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Posted by underrock on April 13, 2007, at 23:36:13
Go to https://www.neurorelief.com/
I found out in one test what is happening.
ME
Posted by notfred on April 14, 2007, at 1:01:04
In reply to Urine Test to Measure Neurotransmitter Levels, posted by underrock on April 13, 2007, at 23:36:13
Urine levels of neurotransmitters and products do not correlate to CNS levels. The CNS is what matters in mental illness.
Posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2007, at 11:24:37
In reply to Re: Urine Test to Measure Neurotransmitter Levels, posted by notfred on April 14, 2007, at 1:01:04
Sad but true there really are no test that are affordable are there notfred? Love Phillipa
Posted by notfred on April 14, 2007, at 18:19:37
In reply to Re: Urine Test to Measure Neurotransmitter Levels » notfred, posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2007, at 11:24:37
> Sad but true there really are no test that are affordable are there notfred? Love Phillipa
Only recently are there radioactive tracers for some of the NTs, so they can be measured in the CNS. Very experimental. But we don't have any idea what levels should be. Theories of NT depletion are 50 yrs old and flawed. So knowing the levels of NTs in the CNS is not, presently, useful info for treatment. Till we have models that explain mental illness coming up with tests is hard.
The cold hard fact is the CNS is the most complex
system system in the body so we are slower to understand it.
Urine tests to measure neurotransmitter levels
are used in people who have metabolic disorders.
, not mental illness.Here is what Lar had to say:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050504/msgs/493917.html
Posted by Racer on April 15, 2007, at 1:16:51
In reply to Re: Urine Test to Measure Neurotransmitter Levels, posted by notfred on April 14, 2007, at 18:19:37
The whole theory that neurotransmitter levels are out of whack in mental illness comes from the fact that the medications which are effective for many of these disorders affect neurotransmitter levels. So, since a medication which makes serotonin more available in the CNS is effective against depression, depression must be caused by a deficit of serotonin...
Little by little, researchers are working out a bit more about what actually goes on, but right now the whole neurotransmitter theory really is based primarily on the effects of medications which relieve certain symptoms.
And, of course, as NotFred pointed out, we can't really measure neurotransmitters in the CNS without some very sophisticated sorts of tests. It's not particularly helpful for most of us who suffer from depression/anxiety/etc, since knowing the amount of activity at any given receptor type doesn't translate into any useful information regarding the best medications to treat the disorders.
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