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Old Jun 29, 2023, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Discombobulated View Post
I read this too but I wonder whether there are some people, I think I’m one, who do have a genuine imbalance issue with their serotonin at stages of their life. I’m saying this because I also get migraines which are also linked to lower serotonin. When I was on Zoloft (increases serotonin) I stopped getting as many migraines and now I’m on propranolol (also increases serotonin to a lesser degree) for migraines I don’t get as many migraines and my mood has been stable. I’m no expert of course.

I agree with Nammu, the important thing is that we address the issues, be it therapy, meds or a combination. It wouldn’t be right to insist someone follow one treatment path above others in order to get housing, that sounds discriminatory.
Not sure how this even relevant as not only is this purely anecdotal, the review had nothing to do with migraines. It stands to reason that if you are feeling better physically your mood will improve but that still doesn’t mean the low mood was caused by a chemical imbalance.

I agree we need to be addressing the core issues but medication is not the way to do that. Also, SSRIs don’t work by increasing serotonin, they work by rationing the serotonin that you already have.