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Old Aug 17, 2014, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigmike727 View Post
I must be an anomaly then, I've been extremely depressed and psychotic at the same time. I always thought depression was linked to serotonin levels though, atleast for me it might be because Prozac works pretty well for me.
Depression can involve a lot of different neurotransmitters. I get psychotic features with my depressive episodes too, so obviously it's not lack of dopamine making me depressed either, especially since my depression is mostly cured by dopamine inhibiting drugs.

Really, I'm not sure even the experts understand half of what goes on in mental illness. There's a frightening amount of guess-work involved.
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Things That Make Me Mentally Interesting:
Bipolar II, ultra-rapid cycling with transient psychotic features
ADD, inattentive type
Separation Anxiety and possible PTSD

Stuff That Helps:
Zyprexa, Stelazine, and Dexedrine