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Serotonin Symptoms - Articles
Near-fatal Condition Linked to Serotonin Syndrome
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Dr. Romeo V.
Posted
Thu 13 May 2010 2:37pm
In 1993, Lindy Andrews was first diagnosed with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. After being prescribed various medications for depression, the now-55 year old New Zealand woman developed increasingly bizarre symptoms including speech difficulties, tendon problems, and tremors. Working at a Tauranga radio station, she was forc ...
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Serotonin Syndrome
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Dirk H.
Posted
Fri 08 Jan 2010 1:55pm
Too much of a good thing.
Serotonin syndrome is a rare but potentially deadly condition that results from the combination of two or more serotonin-boosting drugs. Taken in sufficient quantities, the drugs can lead to a serotonin overdose. The symptoms of serotonin syndrome range from mild flushing, muscle jerks, and rapid pulse to fev ...
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Serotonin, antidepressants, and eating disorders
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Carrie A.
Posted
Fri 22 Jan 2010 7:41pm
Earlier this week on Twitter (do you follow ED Bites on Twitter? You know you want to...), I ran across an interesting article about why some antidepressants don't work in some patients. The article was published last week in the research journal Neuron and is titled "5-HT1A Autoreceptor Levels Determine Vulnerability to Stress and Response to An ...
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serotonin issue in PD
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heroteo heroteo
Posted
Sun 13 Nov 2011 7:22am
I was looking around and trying to find some answers and put 2 and 2 together for myself- also to help make sure that Dr do not keep giving me things that will make me ill- and i began to wonder if problems with Serotonin are caused by Parkinson's or meds like Carbidopa-Levodopa?Why I ask:I have been taking Carbidopa-Levodopa basically since last ...
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Clinic Notes: Serotonin and Autism
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Dr. Gary B.
Posted
Thu 10 Mar 2011 4:52pm
Serotonin is a neural transmitter involved in a variety of functions. Many pediatric neurologists and neural psychiatrists routinely put children with autism on Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's). The net effect of these drugs is to increase the availability of serotonin at the synapse because theoretically children have low serot ...
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SEROTONIN SYNDROME - THE POISON APPLE
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rlee8235
Posted
Wed 21 Mar 2012 12:46am
Things are not always as they seem.The first appearance can deceive many.
A friend of mine disappeared from view for awhile. I was concerned but I understood. Chronic pain makes it very easy to hide. You want to curl up and pull the mantle of pain very close to you; like an old comfy sweater pulled tight. Sometimes it's such an effort to ...
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Serotonin, impulsivity, and eating disorders
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Carrie A.
Posted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 10:35pm
Serotonin is the brain chemical we've all come to know and love. It's sometimes called the "happy chemical." Why? People with depression tend to have low levels of serotonin in the brain. So do people with anxiety disorders. And bulimia nervosa .
Anorexia appears to be a little different. While researchers know that people with ano ...
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Serotonin and healthy or weak bones
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Dr. Judith Wurtman
Posted
Fri 10 Apr 2009 2:17pm
I was losing the argument. According to my neighbor, it was possible to take serotonin as a supplement and not only lose weight but also vanquish the symptoms of stress, PMS and menopause. “Just go to the website and you will see all the testimonials from people who have been helped by the serotonin supplement,” she told me, referring to a sero ...
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Is Clinical Depression Caused by a Serotonin Imbalance?
by
Jeff L.
Posted
Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:13pm
Is Clinical Depression Caused by a Serotonin Imbalance? A Response to Peter Kramer
WORKING PAPER
Jonathan Leo, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D.
INTRODUCTION
The claim that depression is caused by an imbalance of serotonin is often made in the mainstream media. In a recent paper in Society we report on our efforts to examine the support ...
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Low Serotonin and Fibromyalgia
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Dr. Daniel Kalish
Posted
Tue 15 Sep 2009 10:10pm
Although there are many possible causes of fibromyalgia, what can be certain is that all of the possible causes are a direct result of a cascade of disturbances and resulting malfunctions. Chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivity, fibromyalgia and many other so called “chronic diseases” are not different diseases, but the result of similar cellu ...
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