Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on August 21, 2008, at 9:09:22
In reply to Long-User of SSRI's--Side Effects Changed, posted by NewQuestions on August 20, 2008, at 15:47:23
I am no expert, for sure, but here is my quick take. I'd say what is happening is part of a theory I picked up from "The Noonday Demon" compiled from some of the leading scientists in neurology and psychiatry. That is, our brains seem to somehow 'adapt' to some drugs. For some, it may just take 8 months, for other 8 years, or longer.
I think this is specially true for drugs that largely increase and decrease amounts of certain neurochemicals in the brain (i.e. serotonin, norepinephrine.) There are some drugs, like dopamine agonists Mirapex and Requip, that don't really change levels of the neurochemical dopamine, but somehow allow slightly more of it available at the receptor, but only in very small amounts. These drugs have actually been proven to be neuroprotective. I wish we could find drugs that act the same way on serotonin and norepinephrine.Jay
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