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Posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 14:27:58
I found this article interesting. It basically explains where the idea came from for how we treat mental problems in people today. I can't wait to see where the future goes with this, because I believe we are in extremely early stages of understanding exactly what goes wrong in the brain and how to fix it. I think the current meds will be more like a learning experience.
Posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2013, at 15:26:10
In reply to The history of Prozac, posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 14:27:58
Going to be a long time. I do think many BP meds cause depession though. As for prozac seems a lot of people do well on it. For some it's a geat drug? Phillipa
Posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 15:26:45
In reply to The history of Prozac, posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 14:27:58
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/the-science-and-history-of-treating-depression.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&;
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> I found this article interesting. It basically explains where the idea came from for how we treat mental problems in people today. I can't wait to see where the future goes with this, because I believe we are in extremely early stages of understanding exactly what goes wrong in the brain and how to fix it. I think the current meds will be more like a learning experience.But I think one part of the delayed effect of antidepressants is that the presynaptic receptors have to be desensitized before the increased serotonin/norepinephrine/dopamine makes a meningful impact on mood.the article doesn't explain this function.
Posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 15:33:49
In reply to Re: The history of Prozac » poser938, posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2013, at 15:26:10
> Going to be a long time. I do think many BP meds cause depession though. As for prozac seems a lot of people do well on it. For some it's a geat drug? Phillipa
Yes. I took prozac and I do think it was my favorite antidepressant. But I think I responded about how the woman in the article did when she was prescribed it for depression from when she was diagnosed with cancer. After about 10 days of being on it, I took my dose, and within an hour I noticed a slight numbing to my mood. And I did not like it. But then I noticed I felt less inhibited. More open to going out and dong things. But my mood hadn't really changed, I still felt really bad.
Posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 16:15:40
In reply to Re: The history of Prozac » poser938, posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2013, at 15:26:10
> Going to be a long time. I do think many BP meds cause depession though. As for prozac seems a lot of people do well on it. For some it's a geat drug? Phillipa
But I'm really interested in Prozac because of its significance in how we treat depression today. It technically wasn't the first SSRI. But its the first antidepressant that became such a phenomonon.
Posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2013, at 20:36:58
In reply to Re: The history of Prozac, posted by poser938 on March 8, 2013, at 16:15:40
Poser I understand. It was developed and less deaths from suicide too and also used for anxiety. What I don't understand is the Maoi use in the beginning I think dancing in the halls would be interpreted as a form of manic behavior today. Phillipa
Posted by poser938 on March 9, 2013, at 15:23:06
In reply to Re: The history of Prozac » poser938, posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2013, at 20:36:58
> Poser I understand. It was developed and less deaths from suicide too and also used for anxiety. What I don't understand is the Maoi use in the beginning I think dancing in the halls would be interpreted as a form of manic behavior today. Phillipa
Yeah it a bit of a shame how the diagnosis system is in psychiatry. Behavior can be in interpreted in so many ways by by different psychiatrists.
Ha! I say if someones dancin', just let them dance!
As long as nobody gets hurt, its all cool.
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