If chemicals like oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin are so crucial to our mental health, why can’t we monitor them the same way diabetics monitor insulin?
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Also for example with serotonin its not that simple.
The serotonin hypothesis saying that low levels of Serotonin lead to Depression has been disproven. This is the reason why it is questionsble if antidepressants really work on its own or are just placebo. We know just too little about the connection between serotonin levels and mood, which is why it wouldnt have a use monitoring it the same way as insulin.
Blood test for sugar> invented 90yrs ago. Sugars are simple molecules, compared to hormone complex proteins
If you have too much sugar in your blood it suggests your organs aren’t producing enough insulin. Eat more pig pancreas.
They invented many drugs to treat depression back then too, some of them are still available now, called them heroin and cocaine
Blood test for sugar> invented 90yrs ago. Sugars are simple molecules, compared to hormone complex proteins
If you have too much sugar in your blood it suggests your organs aren’t producing enough insulin. Eat more pig pancreas.
They invented many drugs to treat depression back then too, some of them are still available now, called them heroin and cocaine
Blood test for sugar> invented 90yrs ago. Sugars are simple molecules, compared to hormone complex proteins
If you have too much sugar in your blood it suggests your organs aren’t producing enough insulin. Eat more pig pancreas.
They invented many drugs to treat depression back then too, some of them are still available now, called them heroin and cocaine
A decade ago, I had a mystery illness, and my doctor threw science at the wall to see what sticks.
Turns out it was celiac disease.
But the relevant thing here was that he also had my serotonin tested, and it was wildly low, like three standard deviations low. So **that** blood test **really does exist.**
A decade ago, I had a mystery illness, and my doctor threw science at the wall to see what sticks.
Turns out it was celiac disease.
But the relevant thing here was that he also had my serotonin tested, and it was wildly low, like three standard deviations low. So **that** blood test **really does exist.**
A decade ago, I had a mystery illness, and my doctor threw science at the wall to see what sticks.
Turns out it was celiac disease.
But the relevant thing here was that he also had my serotonin tested, and it was wildly low, like three standard deviations low. So **that** blood test **really does exist.**
My psychiatrist told me the seretonin/dopamine theory has been falling out of favor within the scientific community. The brain is much more complex than a few chemicals. I think depression has more to do with your mental state, memories, beliefs etc. and giving someone seretonin doesn’t fix those problems. SSRIs don’t work for a good majority of people that are prescribed them btw.
My psychiatrist told me the seretonin/dopamine theory has been falling out of favor within the scientific community. The brain is much more complex than a few chemicals. I think depression has more to do with your mental state, memories, beliefs etc. and giving someone seretonin doesn’t fix those problems. SSRIs don’t work for a good majority of people that are prescribed them btw.
My psychiatrist told me the seretonin/dopamine theory has been falling out of favor within the scientific community. The brain is much more complex than a few chemicals. I think depression has more to do with your mental state, memories, beliefs etc. and giving someone seretonin doesn’t fix those problems. SSRIs don’t work for a good majority of people that are prescribed them btw.
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