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Old Jan 15, 2015, 04:03 PM
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I have a question, so if schizophrenics have too much dopamine how can they have depression since depression is too little dopamine or is it from too little serotonin? Idk if that's a dumb question or not, but idk much about the neurotransmitters.
Depression is way less clear but all the drugs with the exception of wellbutrin work on the serotonin pathways.....we're kind of guessing based on how the drugs work rather than any actual measured neurotransmitter levels and sz is complex and involves glutamate as well as dopamine....
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