I recently received a couple questions about the effect of SSRIs on depression and I'm not quite sure of the answer. Would anyone care to edify us on these questions?
Do people with depression produce enough serotonin, but it just isn’t getting absorbed? In other words, it gets released and then just hangs out in the synapse area? Or do they not produce enough serotonin to begin with and what doesn’t get absorbed creates a “deficiency”? As I understand it, SSRIs prevent serotonin from going back into the originating neuron and MAOs destroy the serotonin left in the synapse and that medication stops this destruction from happening. Both of these are designed to keep the serotonin levels high. Why not just increase the amount of serotonin in the body say with 5-HTP supplement? Would more serotonin in the synapse allow more to be absorbed? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=21897 or send a blank email to leave-21897-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
