronic stress doesn't seem make full sense to me with what causes a mood disorder. There has to be more to it. Lots of people get stressed out during the day but recover from it, no problem. I think there has to be something other than just stress that causes taurine depletion. Maybe cytokine release somehow contributes to low taurine? I say this only because I believe that all psychiatric disorders are caused directly by one of 4 things: 1. the immune system (in majority of cases to be honest), 2. substance abuse 3. nutrient defiency and 4. being born with it. I am not of the opinion that a normal person could get stressed out enough to actually develop a mood disorder. I think stress is only a factor in the development of a mood disorder, one of many factors. But if the immune system is somehow releasing immune system factors such as cytokines, maybe this depletes taurine.
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