Posted by Francesco on November 3, 2003, at 13:54:00
In reply to Re: one more thing » francesco, posted by DSCH on November 2, 2003, at 16:17:22
> Don't believe everything you read. Particularly what I post too. ;-)
Never had this kind of problem, generally speaking of course ;-)
> OCD and OC personality, has always been linked to LOW serotonin in what I have read.OCD is quite different from OC personality. OC personality likes to be perfectionist (and he's quite functional above all). OCD doesn't. Therefore it can be that the underlying mechanisms are quite different (and perfectionims anyway is only a sintom of OC personality, not the whole).
High serotonin. I have read that anorexic people have high serotonin level (never been able to check this empirically anyway ;-)
Anorexic are also known to be very perfectionist and to have low (if any) sex drive. This fits with the high seronin hyphotesis. Does it sound for you ?> What's interesting is that you have a paradoxical reaction to some meds that have 5-HT reuptake effects (others not IIRC). What that means if you try 5-HTP, I have no idea.
I will try it and let you know ;-)
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