Posted by ace on November 30, 2005, at 22:42:27
In reply to Re: SSRI + CBT= Joke therapy!, posted by linkadge on November 30, 2005, at 22:27:02
> I know that I have my reserves about SSRI's, but they do help some people.
True. But nowhere near as many to justify their wholesale usage and promotion. They have very limited use in my opinion.
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> I'll be honest with you ace. With the little sucess that I had with meds, I acutally fared better on SSRI's that MAOI's. Parnate put me on the virge of paranoid psychosis.
Parnate made me very depressed. Nardil does the opposite. Maybe a TCA???
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> I know a few other who did not do well on MAOI's, for similar reasons as mine.
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> Some researchers think that the currently available SSRI's work via allopregnalone.
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> Allopregnalone (sp.) is a potent gabaergic neurosteroid, and all of the SSRIs have been shown to increase its action some 20 fold.
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> It interacts with progesterone and some other hormones, and may be more responsable for an SSRI effect than serotonin uptake inhibiton.
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> So, even thought we don't know how SSRI's work for some people, I think it is necessary to keep an open mind because of discoveries like this one.
They all work the same: The even out the distribution of serotonin in the lobes of the brain. They don't 'add' any more serotonin. The only difference between them is they run through different pathways in the brain.
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> If somebody found a med that worked, I'd hate to convince them out of taking something that might benefit them.I understand.
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> LinkadgeThanks bro...stay happy!
Ace
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