DJ2000
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- Apr 23, 2020
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The monoamine theory of depression, which was developed in the 1950's, claims that depression is caused by a deficiency in the monoamine neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. Since then, everyone has been being told that depression is caused by a deficiency in serotonin specifically, which isn't what the monoamine theory says, even if it were correct.
But in any case, what the actual scientists have been saying is that this theory isn't really true. One study examined two groups of people, a group that engaged in self harm and a control group that didn't, and found that those who engaged in self harm didn't have any lower levels of monoamine neurotransmitters, but they did have deficiencies in endogenous opiods, which explains their behavior. Your body releases endogenous opioids in response to physical pain, so it would make sense that if you have a deficiency in them, you would want to make up for it by harming yourself. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2875354/ )
Serotonin is not even mostly a brain chemical, 90% of your serotonin receptors are in your intestines, and they alsot play a role in how your blood vesicles behave. In the Nervous system, however. Serotonin mostly functions, not as a mood chemical, but more having to do with your perception of reality and sense of self.
People forget that acid and dmt work on serotonin receptors, if serotonin worked as a "mood stabilizing" neurotransmitter that" prevents you from thinking consistently negative thoughts, " then acid and schools wouldn't cause amplified emotional states and SSRI's wouldn't occasionally make people suicidal.
Ecstasy is a drug that causes you to release all of your serotonin at once, causing serotonin depleaton, especially after multiple days of using it, and when This happens they don't get depressed, instead they start to think that their life is a dream and that they don't exist.
Suicidal Depression, to the extent to which it exists, more closely resembles a heroin withdrawal than an ecstasy comedown.
Before the 50s the mainline treatment for depression was opioids, but they are no longer allowed for this purpose. Why not? MRI's prove that the brain processes emotional and psychological pain the same way it processes physical pain, so why can't you get prescribed opiods for psychological pain? Freud used to treat "melancholic" patients with cocaine. Why not?
But in any case, what the actual scientists have been saying is that this theory isn't really true. One study examined two groups of people, a group that engaged in self harm and a control group that didn't, and found that those who engaged in self harm didn't have any lower levels of monoamine neurotransmitters, but they did have deficiencies in endogenous opiods, which explains their behavior. Your body releases endogenous opioids in response to physical pain, so it would make sense that if you have a deficiency in them, you would want to make up for it by harming yourself. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2875354/ )
Serotonin is not even mostly a brain chemical, 90% of your serotonin receptors are in your intestines, and they alsot play a role in how your blood vesicles behave. In the Nervous system, however. Serotonin mostly functions, not as a mood chemical, but more having to do with your perception of reality and sense of self.
People forget that acid and dmt work on serotonin receptors, if serotonin worked as a "mood stabilizing" neurotransmitter that" prevents you from thinking consistently negative thoughts, " then acid and schools wouldn't cause amplified emotional states and SSRI's wouldn't occasionally make people suicidal.
Ecstasy is a drug that causes you to release all of your serotonin at once, causing serotonin depleaton, especially after multiple days of using it, and when This happens they don't get depressed, instead they start to think that their life is a dream and that they don't exist.
Suicidal Depression, to the extent to which it exists, more closely resembles a heroin withdrawal than an ecstasy comedown.
Before the 50s the mainline treatment for depression was opioids, but they are no longer allowed for this purpose. Why not? MRI's prove that the brain processes emotional and psychological pain the same way it processes physical pain, so why can't you get prescribed opiods for psychological pain? Freud used to treat "melancholic" patients with cocaine. Why not?
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