People simplify brain chemistry down to high/low serotonin and dopamine, with no understanding of what regulates them
Not to mention other factors like GABA/glutamate balance, inflammatory cytokines, or neurotrophic factors, with a far bigger impact
Not to mention other factors like GABA/glutamate balance, inflammatory cytokines, or neurotrophic factors, with a far bigger impact
Speaking as someone who's experienced both: high serotonin levels don't feel good, but low-serotonin levels don't either, you always need balance
Most of the time people don't know if they're struggling because they have high/low serotonin, and end up trying to increase it by default
In low-serotonin cases drugs like SSRIs do improve symptoms in some, but in others they make them worse or only provide partial benefit
In low-serotonin cases drugs like SSRIs do improve symptoms in some, but in others they make them worse or only provide partial benefit
The real question we should be asking ourselves is why do we believe we can apply the same drug indiscriminately?
There's a lot of evidence showing that within even just depression there are more than six distinct "biotypes," with many combinations of serotonin/dopamine levels
There's a lot of evidence showing that within even just depression there are more than six distinct "biotypes," with many combinations of serotonin/dopamine levels
In essentially all these cases depression/anxiety is a direct result of other factors, like epigenetic alterations (methylation), nutrient deficiency, hormone imbalance, or even heavy metal toxicity
All of these factors lead to disturbances in neurotransmitter balance downstream
All of these factors lead to disturbances in neurotransmitter balance downstream
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